{"id":71275,"date":"2020-02-04T06:59:36","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T05:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rss.nova-institut.net\/public.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Filbioeconomista.com%2F2020%2F01%2F30%2Fgenomatica-hits-industry-first-milestone-in-nylon-sustainability%2F"},"modified":"2020-02-01T06:58:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T05:58:32","slug":"genomatica-hits-industry-first-milestone-in-nylon-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/genomatica-hits-industry-first-milestone-in-nylon-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Genomatica Hits Industry-First Milestone in Nylon Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eighty years after nylon\u2019s first commercial production<\/a>, clean manufacturing technology leader Genomatica<\/a> achieved a new milestone for the material \u2014 its production of the world\u2019s first renewably-sourced ton of the key ingredient for nylon-6, made from plants instead of crude oil. Nylon, the first totally synthetic fiber to be made into consumer products<\/a> including apparel and carpet, is responsible for an estimated 60 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year through traditional production which begins with crude oil.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Genomatica\u2019s innovation, alongside partner and major European nylon producer Aquafil, will produce 100% renewably-sourced nylon that delivers equivalent performance to the conventional nylon that touches millions of people\u2019s lives, but with lower environmental impact. This bio-based nylon has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a $10 billion global industry that produces over five million tons of nylon-6 per year, to make carpet, clothing, car interiors, engineered plastics and food packaging.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuPont\u2019s landmark production of nylon eighty years ago introduced a highly versatile staple material to the apparel, textile and engineering product industries,\u201d said Christophe Schilling, CEO of Genomatica. \u201cIt\u2019s a terrific material, and now, with the power of biotechnology, we can reinvent where it comes from. This is a major step forward in offering a new, more sustainable future with a better nylon for the full range of industries it serves.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the rise of fast fashion and the ongoing demand for nylon-based products, more sustainably sourced nylon ingredients are essential to reducing the industry\u2019s environmental impacts. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation echoed this sentiment in its 2017 report: A New Textiles Economy<\/a>, which cited making effective use of resources and moving to renewable ingredients as one of four core ambitions to realize this vision of a new global textiles system.<\/p>\n

Genomatica\u2019s technology to make a naturally sourced nylon, recently recognized as a special mention in TIME\u2019s Best Inventions<\/a>, is made possible by fermentation \u2014 similar to making beer. The company engineered a microorganism and production process that ferments the sugars found in plants to make the chemical intermediate for nylon-6. This milestone marks Genomatica\u2019s successful scaling of this process to produce one ton of the intermediate. The chemical is then converted into nylon-6 polymer chips and yarn by Aquafil in Slovenia. For more info, see Genomatica\u2019s \u201cremaking nylon<\/a>\u201d video.<\/p>\n

Global partners have played a key role in accelerating Genomatica\u2019s bio-nylon program. Aquafil was the first to join<\/a> Genomatica\u2019s program, bringing funding support and nylon-related chemical, quality and market expertise. Additionally, Project EFFECTIVE<\/a>, a consortium with 12 partners including major brands like H&M, Vaude, Carvico and Balsan, was formed to drive the production of more sustainable bio-based fibers for widely-used consumer products made from renewable feedstocks.<\/p>\n

\u201cNinety five percent of Americans think sustainability is a good goal and we\u2019re seeing consumers demand more sustainable products,\u201d Schilling went on to say. \u201cOur technology provides brands with a solution to meet this consumer demand for better-sourced products.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eighty years after nylon\u2019s first commercial production, clean manufacturing technology leader Genomatica achieved a new milestone for the material \u2014 its production of the world\u2019s first renewably-sourced ton of the key ingredient for nylon-6, made from plants instead of crude oil. Nylon, the first totally synthetic fiber to be made into consumer products including apparel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[14147,12529,14297],"supplier":[10284,337,2414],"class_list":["post-71275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-nylon","tag-technology","tag-textile","supplier-aquafil-s-p-a","supplier-dupont","supplier-genomatica-inc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71275\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71275"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=71275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}