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🇫🇷 Carbios And Indorama Ventures to Build Manufacturing Plant for Bio-Recycled PET
Carbios and Indorama Ventures announced plans to join forces and build a “first of its kind” manufacturing plant. Aiming to be operational by 2025, the plant will use Carbios’ PET bio-recycling technology at Indorama Ventures’ PET production site in France.
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🦠 Researchers Engineer Bacteria To Upcycle Carbon Waste Into Valuable Chemicals
Researchers led by Northwestern University and LanzaTech have harnessed bacteria to break down waste carbon dioxide (CO2) to make it into commonly used, expensive industrial chemicals. The carbon-negative approach removes CO2 from the atmosphere and avoids using fossil fuels to generate these chemicals.
🏆 Finalists Named in The Afri-Plastics Challenge £1 Million Prize
The Afri-Plastics Challenge announced the 15 finalists of its strand Accelerating Growth, which aims to reward innovative downstream solutions for managing plastic waste after it has been used and discarded. The Challenge is funded by the Government of Canada and delivered by the London-based innovation foundation, Nesta Challenges.
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👁 Izzy Cosmetics Offers Refillable Mascara Solution
“Our medical-grade, stainless-steel tubes are designed to be cleaned and refilled over 10,000 times, so you literally never have to throw them away,” explained Shannon Goldberg, founder of Izzy in an interview.
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☀️ Lund University Publishes Breakthrough In Converting Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel Using Solar Energy
A research team led by Lund University in Sweden published a study which showed how solar power can convert carbon dioxide into fuel. The breakthrough, which uses advanced materials and ultra-fast laser spectroscopy, could play a crucial part in reducing the levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere in the future.
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🚢 Furetank and Eskilstuna Biogas Sign LBG Agreement
The Swedish shipping company signed an agreement to acquire liquefied biogas (LBG) with Eskilstuna Biogas. Furetank and Eskilstuna Biogas will develop a new biogas plant that will produce an estimated 5,000 tonnes of LBG annually, with Furetank agreeing to purchase at least 75% of the fuel for 10 years.
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