This is a guest post from Kristie Lewis who wants to give us an insight into the Waste to Value aspects in the cnstruction industry. Construction companies haul large amounts of waste to landfills every day. Where this waste goes and what people decided to do with it can have major effects on our sustainable [...]
Business of Garbage
This is another guest post about the life of garbage. It was sent by Bethenny Schaffer who is part of the design team at BusinessDegree.net. They created this graphic that highlights the business behind garbage. watch also a video about “The Secret Life of Garbage”
Glycerin to Epiclorohydrin: Epicerol Enters the Asian Market
Solvay announced that its Thai affiliate Vinythai has successfully commissioned its world-class bio-sourced Epichlorohydrin plant based on Solvay’s innovative Epicerol® technology in Map Ta Phut, Thailand. The Epicerol® technology is based on the transformation of glycerin obtained as by-product from refining vegetable oils into biofuel. This technology is protected by 1000 patent titles, some of [...]
World’s First Commercial Cellulosic Ethanol Plant
The good news: After developing the technology, improving enzymes and yield and building demonstration plants, it is finally getting serious. The building of the first commercial scale cellulosic ethanol plant has begun. Novozymes partner Mossi & Ghisolfi Group (M&G) started construction of the world’s first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant. The plant will produce 13 million [...]
Bioplastic Made From Whey Protein
In the research for sustainable materials derived by new and green resources, waste and industrial byproducts earn increasing attention. Global industry now turns to large scale implementation of alternative technologies. Whey, a side product of cheese production, is currently in focus of a group of companies. They intent to produce a whey protein derived bioplastic [...]
PLA Recycling Infrastructure
Polylactic acid (PLA) is only biodegradable in industrial settings. Recovery of bioplastics like PLA in recycling facilities is not easy due to low volumes and often optical similarity with traditional polymers. California based BioCor LLC created an optical sorting machine able to detect and sort PLA from PET (polyethylene terephthalate) or HDPE (high density polyethylene) [...]
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