I am here today in Munich, Germany, preparing to cover Wacker Chemie's annual international press conference in the next few days. In the pipeline for possible tweeting and blog (if I can get a wifi connection) includes Wacker's solar business, sustainability strategies, biotechnology and green chemistry. The green blogger will be a little bit busier than before so pardon the sparse posts.
I decided to separate this news from my previous post on NatureWorks' lactic acid announcement. This one is pretty interesting given the fact that bioplastic recycling -- needing to separate disposed bioplastics from traditional plastics -- especially here in the US is still an issue.
I'm being bombarded by bioplastic news this week! Here's one from NatureWorks, which announced last Monday its plans to enter the lactic acid intermediates market.
Consumers are now demanding transparency on product ingredients that they use and the trade group Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA) are working on compiling information on these ingredients in a so called "Consumer Product Ingredient Dictionary."
I'm trying to tie up my bisphenol-A article today for ICIS Chemical Business' March 29 issue and hopefully will have more time to blog.
Here is another reason why the momentum for algae development is stronger than ever.
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) reported last week that US recycling of non-bottle rigid plastics such as high density polyethylene (HDPE) tubs, polypropylene (PP) cups and other food containers, and durable items such as crates, carts, buckets and electronic casings, was up 11% to 0ver 361 million pounds in 2008 compared in 2007.
I've postponed this post about new green chemistry companies for too long and I'm very sorry = (. It seems there are new companies I come across each month that my list keeps on growing! But that's a good thing.
The Winter Olympic games is over but of course environmentalists have to check if there is a heavy carbon footprint left behind.
Two France-based specialty chemicals companies recently separately announced a research and development collaborations towards green materials and processing.
Two recent big news on the algae front are developments from Honeywell's UOP business and from DuPont. Both companies were able to get funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE) - $1.5 million for UOP and $8.8 million for DuPont.
The blog previously posted about DSM Venturing's growing recent investments in renewable chemistry and clean technology projects. It is now our pleasure to share insights coming from Erik Rutten, DSM Venturing's senior investment manager, on how green chemistry companies can attract strategic partners such as DSM.
Let me get this news from Walmart last week before it becomes stale. Everybody knows in the supply chain community that what Walmart and other big box retailers do vibrates all the way even up to chemical feedstock producers.
My green article masterpiece is finally out (on print) this week as part of ICIS Chemical Business' March 1 green feature. My article is about the investment environment for green chemistry companies and it has definitely been an eye opener for me on how these companies were able to get the money flowing for their R&D operations.
