Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

A long-standing grail of biotechnology is the effort to convert the lignin component of plant-based biomass into energy or something useful – this being a less wasteful avenue than simply burning it or throwing it away. The beauty of the MEC is that it can process any type of organic waste — human, agricultural or industrial.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Biotechnology- reducing environmental impact. Biotechnology allows us to harness the exquisite selectivity of nature to efficiently produce complex chemicals, often using temperatures and pressures lower than in traditional organic synthesis. This can result in fewer by-products and contaminants (i.e.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2022

A UK-based demonstration plant that generates industrial biotechnology sugars and other recycled material streams from the paper and card in mixed household waste has come online in May 2022. The products will be used in the production of several high-performance bio-based materials.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

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. is always the highest represented nation outside of the organizing nation," he observed. could emerge as a world leader.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

If scientists can figure out how to genetically engineer it, this single-celled organism’s natural quirks could become supercharged into a low-waste carbon capture system. For microorganism researchers, whose field has long revolved around a handful of easy-to-manage organisms like yeast and E.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

If scientists can figure out how to genetically engineer it, this single-celled organism’s natural quirks could become supercharged into a low-waste carbon capture system. For microorganism researchers, whose field has long revolved around a handful of easy-to-manage organisms like yeast and E.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 31, 2023

Funded by the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC), the results of the project could help to unlock new Scottish supply chains for natural and sustainable feeds.

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Global Renewable News

MAY 24, 2023

Ductor, a leading circular biotechnology.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 4, 2022

Finding a way to do something more interesting with woody biomass – other than just burning it – is a long-standing grail for biotechnology research. A new artificial enzyme has shown it can chew through lignin, the tough polymer that helps woody plants hold their shape.

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Sustainability Consulting

MAY 19, 2021

Tools like DNA sequencing, automation and machine learning are key to allowing organism engineers to solve these technical challenges. This is already happening in the field of biotechnology for consumer goods where drop-in replacements for harmful ingredients ignore that broader context and reinforce social and ecological inequities.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 26, 2021

They found specific genes that play key roles in response to water stress across different Miscanthus species, and saw consistencies with functional biological processes that are critical during the survival of drought stress in other organisms.

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Green Tech Challenge

JULY 1, 2019

A possible solution that stands out from its competition has been presented by Mycorena , a biotechnology company in Sweden, where the key method relies on the use of edible filamentous fungi as a high-protein substituent component for the feed industry.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Transgenic organisms contain DNA from other species.) For years, controversy has swirled around the ethics of using novel biotechnology for species conservation. Many children didn’t survive the schools, which were often run by Christian organizations. government.

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Grist

OCTOBER 7, 2019

On Monday, the scientists studying these gene-edited cattle published a paper in the journal Nature Biotechnology explaining what happened. But because these cattle had DNA from a bacteria, it meant they were genetically modified organisms, or GMOs in the eyes of government regulators.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

AUGUST 20, 2020

We are looking for someone who is both passionate about sustainability and biotechnology and looking to accelerate their professional development. Collaborate across the organization, working closely with manufacturing and R&D to guide scale-up decisions. Build relationships with critical third-party partners to support efforts.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

AUGUST 20, 2020

We are looking for someone who is both passionate about sustainability and biotechnology and looking to accelerate their professional development. Collaborate across the organization, working closely with manufacturing and R&D to guide scale-up decisions. Build relationships with critical third-party partners to support efforts.

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2021

We also work to improve plant biotechnologies and have contributed to proof-of-concept studies demonstrating that genome editing can be used to develop useful traits in barley, brassica and potatoes by deleting just a few letters of DNA. Such crops became known as genetically modified organisms (GMOs). It's not clear.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 16, 2021

In the workplace, they have also organized a cycling program to save energy, offset commute emissions and encourage exercising. Rather than ending up as useless waste in the landfill, these plantable cards degrade in soil and grow into herbs and flowering plants, making this a big win for bees and other pollinators.

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Grist

APRIL 17, 2021

This spring, the biotechnology company Oxitec plans to release genetically modified, or GM, mosquitoes in the Florida Keys. In June, Kofler and Kuzma wrote an opinion piece in The Boston Globe about the EPA approval, critiquing the agency’s regulatory system and calling for a better process for evaluating new biotechnologies.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 3, 2021

The lead on many of these action items was FTI Consulting, whose work against Gillam included briefing Monsanto’s third party “pro science” organizations about the book, creating background materials on the book, helping to release a website to counter the book, and responding to media requests after the book was released.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 20, 2019

This spells opportunity for both purpose and profit for financial advisors, asset managers, mission-driven organizations, forward-thinking enterprises, entrepreneurs, and more! Richard Powers, Head of ETF Product Development, Vanguard and Carla Vernon President, Natural & Organic Operating Unit, General Mills.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JULY 8, 2024

Geoheat can be utilised in a diverse range of industries and production systems that require process heat or controlled temperature environments including wood processing, food processing, industrial manufacturing, aquaculture, horticulture, and biotechnology.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 30, 2023

The brand works with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to help them get new therapies to patients as quickly and efficiently as possible. Before a new drug or medical treatment can be given to patients, it must first be approved by a regulatory organization such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 2, 2021

. “Recent events have emphasized how our economies and systems are flawed and unsustainable, and that we need to immediately implement radical and regenerative biotechnologies delivered through equitable and compassionate business models to make leaps in the fight against the climate crisis.”

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Business Green

MAY 14, 2021

The company set aside $1.2bn in research and development funds for biotechnology and low-carbon chemistry technologies that support that goal. Puma is taking a different approach: It provides better financing terms to organizations in its supply chain that perform well on certain ESG metrics.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Enzymes catalyze chemical reactions inside organisms. In a 16-foot-tall reactor, the flakes are mixed with the patented cutinase enzymes —produced by Denmark-based biotechnology company Novozymes — and warmed to a little above 140 degrees Fahrenheit. Used PET arrives here as thin, pre-processed flakes about one-fifth of an inch across.

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Better Ventures

APRIL 10, 2023

Location : Chicago, IL Company : Dimension Inx Stage : Series A One-liner : Dimension Inx is a biomaterials platform that designs and develops therapeutic products that restore tissue and organ function. These roles help me be a better CEO at Dimension, allowing me to bring in learnings from other leaders and organizations.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 14, 2024

Organizations like MassBio and Massachusetts Biotechnology Council have played a key role in convening and connecting the ecosystem too. Greentown now spans a 100,000 sq.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 16, 2020

LA-based startup Mi Terro is using biotechnology to turn a portion of that food waste into sustainable fibers for biodegradable T-shirts. Using technology that re-engineers milk proteins, the company has invented a completely unique process that finds an innovative use for food waste and uses 60% less water than an organic cotton shirt.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Last month, in the Plant Biotechnology Journal , researchers described a breakthrough with rice, engineering the plant to produce more compounds that encourage the growth of biofilms, which provide a cozy home for nitrogen-fixing bacteria, much like legumes provide nodules for their partner microbes.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 22, 2021

“This makes them vulnerable, because we cannot live without the other life — the other organisms that created our bodies over 200,000 years of evolution.” Resurrecting the Sublime is an immersive installation merging art and biotechnology.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 28, 2020

Our organization is inclusive and events are open to people of all genders. based nonprofit organization working on developing national and international policy solutions on sustainable development, building consensus and coalitions among civil society groups on these issues and lobbying government representatives. 7:40 pm: Q&A.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Over three years, the New Cotton Project will see textile waste collected and sorted via consumer apparel take-back programs, then regenerated into cellulose-based textile fibers by Finnish biotechnology specialist Infinited Fiber Company, the 12 project partners confirmed.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 30, 2021

He covered the frescoes that needed to be restored with organic matter. He then experimented with various “ bugs ” until he landed on one that did the exact thing he wanted it to do: consume all the organic material, leaving the stone beneath it untouched. And best of all, it’s organic.

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Better Ventures

JANUARY 15, 2020

Thanks to the precipitous drop in the cost of sequencing DNA, scientists now have access to the genomes of countless organisms, providing them with an extensive library of reaction pathways needed for desired molecular outcomes.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

.” 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. is always the highest represented nation outside of the organizing nation,” he observed. could emerge as a world leader.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Beverage giants including Goose Island Beer, Heineken USA, and Rocky Mountain Bottle Company have teamed up with glass manufacturers, waste haulers, recycling processors, and trade organizations to work towards a common goal of increasing recycled glass usage in business. Corrugated bubble wrap is made from upcycled corrugated cardboard.

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