by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The Plant Bottle has generated so much goodwill and publicity for its 30% renewable, sustainable content (and that biobased MEG) that it’s easy to forget that there are several paths being chased to 100% renewable clear plastic bottles by numerous partners, and there are a wide swath of plastics where renewables can play a role.
What’s the promise, who’s making progress? And when, where, how, and costing how much? Challenges are abundant but the chemistry is powerful and the tipping-point may well arrive soon. Today, we go through the Top 10 Trendlines that have emerged in the headlines.
#1: Avantium completes IPO, Synvina project steams ahead
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#2: Licella, Armstrong head for scale
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#3 Anellotech pilot running, new mystery investor
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#4: Bioplastics to grow 28% thru 2020
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#5: FDME gets a Standing O
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#6: MetGen’s new path to 5-HMF, FDCA
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#7: Attacking high costs via new catalysts, new solvents, new enzymes
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#8: Plastics from sugar and CO2
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#9: BioPolicy for BioPlastics: Favorable winds or not?
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#10 Cleaner, cheaper cooking fuel from plastic residues READ MORE