Biotechnology Innovation Plastics Sustainability 
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
This, in turn, is dehydrated to create ethylene – a stage of the process handled by Technip Energies – and this ethylene is then polymerized – by circular plastics expert Borealis – to produce EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate), in the form of small plastic pellets, which then enter On’s production process for the creation of the CleanCloud foam material.
Business Green
APRIL 8, 2020
Demonstration plant to open next year for lab-engineered enzyme researchers claim can break down 90 per cent of PET plastic in 10 hours. PET is the most commonly used plastic material in bottles and is also found in polyester clothing fibres, food containers, and other types of packaging.
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GreenBiz
JUNE 23, 2020
The global COVID-19 pandemic is a historic Black Swan event that offers a Green Swan of opportunities to harvest innovation from 50 years of converging exponential technologies. Government must provide the regulatory support to amplify transformative innovation from the intersections of converging exponential technologies.
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.
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 25, 2021
“This way we can offer a sustainable alternative to sugar and corn based polylactic acid, i.e. PLA,” says Henri Nieminen, CEO of Finnfoam. “This Finnish innovation combines synthetic biology, chemistry and material technology in a completely new way,” said a press release. An ecological alternative to plastic?
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
Using a combination of cutting-edge genetic engineering, state-of-the-art biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and innovations in mechanical and chemical engineering the companies to manufacture chemicals using a process that soaks up waste carbon, rather than emitting it.
Business Green
JANUARY 30, 2020
The firm said it will work with Econic Technologies to explore the potential for using captured carbon dioxide from its biomass power station to displace oil in the production of plastic products through the use of Econic Technologies' catalyst technology.
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