Biopolymer alternative to plastic – “Traceless” secures €36.6 million funding.
by Narsi | Feb 8, 2024 | Bio Based Pathways, Bio based Polymers, Bio Products, Biodegradable Plastics, Environmental Solutions, Land Pollution, Microbial Pathways
Hamburg-based traceless secures €36.6 million to build first industry plant for bio-circular alternative to plastic. Traceless, which extracts natural biopolymers from agricultural industry residues to replace conventional polymers – gets €36.6 million in seed...World’s first rhamnolipid biosurfactant plant – Evonik brings out its product.
by Narsi | Feb 8, 2024 | Bio Based Cleaning Products, Bio Products, Bio Surfactant, Chemical Pathways, Environmental Solutions, Microbial Pathways, Thermochemical Pathways, Water Pollution
Evonik, a Slovakian company manufactures first product from world’s first industrial scale rhamnolipid biosurfactant plant. Surfactants – surface active agents – are amphiphilic molecules, which tend to accumulate at the interface between polar and...Bio-based glue – adhesive bonds that grow stronger in water.
by Narsi | Feb 8, 2024 | Bio based adhesives, Bio Based Pathways, Bio Products, Innovation Insights, Plant Ecosystem
Patent-pending glue formulations developed at Purdue University from fully sustainable, bio-based components establish bonds that grow stronger when underwater. Researchers at Purdue University have developed a glue made from zein (a protein found in corn) and tannic...Carbon negative black Pigments – Living Ink secures $3.5 million.
by Narsi | Feb 8, 2024 | Bio Based Inks, Microbial Pathways, Plant Ecosystem
Living Ink announced this week that it secured $3.5 million to scale its flagship product, Algae Black. The patented black pigment is made from algae biomass waste that would otherwise end up in a landfill. A biomaterials company, Living Ink has developed inks based...