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28 September 202223 September 2022

USDA Awards $21 Million for Two Hemp Research Projects

The projects were selected as part of the first pool of grant recipients under the organizations Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodity Program


7 April 20221 April 2022

TOM FORD Plastic Innovation Prize Announces Finalists for Thin-Film Plastic Alternatives Competition

The only global competition focused exclusively on creating scalable and biologically degradable alternatives to thin-film plastic polybags


11 December 20208 December 2020

Danimer Scientific/PSI-Sidaplax: Bio-basierte Folien für heimkompostierbare Folien

Neue Folien sollen für eine breite Palette von Anwendungen in den Bereichen Einzelhandel, Verpflegung und anderen Segmenten entwickelt werden


6 November 20206 November 2020

Danimer Scientific and PSI to Create Bio-Based, Home Compostable Film Packaging

New packaging films will reliably degrade without leaving behind harmful microplastics


30 October 202028 October 2020

Bacardi ist mit zu 100% biologisch abbaubarer Spirituosenflasche Vorreiter im Kampf gegen Plastikmüll

Bacardi tauscht Rohöl gegen Pflanzenöl und ersetzt erdölbasierte Kunststoffe durch pflanzliches „Wundermaterial“ – im Kampf gegen die Verschmutzung durch Plastikmüll


10 February 20205 February 2020

Danimer Scientific and Columbia Packaging Group Partner to Create Home Compostable Produce Bags

Columbia Packaging Group to manufacture home compostable produce bags using film resins made with Danimer Scientific's Nodax™ PHA material


8 November 20195 November 2019

Danimer Scientific and UrthPact partner on manufacture new compostable straw

New PHA straws, certified for home composting and marine degradation, will begin shipping in the first quarter of 2020


29 August 201926 August 2019

University of Minnesota receives $20M grant for sustainable plastics research

Researchers used microbial engineering to develop an inexpensive, sustainable pathway for commercially viable flexible foams usable in everyday items


29 March 201926 March 2019

Walmart Foundation grant aimed at reducing plastic waste

University of Georgia awarded $800,000 grant for biodegradability study


26 September 201824 September 2018

The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of September 21st

Biosteel for airplanes, chemicals from sunlight, water and CO2, automated tractors, cloud biology, biodegradable straws


31 August 201829 August 2018

Spit-activated biobased batteries, glow-in-the-dark trees, kombucha clothes, biobased root canals, breakthroughs in degradable plastics, straws: The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of August 29th

Here are the top innovations in the advanced bioeconomy for the week of August 29th


27 August 201822 August 2018

UGA to test first fully biodegradable plastic straw

Researchers, working with RWDC Foundation funding, synthesized a food contact polymer that they will now develop into a commercially viable straw


15 August 201810 August 2018

Study: Danimer PHA Verified as Reliable Biodegradable Alternative to Traditional Plastic Packaging

University of Georgia researchers find biodegradation of Danimer Scientific's polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) material similar to cellulose powder and food waste


31 July 201828 July 2018

Researchers Discover New Enzyme Paradigm for Critical Reaction in Converting Lignin to Useful Products

New finding will help convert lignin to useful products


18 April 201817 April 2018

Jet fuels from crops: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to the SPARC regional biojet consortium

SPARC’s Sheeja George gave this illuminating overview of the consortium’s promise and progress at ABLC 2018 in Washington DC


22 February 201815 February 2018

Gene improves plant growth and conversion to biofuels

The increase in plant yield and sugar release—demonstrated in both greenhouse and field trials for switchgrass—bodes well for creating biofuels


19 April 201615 April 2016

Winners of the First Green and Sustainable Chemistry Challenge Announced

The challenge aims to promote projects that offer environmentally friendly and sustainable processes, products and resources applicable for use in developing countries


Gewinner der ersten Green and Sustainable Chemistry Challenge stehen fest

Gefördert werdne Projekte, die an umweltfreundlichen und nachhaltigen Prozessen, Produkten und Ressourcen arbeiten, die in Entwicklungsländern anwendbar sind


4 February 20163 February 2016

MHG Receives Award at Georgia Bio’s Starry Night 2016 Awards Dinner

MHG is the Recipient of the 2016 Phoenix Award Given by Georgia Bio in Conjunction with the Metro Atlanta Chamber


25 January 201621 January 2016

BESC study seeks nature’s best biocatalysts for biofuel production

A team of researchers analyzed the ability of six microorganisms to solubilize potential bioenergy feedstocks


17 August 201514 August 2015

Sardinian thistles play key role in bioplastics

"We don't take land away from agriculture, instead we try to give value to land that agriculture has lost"


Biologisch abbaubar: Biokunststoff aus Sardinien

"Wir nehmen der Landwirtschaft keine Fläche weg, wir versuchen dem Land den Wert zu geben, den es in der Landwirtschaft verloren hat."


14 August 20159 September 2021

Why not just reduce our use?

Meet the companies trying to break our plastic addiction


27 July 201523 July 2015

Why Egg Whites Might Be the Future of Medical Device Packaging

A new study of the University of Georgia observed antibacterial properties in protein-based bioplastics - Over time, such matieral might replace oil-based plastics!


5 June 20153 June 2015

MHG expands research and development capabilities through exclusive arrangement with The University of Georgia

The Biopolymer Company is granted access to equipment at UGA to increase research opportunities


30 April 20152 September 2015

USDA Awards $3.8 Million in Grants for Nanotechnology Research

Nanoscale science, engineering, and technology embrace opportunities in a broad range of critical challenges facing agriculture and food systems


17 April 201515 April 2015

Microbe produces ethanol from switchgrass without pretreatment

Genetic engineering allows biomass-degrading bacterium to make fuel in a single process


31 March 201530 March 2015

Recipe for antibacterial plastic: Plastic plus egg whites

Bioplastics show promise in search for antibacterial packaging


UGA researchers create fast-growing trees that are easier to turn into fuel

Downregulation of GAUT12 in Populus deltoides by RNA silencing results in reduced recalcitrance, increased growth and reduced xylan and pectin in a woody biofuel feedstock


20 February 201519 February 2015

Neue Studie der NCEAS zu Meeresmüll – Effizientes Abfallmanagement als wichtiges Instrument gegen Marine Litter

Working Group liefert Lösungsansätze und betont die Bedeutung eines effizienten Abfallmanagements


New in Science: First estimate to quantify plastics flowing into the ocean

NCEAS Working Group study offers a framework for developing ocean-scale solutions


UGA study finds high marine debris, need for standardized reporting along Georgia coast

"It's an important 21st century global issue. We need to learn more to better understand the issues of marine debris."


Europa verursacht mehr Plastikmüll als die USA

Im diesem Jahr werden weltweit neun Millionen Tonnen Plastikmüll ins Meer gelangen. Forscher haben das Ausmaß der Verschmutzung erstmals in Zahlen ausgedrückt. Die Auswirkungen sind unklar.


16 February 201513 February 2015

New Science paper calculates magnitude of plastic waste going into the ocean

8 million metric tons of plastic enter the oceans per year


13 January 201512 January 2015

Beer and bread yeast-eating bacteria aid human health

Common research study showing why bacteria could be the answer to a future without oil


28 August 201427 August 2014

Canola genome sequence reveals evolutionary ‘love triangle’

Genome of canola published in the journal Science


30 June 201430 June 2014

Researchers make fuel production breakthrough

New UGA study shows the direct conversion of biomass to biofuel using the engineered bacterium Caldicellulosiruptor bescii


24 January 201423 January 2014

Poison-breathing bacteria may be boon to industry, environment

Researchers from the University of Georgia discovered the bacteria on a recent field expedition to Mono Lake


17 December 201317 December 2013

Researchers work to clone strong, high-quality forest trees

University of Georgia: Sweetgum cells to grow in bioreactors liquid media


18 June 2013

<i>Caldicellulosiruptor bescii</i> – That lignin-loving, pretreatment-be-darned mighty biofuels microbe

Anaerobic bacteria able to solubilize lignin as well as the carbohydrates and lignin-derived aromatics without pretreatment


26 March 20139 September 2021

UGA discovery may allow scientists to make fuel from CO<sub>2</sub> in the atmosphere

Georgia University researchers working successfully with microorganisms


26 February 2013

NREL: Biomass Analysis Tool Is Faster, More Precise

Determining Cell Wall Chemistry to Find Plants with Ideal Genes


30 August 2012

The Biobased A-List: Algix, making everyday products using extraordinary technologies

Algix is developing new markets for algae as a feedstock for bioplastics in flooring, carpeting, mulch films and other everyday products


9 August 2012

Georgia company commercializing algae-based ‘green’ plastics

Algix LLC is currently pursuing commercial applications that can accommodate the material’s unique qualities


9 July 2012

Algix Developing Algal-based Plastics

Partnership for the production of low-cost, bio-based, thermoplastic resin and masterbatch of aquatic biomass

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