Bioplastics are emerging as viable alternatives to petroleum-based polymers. This quiet revolution goes well beyond the standard drivers for sustainably sourced and/or compostable materials. I attended the 2013 BioPlastek conference in San ...
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In a time when Australia's liquid transport fuel supplies are declining and our transport needs are growing, a research partnership between Australia and India could provide a solution to a number of energy concerns and ultimately reduce ...
Veolia presents two new wastewater treatment processes that 'significantly improve efficiency and reduce costs'. Veolia Water has reported it has introduced two new wastewater processes which significantly improve efficiency and reduce ...
UPM has achieved a top position in Carbon Disclosure Project’s (CDP) Nordic 260 Climate Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI) for the fifth year running. UPM was ranked in the index with top scores: 99 points out of 100 maintaining the ...
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General Motors is set to collaborate with the US Army in a joint development of hydrogen fuel cell technologies for use in future vehicles. The agreement, which will see GM expand its existing collaboration with the US Army Tank ...
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The combination of strong design competence and cutting-edge cellulose-based technologies can result in new commercially successful brands. The aim is for fibre from wood-based biomass to replace both cotton production, which burdens the ...
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In his September Briefing to Members of Parliament, Workman said that packaging materials are much lighter and more resource efficient than they were 20 years ago and are designed with space saving efficiency in mind. Elsewhere, he said ...
France is to use profits from nuclear power plants along with a new carbon tax to help fund growth in renewable power and energy efficiency, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayraut said Saturday. In a speech in Paris marking the end of France's ...
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Green development is facing a series of obstacles, as Jiang Xueqing reports in Changchun. Seven years after China's Renewable Energy Law took effect in January 2006, renewable energy companies are making huge contributions to the ...
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Why can't we turn bio-residues into something constructive?? Extensive environmental damage and ever-increasing consumption rate of fossil fuels force the humankind to dig up substitute non-conventional sources of energy. Non-renewable ...
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SCD-iBIO, an industrial biotechnology group associated with the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA), announced that DSM's vice president of bio-based chemicals and materials, Dr. Marcel Lubben, will be the keynote ...
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In today's world, the extensive use of organic resources and water has increased the quantity of waste water and organic waste. The waste water can be recycled and used again for fulfilling the demand of water. There are many companies in ...
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The domestic renewable energy industry has condemned the Government's suggestion to do away with the 2008 Planning and Energy Act. The Act, promoted by Michael Fallon, who is now Energy Minister, provides local authorities with the ...
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Current-year ethanol RINs production in August fell by 18.73 million RINs to 1.129 billion RINs, according to data released Tuesday through the US Environmental Protection Agency's Moderated Transaction System website. With EPA setting ...
US biodiesel assessments plunged Monday to their lowest levels in at least two months on combined weakness from RINs prices and NYMEX ULSD futures. Chicago SME biodiesel and US Gulf Coast SME biodiesel were both assessed 14.5 cents lower ...