In Denmark, coffee byproduct upcycler has added new ingredients to its portfolio and will soon open an expanded production facility. Since the start of 2023, Kaffee Bueno has launched three new ingredients for the personal care products, including one capable or replacing environmentally problematic argan and palm oils in haircare products. “[The new ingredient] contains […]
In North Carolina, Power Engineering reported that BMW extended a waste-to-energy agreement to power its local manufacturing plant. Currently, about 20% of the Spartanburg plant’s total energy needs are provided by landfill gas. The company announced last week that it will extend its partnership with Ameresco for an additional eight years. Ameresco had constructed the […]
In Malaysia, JGC Holdings Corporation and Japan NUS (JANUS) have signed a memorandum of understanding with the Malaysian natural gas sales, marketing, and distribution company Gas Malaysia Bhd (GMB) for joint study of sustainable domestic palm oil industry development through effective utilization of unused resources from palm oil milling in the country. This project will […]
In Italy, Eni has definitively ended the procurement of palm oil for use at the Venice and Gela biorefineries for the production of hydrogenated biofuels. The last shipments arrived in the last few weeks, ahead of the declared goal of becoming ‘palm oil free’ by the end of 2022. Eni’s biorefineries in Venice and Gela […]
In the United Kingdom, a startup developing fermentation-based alternatives to palm oil hopes to begin sales in 2023. Palm oil is used across numerous products in food, cosmetics, and biofuels, but despite being renewable it is often linked to extensive deforestation and further threat to endangered species. Despite this, the palm oil market is forecast […]
Rebuilding in a more sustainable way is top of mind for this week’s Top 8 Innovations. From a composite reinforcing material made of hemp stalk and bioplastic to create a rebar as strong as steel for construction to a ‘gigacorn’ cement alternative using microbes and without emitting carbon dioxide, rebuilding is getting greener and more […]
In Saudi Arabia, researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology are using date waste to create filtration membranes for industrial separations. Conventional membranes are efficient, but are made from fossil-based materials and often require toxic chemicals to produce. “Date seeds are abundantly available and renewable, with approximately 90% of the world’s cultivated date […]
In Germany, following an earlier announcement in February, Reuters reports the country has decided to ban palm oil as a biofuel feedstock by 2023, instead focusing on waste-based feedstocks such as used cooking oil, with a yet-to-be decided quota. Palm oil only accounted for 3.9% of biodiesel feedstock use in 2020 with rapeseed oil making […]
In New Orleans, Fat Tuesday is getting a green makeover with biobased products aimed at reducing the massive amount of trash left behind. Otherwise known as Mardi Gras, the festival is a celebration of excess for Christians before the austerity of Lent begins. This excess has a hidden cost, however. In New Orleans, the city […]
Q: What was the reason for founding your organization – what was the open niche you saw that could be addressed with a new product or service? What was the problem, or gap, or opportunity? Three key needs were the basis behind development of ChainCraft: Valorization of organic waste streams. Food waste is estimated to […]
