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PR Newswire, “Ground-breaking bio-based dry cleaning solvent to be produced by Green Biologics and Kreussler Chemicals” Attis Industries, “Attis Industries Converts Corn Ethanol Coproducts into Biobased Grocery Bags" Sealed Air, “Sealed Air to Offer Plantic™ Bio-Based Food Packaging in the United States, Canada and Mexico” Phys.org, “Renewable solvents derived from lignin lowers waste in biofuel production”...

Plastics Technology, “Focus on Renewable Chemicals Expands for Braskem” Wired, “This Spider-topping Super Wood Is the Strongest Biomaterial Ever” Design News, “Bioplastics Get Tougher and Greener: Durable and Engineering-grade Versions Are Appearing in Cars and Consumer Electronics, as Well as Appliances and Toys” Composites World, “Sicomin Bio-based Epoxy Earns ECOBOARD Qualification"...

European Biotechnology, “GBS 2018: Bioeconomy leaders foster shift to sustainable industry production” S&P Global, “Braskem expands renewable plastics research with Boston operation” Unearthed, “Malaysia ready to hit back at UK if EU palm oil biofuels ban goes ahead”...

Bloomberg, “Your Regular Audi Could Run on Straw Soon” Youris, “A New Sustainable Initiative in Bristol, in the UK, Uses Bio-Based Materials to Face the Need for Additional and Affordable Housing Supply” Science Daily, “Researchers Developing Renewable Energy Approach for Producing Ammonia” Times of Oman, “Omani Researchers Make Bio-Plastic Out of Fish Scales”...

Anellotech, “Anellotech Achieves Key Process Technology Operating Milestone” Veolia, “Veolia Grows Biomass Leadership, To Operate Two Additional Projects in Georgia”  Plastics Today, “PHA Bioplastics a ‘Tunable’ Solution for Convenience Food Packaging” Reuters, “South Africa Signs $4.7 Billion of Delayed Renewable Energy Deals”...

By Lynn L. Bergeson On March 20, 2018, BioLogiQ, Inc. announced that its NuPlastiQ® GP biopolymer received certification under the USDA BioPreferred program.  NuPlastiQ is a 100 percent renewably-resourced, plant-based resin that is blended with traditional plastics to reduce fossil-based plastic use and greenhouse gas emissions.  The thermoplastic resin is produced using BioLogiQ’s proprietary process for converting high crystalline starch into a low crystalline (mostly...

AkzoNobel, “AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals’ 2018 Imagine Chemistry Challenge Generates 150 Innovative Business Ideas” Enerkem, “Enerkem Makes A Major Breakthrough By Producing A New High-Octane Biofuel” Fast Company, “This USDA Lab Is Turning Billions Of Pounds Of Almond Waste Into Beer, Plastic, And Power” Electrolux, “Electrolux Builds The World’s First Bioplastic Concept Fridge”...

Platts, “USDA Official Vows to Fight Brazil's 20% Tariff on US Ethanol” Advanced Biofuels Business Council, “Broad Coalition to EPA:  Unlock Corn Kernel Fiber Cellulosic Ethanol”  Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology, “A Step Towards Independence From Fossil Resources” Meridian Waste Solutions Inc., “Meridian Waste Solutions’ Attis Innovations Partners with Genarex” University of Georgia, “Gene Improves Plant...

By Kathleen M. Roberts Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) announced the development of a method to create a supertough renewable plastic with improved manufacturability.  The method involved the addition of a small amount of silanes to polylactic acid (PLA), a bioplastic commonly used in packaging, textiles, biomedical implants, and 3D printing.  The new bioplastic demonstrated improved tensile strain and tensile toughness, without a loss in tensile strength and...

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, “EERE Success Story –Archer Daniels Midland Partners with PNNL to Become a Leading Producer of Biobased Propylene Glycol” Reuters, “Chemical Industry in Bid to Harness Germany's Green Power Overload” Nasdaq, “U.S. Refiner PES Says Bankruptcy Plan Hinges on Biofuel Costs” University of Wisconsin, “Bio-Renewable Process Could Help ‘Green’ Plastic” Stanford, “Stanford-Led Team...