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Carbon 'rainbow': Unilever pledges $1.2B to scrub fossil fuels from cleaning products

GreenBiz

Unilever's Clean Future program specifically will focus on funding biotechnology research, CO2 use and low-carbon chemistry, as well as biodegradable and water-efficient product formulations. It already supports a number of initiatives that aim to slash the environmental impact of the firm's cleaning and laundry products.

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Unilever pledges to invest €1bn in eliminating fossil fuels from cleaning products by 2030

Business Green

Unilever said the €1bn of funding will specifically finance biotechnology research, CO2 utilisation technologies, low carbon chemistry research, and biodegradable and water-efficient product formulations, while also helping the firm halve its use of virgin plastic by 2025.

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This LA startup turns spoiled milk into biodegradable T-shirts

AGreenLiving

LA-based startup Mi Terro is using biotechnology to turn a portion of that food waste into sustainable fibers for biodegradable T-shirts. Related: This biodegradable T-shirt is made from trees and algae <img src="//inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2020/07/Mi-Terro-6-889×661.jpg"

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Eco Friendly Retail Packaging Complete Guide (Sustainable Packaging Innovations)

Green Business Bureau

Glass is non-biodegradable, and there are no biodegradable alternative materials on the market. As with glass, steel is non-biodegradable and there aren’t biodegradable options on the market. Aluminum is non-biodegradable and there aren’t biodegradable options on the market. Collaborate.

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'Carbon rainbow': How Unilever's pledge to eliminate fossil fuels from cleaning products could catalyse the bioeconomy

Business Green

Unilever's Clean Future programme will be specifically focused on funding biotechnology research, CO2 utilisation, and low carbon chemistry, as well as biodegradable and water efficient product formulations. And in Southern India, Unilever is sourcing soda ash - an ingredient in laundry powders - from CO2 capture technology.

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Lamps by Biohm are made from coffee and orange peel

AGreenLiving

Related: Artist 3D-prints biodegradable agar floral lamps “There has never been a more critical time to be doing the work we do at Biohm,” said Ehab Sayed, founder and director of innovation at Biohm. And, therefore, to create ethically-sourced and locally-fabricated high-performance sustainable products.

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Top brands strengthen links between net zero goals and supply chain innovation

Business Green

That means embracing new partners, such as Evonik Industries, which provides the renewable and biodegradable surfactant for its Sunlight dishwashing soap in Chile and Vietnam. The company set aside $1.2bn in research and development funds for biotechnology and low-carbon chemistry technologies that support that goal.