Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The study, published in SCI’s Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology , introduces novel processes that promise to elevate the efficiency and viability of large-scale production. Isopropanol and acetone have a combined global market of $10 billion.

Waste 147

Waste Waste Biotechnology Sustainability 147

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2022

Edinburgh-based biotechnology start-up MiAlgae has secured further investment of £2.3m Championing the circular economy, the company has developed a novel biotechnology platform which uses low-value coproducts from the food and drink industry as a feedstock to initially grow microalgae rich in Omega-3 oils.

Biotechnology 246

Biotechnology Sustainability Biotech Investment 246

Grist

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Of the waste generated from that plastic, less than a tenth of that has been recycled, researchers estimate. This pollution problem is made worse, experts say, by the fact that even the small share of plastic that does get recycled is destined to end up, sooner or later, in the trash heap. billion tons of plastic.

Recycling 66

Recycling Recycling Plastics Biotechnology 66

Business Green

APRIL 8, 2020

French scientists have discovered a plastic-eating enzyme they claim could offer an innovative recycling solution for millions of tonnes of toxic plastic waste material, according to "breakthrough" new research funded by a clutch of consumer goods firms.

Plastics 98

Plastics Recycling Recycling Waste 98

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2024

The project was supported with funding from the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC), with samples of waste streams provided by whisky group Chivas Brothers from 12 of its distilleries across Scotland. We look forward to supporting RIPCELL throughout its next steps to bring the process closer to commercial application.”

Biotechnology 147

Biotechnology Waste Waste Fossil fuels 147

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The underlying issue is that so far there’s been little or no incentive (financial or legislative) for manufacturers or their customers to facilitate asset reuse or recycling in a more sustainable way. Furthermore, all concerned must pursue ethical and sustainable product end of life recycling practices.

Business Energy Monitoring 130

Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Recycling 130

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 21, 2024

Environmental technology company Smart Ops launched a biotechnology solution said to improve global access to clean water, on 21 May. It creates a system that can be deployed locally, which then treats and recycles water for multiple uses in a cost-effective way with minimal environmental impact.

Biotech 147

Biotech Pollution Biotechnology Technology 147

GreenBiz

JUNE 3, 2021

Huue is a biotechnology startup working to clean up the apparel industry’s manufacturing footprint by creating sustainable dyes for textiles, food and cosmetics. Of the 95 percent of textiles able to be recycled or reused, only 15 percent are recovered from the waste stream. Who are they? Courtesy of. Close Authorship. Courtesy of.

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Startups Carbon-negative Waste Waste 462

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Lanzatech’s technology is described as “a combination of cutting-edge genetic engineering, state-of-the-art biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and innovations in mechanical and chemical engineering”.

Carbon 278

Carbon Plastics Biotech Biotechnology 278

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 13, 2024

In a project funded by the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) and Scottish Water, a consortium of partners is assessing the viability of a water filter derived from biochar – a charcoal-like substance created when materials, in this case sewage sludge, are burned at high temperatures and deprived of oxygen.

Waste 130

Waste Waste Biotechnology Climate change 130

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.

Waste 245

Waste Waste Biotech Biotechnology 245

Business Green

JULY 20, 2020

A "carbon recycling" project that aims to decarbonise food production by converting CO2 captured at Drax's Yorkshire biomass power plant into animal feed has launched after securing £3m support from the government.

Biotechnology 101

Biotechnology Government Agriculture Innovation 101

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Current physical and chemical extraction techniques are energy intensive or use solvents that are difficult to recycle to dissolve valuable metals from electronic circuit boards. The new method developed by the group uses recyclable solvents to extract valuable gold and copper from printed circuit boards.

Waste 130

Waste Waste Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 130

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 6, 2023

A family-owned whisky distillery in the central belt of Scotland, Falkirk Distillery, has joined forces with biotechnology company MiAlgae in a bid to advance the use of circular economy principles in the whisky industry.

Biotechnology 246

Biotechnology Waste Waste Sustainability 246

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.

Fashion 28

Fashion Recycling Recycling Waste 28

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

However, the firm now intends to explore, invest and ramp up carbon capture and use technologies that will eliminate the need for fresh carbon feedstocks and instead allow it to tap recycled carbon already on or above ground, for example, through captured carbon dioxide or carbon captured from waste materials.

Fossil fuels 264

Fossil fuels Carbon Biotechnology Biodegradable 264

Business Green

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Adidas and H&M Group are among a host of fashion and textile firms to have teamed up for an EU-funded sustainable fashion project announced today, which aims to develop a circular economy for clothing that would result in old garments and fibres being recycled into new items for major high street brands.

Fashion 100

Fashion Biotechnology Waste Waste 100

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Waste recycling/recovery : Mechanical recycling. Waste recycling/recovery : Chemical recycling. Waste recycling/recovery : (digestion, composting). When packaging cannot be avoided, next on the list of priorities is waste recycling and recovery. Waste avoidance : Reuse/Repair.

Packaging 78

Packaging Retail Innovation Sustainability 78

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The company intends to transition the products across its cleaning brands - which include Persil, Sunlight, Domestos and Cif - away from chemicals made from fossil fuel feedstocks and replace them with renewable or recycled sources of carbon, such as carbon captured using carbon capture utilisation technology or recovered from waste materials.

Fossil fuels 101

Fossil fuels Investment Biotechnology Biodegradable 101

GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2020

The new processes, which reflect scientific advancements in industrial biotechnology and electrolysis, range from fermentation (using proprietary microorganisms) to electrocatalysis and are at varying stages of development (research scale to full commercialization). Chemical Recycling. Carbon Removal. Chemicals & Toxics. Technology.

Waste 381

Waste Waste Carbon Fossil fuels 381

Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Elemental’s 12th cohort focuses on a range of societal challenges, including sustainable urbanization, building decarbonization, electric vehicle charging, last-mile logistics, recycling optimization and regenerative food production.

Soil 111

Soil Recycling Recycling Carbon 111

Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Carbon capture specialist could also scoop another $500m from Brookfield under terms of deal to build CO2 recycling plants across Europe and North America. US-based LanzaTech uses a biotechnology to transform CO2 emissions from heavy industry into fuels and chemicals.

North America 40

North America Biotechnology Recycling Recycling 40

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.

Biotechnology 60

Biotechnology Waste Waste Organic 60

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.” Biohm Images via Biohm.

Biodegradable 36

Biodegradable Biotech Biotechnology Waste 36

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Using a combination of cutting-edge genetic engineering, state-of-the-art biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and innovations in mechanical and chemical engineering the companies to manufacture chemicals using a process that soaks up waste carbon, rather than emitting it.

Carbon 73

Carbon Carbon-neutral Plastics Biotechnology 73

AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

“Our material world needs to change radically, and new bio-based material sources, efficient material recycling systems and emerging biotechnologies offer solutions for the transformation,” Kääriäinen said. Professor Pirjo Kääriäinen of Aalto University emphasizes finding bio-based solutions to replace plastic.

Plastics 36

Plastics Innovation Biotechnology Packaging 36

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2021

“This project is both an excellent example of what expertise in industrial biotechnology can achieve and a triumph in converting a challenging industrial residue into a higher value product using microbes. This endeavour required significant efforts in technology at various stages of the process.

Biotechnology 130

Biotechnology Innovation Technology Sustainability 130

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

However, the firm now intends to explore, invest, and ramp up carbon capture and utilisation technologies that will eliminate the need for fresh carbon feedstocks and instead allow it to tap recycled carbon already on or above ground, for example through captured carbon dioxide or carbon captured from waste materials.

Fossil fuels 69

Fossil fuels Carbon Biotechnology Biodegradable 69

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. That could mean creating closed-loop systems that increase the amount of recycled materials - a strategy increasingly embraced by electronics companies including Dell Technologies and HP Inc.

Innovation 78

Innovation Carbon Biotechnology Recycled materials 78

AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

However, the firm now intends to explore, invest and ramp up carbon capture and use technologies that will eliminate the need for fresh carbon feedstocks and instead allow it to tap recycled carbon already on or above ground, for example, through captured carbon dioxide or carbon captured from waste materials.

Fossil fuels 28

Fossil fuels Carbon Biotechnology Biodegradable 28

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 16, 2023

A technique for extracting rare elements from waste alloy metals is being developed by Aberdeenshire-based SEM and researchers from the University of Edinburgh, with funding from the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC), a networking and support organisation based in Glasgow.

Waste 130

Waste Waste Biotechnology Recycling 130

AGreenLiving

MAY 27, 2020

The new processes, which reflect scientific advancements in industrial biotechnology and electrolysis, range from fermentation (using proprietary microorganisms) to electrocatalysis and are at varying stages of development (research scale to full commercialization).

Waste 28

Waste Waste Carbon Fossil fuels 28

Green Business Bureau

JUNE 16, 2021

For instance, their business cards are made from recycled and biodegradable seed paper. If necessary, however, then the GreenTech Painting team finds a sustainable, and often unique, solution for their paper use. GreenTech Painting founders, Juan Carlos Granados and Yarinka Rojas, both have extensive backgrounds in the Biological Sciences.

Health 97

Health Biotechnology Sustainability Biodegradable 97

Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

🔋 Cling Systems , a Stockholm, Sweden-based battery recycling platform, raised $1M in Seed extension funding from Trucks VC and First Venture.      Other 🔋 Enerpoly , a Stockholm, Sweden-based zinc-ion battery manufacturer, raised $8M in Grant funding from the Swedish Energy Agency.  

Business Energy Monitoring 73

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 73

Grist

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

United Nations data helped them calculate that, in 2016, more than half of the recyclable plastic collected in the United States was sent abroad to be dealt with — 89 percent of the time to countries with inadequate waste management infrastructure, like China and Indonesia. “All To Mallos, that seemed a little too optimistic.

Plastics 145

Plastics Waste Waste Pollution 145

Elemental Excelerator

JUNE 12, 2019

Microvi | Biotechnologies for safe drinking water, wastewater treatment, and renewable chemicals | watch. BioCellection | Upcycling hard-to-recycle plastic waste | watch. BlocPower | Machine learning and structured finance to green inner cities | watch. Scoot | Shared electric mobility | watch. CIRCULAR ECONOMY.

Energy Monitor 75

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 75

GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

Although she’s not working in a fashion company directly, she still works with companies in that field and is thinking about ways the industry could improve by closing the loop through better waste management and recycling. That’s something Liu would fix if she had infinite resources. Deonna Anderson.

Sustainability 109

Sustainability Carbon-neutral Waste Waste 109