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Demo plant produces industrial sugars from mixed household waste fractions

Envirotec Magazine

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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Top brands strengthen links between net zero goals and supply chain innovation

Business Green

The company set aside $1.2bn in research and development funds for biotechnology and low-carbon chemistry technologies that support that goal. That could mean creating closed-loop systems that increase the amount of recycled materials - a strategy increasingly embraced by electronics companies including Dell Technologies and HP Inc.

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Are microbes the future of recycling? It’s complicated.

Grist

Underlying the company’s approach is a technology that remains unconventional in the realm of recycling: genetically modified enzymes. Enzymes catalyze chemical reactions inside organisms. In the human body, for example, enzymes can convert starches into sugars and proteins into amino acids.