Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 13, 2024

In a project funded by the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) and Scottish Water, a consortium of partners is assessing the viability of a water filter derived from biochar – a charcoal-like substance created when materials, in this case sewage sludge, are burned at high temperatures and deprived of oxygen.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2021

Nordic Soya uses soy grown in Europe in its Uusikaupunki plant. “This project is both an excellent example of what expertise in industrial biotechnology can achieve and a triumph in converting a challenging industrial residue into a higher value product using microbes. .

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Grist

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

This story was originally published by Undark Magazine and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Of the waste generated from that plastic, less than a tenth of that has been recycled, researchers estimate. In theory, proponents say, a single plastic bottle could be recycled this way until the end of time.

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