GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This biotechnology company is disrupting the dye industry.

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Biotechnology 300

Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 7, 2022

However, there is a growing field in biotechnology that explores how living microorganisms, such as fungi and bacteria, could be used for construction. To harvest timber and bamboo, the biological organisms used to produce them die off. These materials are known as Living Building Materials.

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Biotechnology Construction Organic 239

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 3, 2023

In Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology , German scientists appear to show that the answer is yes: the biomass of some exotic photosynthetic cyanobacteria can efficiently absorb REEs from wastewater, for example derived from mining, metallurgy, or the recycling of e-waste. So could we recycle REEs more efficiently, too?

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Biotechnology Recycling Recycling Soil 246

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 11, 2021

The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) has appointed Liz Fletcher as its new director of business engagement and operations, to support the growth of Scotland’s developing bioeconomy and delivery of the National Plan for Industrial Biotechnology. Liz Fletcher.

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Biotechnology Sustainability Innovation Technology 162

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

In line with forecasts from Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) the feasibility study, which is supported by the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC), could result in up to 40,000 tonnes of marine growth found on platform jackets being recycled over the next decade.

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Recycling Recycling Waste Waste 274

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 15, 2022

The measurement technologies to be developed in the project will be applicable also for other biotechnological processes. Industrial biotechnology is becoming more and more an important part of sustainable industrial practices. In ROBA, a series of optical and other online methods will be explored.

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Carbon-neutral Biotechnology Aviation Carbon 130

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2023

Materials from Scottish-grown seaweed could help to improve the life-span and charge time of lithium-ion batteries used for the likes of electric vehicles, with a new first-of-its-kind prototype already being tested by expert researchers.

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Electric vehicle Batteries Electricity Fossil fuels 323

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 9, 2022

Both Abel and Berliner are members of the Center for the Utilization of Biological Engineering in Space (CUBES), a project developing biotechnologies to support space exploration. Now that we have an idea of how much power is available, we can start connecting that availability to the biotechnologies in CUBES,” Berliner said.

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Nuclear Power Hydrogen Biotechnology Solar Power 247

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2022

With six-figure funding support from the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC), Eco Clean is aiming to develop a more sustainable alternative to traditionally petrochemical-based surfactants, which can be produced at scale.

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Biotechnology Sustainability Waste Waste 241

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 6, 2023

A family-owned whisky distillery in the central belt of Scotland, Falkirk Distillery, has joined forces with biotechnology company MiAlgae in a bid to advance the use of circular economy principles in the whisky industry.

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Biotechnology Waste Waste Carbon 246

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Over three years, the New Cotton Project will see textile waste collected and sorted via consumer apparel take-back programs, then regenerated into cellulose-based textile fibers by Finnish biotechnology specialist Infinited Fiber Company, the 12 project partners confirmed.

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Recycling Recycling Fashion Waste 484

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 24, 2023

The MicroHarvest team have made significant progress in overcoming the challenges associated with scaling biotechnological processes. We’re developing technology that fuels the resilient food system of tomorrow producing the nutritious and sustainable protein ingredients that the world will need in a very near future.

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Biotechnology Sustainability Hydrogen Innovation 173

CleanTech Group

JANUARY 24, 2023

Meat without meat, cloud-based autonomous machines, biotechnology and photosynthesis enhanced trees – get the full insight on latest cleantech deals worth looking at.

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Biotechnology Agriculture Logistics Energy 60

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Lanzatech’s technology is described as “a combination of cutting-edge genetic engineering, state-of-the-art biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and innovations in mechanical and chemical engineering”.

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Carbon Plastics Upcycling Sustainability 278

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Jennifer hints at the potential for applying genetics expertise from medicine to industrial biotechnology; one day Lanzatech hopes to produce acetone, isopropyl alcohol and other valuable chemicals directly from its carbon-eating microbes.

Recycling 170

Recycling Recycling Carbon Carbon-negative 170

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Biotechnology- reducing environmental impact. Biotechnology allows us to harness the exquisite selectivity of nature to efficiently produce complex chemicals, often using temperatures and pressures lower than in traditional organic synthesis.

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Biotechnology Waste Waste Agriculture 174

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2022

A UK-based demonstration plant that generates industrial biotechnology sugars and other recycled material streams from the paper and card in mixed household waste has come online in May 2022. The products will be used in the production of several high-performance bio-based materials.

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Waste Waste Recycled materials Biotechnology 245

Greentown Labs

JUNE 21, 2022

Twenty startups joined our community in the second quarter of 2022, working on innovations as diverse as a solution to enhance oceans’ natural ability to capture CO 2 , biotechnologies to produce wood products without cutting down trees, and a turnkey development approach to waste-heat-to-power projects.

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Startups Hydrogen Biotechnology Carbon 96

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Jennifer hints at the potential for applying genetics expertise from medicine to industrial biotechnology; one day Lanzatech hopes to produce acetone, isopropyl alcohol and other valuable chemicals directly from its carbon-eating microbes.

Recycling 142

Recycling Recycling Carbon Carbon-negative 142

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 9, 2022

Among the latest systems to emerge from biotechnology research are two that are becoming more and more established: mechanical ventilation and biofiltration.

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Pollution Biotechnology Waste Waste 244

Eco-Business

JULY 25, 2021

Notorious for animal testing and unsustainable sourcing, a first sector-wide report highlights the progress the flavours and fragrances industry has made in sustainability, aided by activists, consumer demand and biotechnology.

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Sustainability Biotechnology Demand 79

Business Green

JUNE 15, 2022

New £120m venture aims to scale up biotechnology alternative to palm oil and fossil fuels used to make everyday products. Unilever did not disclose the amount it had invested in the partnership, but confirmed it was the largest investment it had made to date in biotechnology alternatives to palm oil.

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Fossil fuels Biotech Biotechnology Resilience 68

Business Green

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Agency teams up with Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council to launch new funding competition.

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Innovation Biotechnology Agriculture Sustainability 68

Impact Alpha

JUNE 10, 2021

ImpactAlpha, June 10 – Legal agreements between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and private biotechnology companies were supposed to be the great equalizer. The post Linchpin of Gates Foundation’s health strategies, ‘global access agreements’ fail their COVID-19 test appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Health Biotechnology 71

Business Green

JULY 20, 2020

The REACT-FIRST project, which relies on carbon dioxide-to-protein technology developed by Nottingham-based biotechnology start-up Deep Branch, was one of nine agritech projects to clinch funding last week from Innovate UK in a funding round targeted at driving down costs and greenhouse gas emissions in the agriculture sector.

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Government Biotechnology Carbon Agriculture 101

Eco-Business

MAY 26, 2021

Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation wants to find out if meat substitutes are healthier than the real thing.

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Biotechnology Innovation 79

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 14, 2021

Our funding will help unlock a vital next step for this project to support sustainable fuel and chemicals production through biotechnology, and ultimately create new jobs and investment to strengthen communities across Scotland.

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Biotechnology Fossil fuels Carbon Sustainability 130

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

A long-standing grail of biotechnology is the effort to convert the lignin component of plant-based biomass into energy or something useful – this being a less wasteful avenue than simply burning it or throwing it away.

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Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 245

GreenBiz

JUNE 3, 2021

Huue is a biotechnology startup working to clean up the apparel industry’s manufacturing footprint by creating sustainable dyes for textiles, food and cosmetics. Who are they? Today, indigo dye in denim manufacturing uses toxic chemicals such as formaldehyde, cyanide and petroleum.

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Startups Carbon-negative Batteries Recycling 474

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Unilever's Clean Future program specifically will focus on funding biotechnology research, CO2 use and low-carbon chemistry, as well as biodegradable and water-efficient product formulations. It already supports a number of initiatives that aim to slash the environmental impact of the firm's cleaning and laundry products.

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Fossil fuels Carbon Biodegradable Biotechnology 306

Charged

JULY 13, 2021

Charging management specialist Enel X is working with Biogen (Nasdaq: BIIB) to electrify the biotechnology company’s employee vehicle fleet. Biogen has committed to convert its global fleet of over 1,000 vehicles to EVs by 2025.

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North America Fossil fuels Biotechnology IoT 111

Eco-Business

APRIL 13, 2022

Innovators around the globe are achieving inspiring results using natural sources, traditional knowledge, and advanced biotechnology techniques to develop sustainable materials for the fashion industry.

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Fashion Sustainability Biotechnology Innovation 41

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The results have been published in the Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology. Using just 1kg of the grain, Dr Ahmed Osman from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering has been able to create enough activated carbon to spread across 100 football pitches.

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Carbon Waste Waste Biotechnology 162

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Ariel Kushmaro of the BGU Avram and Stella Goldstein-Goren Department of Biotechnology Engineering co-led the study. “This is just one of a number of BGU’s COVID-19 projects that address water detection and water treatment, thanks in part to emergency funds provided by American donors.”. Other BGU researchers include Dr. Edo Bar-Zeev, Prof.

Biotechnology 130

Biotechnology 130

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 4, 2022

Finding a way to do something more interesting with woody biomass – other than just burning it – is a long-standing grail for biotechnology research. A new artificial enzyme has shown it can chew through lignin, the tough polymer that helps woody plants hold their shape.

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Biotechnology Carbon Energy Energy 130

Sustainability Consulting

MAY 19, 2021

This is already happening in the field of biotechnology for consumer goods where drop-in replacements for harmful ingredients ignore that broader context and reinforce social and ecological inequities. Chieza says we need a more revolutionary approach that asks the big questions, “what kind of world do we wish for?”

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Biotechnology Sustainability Ethics Resilience 78

Business Green

MARCH 8, 2023

The universities and colleges included in the study said courses including biotechnology, design, and physics also include components relating to renewable energy. This was followed by 1,202 students studying business, and a further 742 studying management.

Hydropower 74

Hydropower Biotechnology Energy Energy 74