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Domo, Covestro and BASF team up to test blockchain for tracing plastics

Business Green

Three firms are aiming to create open data-sharing application that chemicals and plastics producers can use to inform circular production processes. And now two European companies, polyamide supplier Domo and polymer manufacturer Covestro, are collaborating with Dutch technology startup Circularise to create a system for tracking plastics.

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q4 2021

Greentown Labs

Twenty-five startups joined our community in the final months of 2021, working on innovations as diverse as solar-plus-storage for blackouts, plastic and tire recycling, geothermal power generation, and construction-less dam electrification. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you!

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Ecosystems for good: How collaborator networks achieve sustainability

GreenBiz

Powered by accelerative technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, the cloud and the internet of things, digital ecosystems successfully marry forward-thinking partners and cutting-edge technologies to tackle the biggest threats that humanity faces today. One key area where this can have an impact is plastic recycling.

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Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation and Greentown Labs Announce the KAITEKI Challenge Startup Participants

Greentown Labs

May 18, 2021 — Greentown Labs , the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America, and Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation (MCHC) have selected six startups for the KAITEKI Challenge that are innovating in the areas of alternative proteins, plastics, and packaging. Somerville, Mass.,

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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — July 2022

Greentown Labs

Our 200+ startups never fail to impress us with their hard work and commitment to scaling their climatetech solutions! Interested in engaging with or joining our community of climatetech startups? Learn about how you can take action with our members or apply for startup membership ! Check out their latest accomplishments below.

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Circulor: Inside the UK-based startup helping Volvo trace EV battery materials

Business Green

Close to 80 per cent of the 1,000 senior executives surveyed in spring 2020 by consulting firm Cognizant indicated that sensors and the internet of things were important for achieving sustainability goals: 72 per cent pointed to artificial intelligence and 60 per cent cited big data initiatives and blockchain as instrumental. (

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June Cleantech Roundup: Beyond Carbon, Beyond Tariffs, Beyond Plastics, Beyond Fission?

Clean Energy Trust

Link As the plastic recycling trade has ground to a halt following China’s implementation of higher standards, there has been a spike in interest in bioplastics and new forms of recycling. Link Facebook announced Libra, their new blockchain and cryptocurrency project.