by Zoltan Kish (Lee Enterprises Consulting, Inc./Biofuels Digest) ... In 2016, the Ontario government released its Strategy for a Waste-Free Ontario [2], diverting our wasteful ways towards an entirely circular economy, but it doesn’t seem to be widely discussed. This strategy requires appropriate tools
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Back TO HOMEThe New Waste Business Model: Evaluation of Existing and Projected WtE Projects
by Andrew Grant (Lee Enterprises/Biomass Power Corp/Biofuels Digest) This article addresses the due diligence requirements for the increasing variety of waste-to-energy projects investors are now considering. The topics apply to both early and later development stage project assessment. Twenty-five years ago, the
December 21, 2018 Read Full Article
RSB Assembly Approves Groundbreaking Standard for Advanced Products
(Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials) In a leap forward for the sustainable bioeconomy, the members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials approved our groundbreaking Advanced Products Standard. The culmination of over 18 months of consultation, expert working groups and member dialogue, the
December 14, 2018 Read Full Article
Collaboration Is the Name of the Game at RSB’s 2018 Annual Meeting – Event Wrap-up
(Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials) Each year RSB brings its community together for the highlight of our calendar: our Annual Meeting. An opportunity to gather our members from many different sectors to discuss and debate the most pressing issues in the development
December 14, 2018 Read Full Article
National Recycling Awards 2019 Entries Now Open DEADLINE: February 15, 2019
(MRW) This year we have 19 categories for entry including Food Waste Initiative, Recycling Facility of the Year and Recycling Excellence to name just a few. Remember the more categories you enter the better your chance of winning a National Recycling Award. The National Recycling Awards celebrates and
November 24, 2018 Read Full Article
Delta Refinery Will Convert Plastic Waste to Jet Fuel with Sir Richard Branson-backed Agilyx
by Alex Gailey (Atlanta Business Chronicle) Monroe Energy, Delta's subsidiary refinery, will start converting plastic waste into jet fuel under an agreement with Agilyx, an environmental technology and development company backed by Sir Richard Branson. The idea is that the material will help create
November 21, 2018 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to Anaergia
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Anaergia is the world leader in solving waste problems by recovering energy, water, and fertilizer from virtually any waste stream. While Anaergia was built on the foundations of highly capable and experienced acquisitions, focused investments on
November 20, 2018 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Biobased Chemicals
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) IEA Bioenergy Task 42’s goal is to contribute to the development and deployment of integrated biorefineries as part of highly efficient sustainable value chains (co-)producing food/feed ingredients, chemicals, materials, fuels, power and/or heat out of sustainably sourced
November 13, 2018 Read Full Article
Plant to Convert E-Waste into Biofuel to Be Made Operational Soon: Harsh Vardhan
(Economic Times) Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan said Saturday a plant to covert plastic waste into bio-diesel will soon be made operational at the Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) in Dehradun. He was speaking at the International E-Waste Day event organised by the
November 13, 2018 Read Full Article
Indonesia to Convert Old Oil Refineries into Biofuel Plants
(PM News Nigeria) Indonesia is looking into the possibility of converting two of the country’s older crude oil refineries into plants, for the production of biofuels, a cabinet minister said on Tuesday. The government is conducting a study with Italian energy company
October 09, 2018 Read Full Article
Company Hopes to Convert Ethanol Plant to Methane
(Quay County Sun) If all goes according to plan, a long-closed ethanol plant in Tucumcari may be converted into a methane plant and become fully operational by mid-2020. Tucumcari Bio-Energy Co. is hunting for investors and may begin converting the plant to
October 08, 2018 Read Full Article
Cars Could Run on Hydrogen Made From Plastic
by Alan Harman (Wards Auto) Chemistry department researcher Moritz Kuehnel says light-absorbing materials are added to the plastic before it is placed in an alkaline solution and then exposed to sunlight, which creates hydrogen. Discarded plastic could be used to fuel cars with
September 14, 2018 Read Full Article
Think Green: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Waste Management
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Waste Management is the largest environmental solutions provider in North America, serving more than 21 million municipal, commercial and industrial customers in the U.S. and Canada. Today, this includes not just disposal and recycling, but personal
September 10, 2018 Read Full Article
Recycling Plastics & Circular Economy
by KSL (Biofuels Digest/E2IG Solutions) ... The constantly increasing demand for plastics have caused substantial plastic wastes accumulation in landfills, oceans and rivers that have aggravated environmental pollution problems. The rising plastics demand has contributed significantly to the depletion of petroleum
August 28, 2018 Read Full Article
27 Technologies to Produce Lower Carbon Fuels from “Second Chance Carbon” — and Its Practicioners. Who’s Doing What, Where, When, Why and How?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In the EU, perhaps the most comprehensive and useful guide to fuels and chemicals produced from “Recycled carbon fuels”, such as those produced from waste plastics or waste industrial gases, appeared from the gurus at E4Tech. And,
August 22, 2018 Read Full Article
Plastics Proliferation Transitioning to Bioplastics Boost
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) IHS Markit published a plastics report saying that the market value for biodegradable polymers exceeds $1 billion and will rise sharply by 2023 thanks to increased plastic regulations and bans in Western Europe. But it’s not just Europe
August 06, 2018 Read Full Article
Renewable Carbon is Key to a Sustainable and Future-Oriented Chemical Industry
(nova-Institute) The equivalent to decarbonisation in the energy sector is a transition to carbon from renewable sources in the chemical and plastics industries. The nova-Institute published a position paper on the future of chemistry. The chemical industry may only develop into
August 06, 2018 Read Full Article
More Support for Carbon Utilization in Congress
(Algae Biomass Organization) This month the momentum for supporting technologies that put carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to good use got a boost in Congress with the introduction of the bipartisan Carbon Utilization Act of 2018. The House bill would
August 02, 2018 Read Full Article
McDonald's to Recycle Cooking Oil into Biodiesel for Powering Supply Trucks
(Press Trust of India/Business Standard) The company started the pilot last year with Unicon Biofuels, and has so far scaled it up to cover 85 restaurants in the city -- Hardcastle Restaurants, the master franchisee for McDonald's in the western and southern
July 23, 2018 Read Full Article
Heard on the Floor at BIO: Queensland to Invest $100 Million in Bioeconomy Project Support
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Philadelphia, the Australian state of Queensland announced $100 million in support of high-value resource recovery industry projects as the state cemented its place ”at the vanguard of the bioeconomy” BioFutures program. The announcement at a Queensland
July 17, 2018 Read Full Article
From LanzaTech to Sierra Energy and the Latest Research, Syngas Is on Fire
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) Syngas, or synthesis gas, is on fire lately, with new technologies making the most of waste products like CO2 or low-grade biomass and converting them into useful hot stuff like syngas that can then be
July 09, 2018 Read Full Article
CalRecycle Awards $25 Million for Organics Recycling Projects--Communities Get Environmental and Economic Boost from California Climate Investments
(CalRecycle) The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery has awarded more than $25 million in California Climate Investments to bolster organics recycling infrastructure in the state and rescue edible food for Californians in need. The projects in 10 California communities
July 06, 2018 Read Full Article
5 Minutes With… Dhivya Puri, Senior Technical Lead at Fiberight.
by Dave Songer (Bio-Based World News) “The milestones and professional growth I've achieved in this role are above and beyond what I could have accomplished in academia within the same time frame.” Fiberight is a UK- and US-based small and medium-sized enterprise
July 06, 2018 Read Full Article
Biofuel’s Role in the Circular Economy: Key Lessons and Actions for the Industry
By Michael Eggleston* (Advanced Biofuels USA) When it comes to reducing, reusing and recycling our goods most people associate consuming less of what we already have with a ‘circular economy’. What is rarely, if ever discussed at conferences concerning changing
June 22, 2018 Read Full Article
Some Delmarva Farmers Are Freezing Dead Chickens
by Katie Peikes (Delaware Public Media) Long considered the most beneficial way to dispose of dead chickens, composting has become a management tool of the past for some Delmarva poultry farmers. Some local growers have shifted to a more environmental practice –
June 22, 2018 Read Full Article
Strategic Intent: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Waste Management
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Waste Management is the largest environmental solutions provider in North America, serving more than 21 million municipal, commercial and industrial customers in the U.S. and Canada. Today, this includes not just disposal and recycling, but personal
June 12, 2018 Read Full Article
A Bio-Based, Reuse Economy Can Feed the World and Save the Planet – UN Agency
(UN News) Transforming pineapple skins into product packaging or using potato peels for fuel may sound far-fetched, but such innovations are gaining traction as it becomes clear that an economy based on cultivation and use of biomass can help tackle pollution and
May 28, 2018 Read Full Article
A World First in the Port of Amsterdam
(Port of Amsterdam) In the port of Amsterdam the construction has started of a new facility that will convert non-recyclable plastic into fuel for the transport sector, which will cut down CO₂ emission by 57,000 tonnes per year. It is the
May 11, 2018 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Prairie Catalytic, LanzaTech, Synvina, Fulcrum BioEnergy, POET-DSM, Cargilla/Calysta, Enerkem, and REG Geismar
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ABLC 2018 wrapped up with the ABLC Wolfpack including James Iademarco from Strategic Avalanche, David Dodds with Dodds & Associates, Ron Cascone from NEXANT, independent consultant Paul Bryan, and Joel Stone from ConVergince. While they didn’t howl at the moon,
April 24, 2018 Read Full Article
Engage North American Youth to Prevent, Recover and Recycle Food Loss and Waste DEADLINE: May 3, 2018
(Commission for Environmental Cooperation) The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is requesting proposals from prospective consultants to work in collaboration with youth organizations and government to empower and motivate youth (ages 5-23) to participate in reducing the quantities of food
April 20, 2018 Read Full Article
Chemicals, a Second Life for Carbon: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) LanzaTech has developed a fully sustainable integrative gas to fuels and chemicals platform that has no impact on food, water security or high biodiversity land use. LanzaTech’s gas fermentation platform disrupts the current highly centralized global energy
April 19, 2018 Read Full Article
Study Shows 95% of Wooden Pallets are Recycled, Indicating Significant Gains in Landfill Avoidance
(National Wooden Pallet & Container Association/PR Newswire) Preliminary results of a research project conducted by Virginia Tech on the disposal of wood pallets at landfill sites reveal that 95% of wooden pallets are being recycled. The landfill avoidance study was independently conducted at Virginia
April 16, 2018 Read Full Article
Talking Carbon: Europe’s Prejudice towards Carbon Capture Utilization (CCU) Technology
by Michael Eggleston* (Advanced Biofuels USA) With over 260 million cars on the road in Europe, industry leaders and governmental representatives alike are putting the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) under fire for its lack of clarity surrounding its impact
April 06, 2018 Read Full Article
The Circular Economy: It’s Time Has Come
by KSL (Biofuels Digest) ... Prior to the energy crisis, most economies were too extravagant; now, they have now overreacted and have become retrenchment-mad. It is imperative to think rationally and design progress with the right analysis and tools to
March 30, 2018 Read Full Article
Grant to Help Ethanol Production
by Sam Farmer (Wahoo Newspaper) Integrated Recycling of Mead was recently awarded a $35,495 grant from the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) to aid in recycling efforts. The funds will go toward a food de-packager/perforator to process 2,000 pounds per hour
February 06, 2018 Read Full Article
Leaps and Bounds in Sustainable Plastics and Nylons: U Wisconsin, Genomatica, Aquafil, Anellotech, Suntory, ADM, DuPont in the Mix
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) It’s been a big week in plastics and nylons, all right — not only for those who value sustainability attributes, but for fans of lower costs and higher performance, too. Let’s look at 4 Biggies makin’
January 24, 2018 Read Full Article
Abu Dhabi Works towards Cooking Oil Recycling Plan
by Anwar Ahmad (Gulf News) Abu Dhabi will open a new facility to recycle used cooking oil by the end of this year, a top official from Tadweer, the Centre of Waste Management in Abu Dhabi, said on Tuesday. The centre will also
January 12, 2018 Read Full Article
How Boisean Will Escape the Cuts in Plastics Recycling — and Recycle Even More of Them
(Diesel Technology Forum) Boise has found a way for city residents not only to keep recycling the same plastics they have recycled for years, but also to expand plastic recycling to items such as shopping bags, foam egg cartons, cereal box
January 09, 2018 Read Full Article
Keep Things Moving in South Norfolk This Christmas and Recycle Your Cooking Fats
(DISS Express) South Norfolk Council is asking residents to recycle their cooking fats this Christmas – in a bid to reduce the number of blocked drains. The council is helping people do this with a variety of used cooking oil
December 21, 2017 Read Full Article
Notes from Scaleville: The Global Bioenergies, Gevo and Siluria Stories
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This week we’ve received news from three companies that have struck out in search of new markets for their fundamental processes, and new applications for biotechnology in some ancient and ossified markets such as jet fuel,
December 20, 2017 Read Full Article
UK CAER to Take Part in Gobble Grease Toss 2017
(University of Kentucky) The University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (UK CAER) and other community partners will once again be taking a Thanksgiving leftover and giving it new life as a renewable fuel. Fayette County’s annual Gobble Grease Toss will
November 27, 2017 Read Full Article
Tire Trash-to-Cash in the Aussie Outback
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... There are no tires in Nevertire because Green Distillation Technologies, some 20 clicks up the road in Warren, is operating its Destructive Distillation technology at pilot scale and is recycling used tires into oil, carbon and steel wire
November 09, 2017 Read Full Article
US Congress Act 'Would' Fix Biogas and AD Tax Credit Inequality
(Bioenergy Insight) The American Biogas Council (ABC) has welcomed the introduction of a new bill in Congress which would extend the renewable electricity tax credit to include anaerobic digestion (AD) and biogas technology. Congresswoman Elise Stefanik’s bill, labelled the Renewable Electricity Tax
November 07, 2017 Read Full Article
Plastic Stretches Towards the New: Top 10 Trendlines in Bioplastics
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The Plant Bottle has generated so much goodwill and publicity for its 30% renewable, sustainable content (and that biobased MEG) that it’s easy to forget that there are several paths being chased to 100% renewable
September 07, 2017 Read Full Article
U of Minnesota Helps Startup Resynergi Create Energy from Plastic Waste and Biomass
(University of Minnesota) California waste recovery company Resynergi Inc. is drawing on University of Minnesota expertise and technology to develop and commercially manufacture a biorefining technology that converts both plastic and biomass into oil and gas. Resynergi is combining U of
June 13, 2017 Read Full Article
Performance, Price, Sustainability: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Genomatica
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Genomatica is a widely-recognized technology leader for the chemical industry, delivering new manufacturing processes that enable its partners to produce the world’s most widely-used chemicals from alternative feedstocks, with better economics and greater sustainability than petroleum-based
June 12, 2017 Read Full Article
NEWBio Commercial Collaborators: Building a Sustainable Energy Future in the Northeast United States
(Extension.org) The Northeast region of the United States (from the Ohio River to the New England coast) has the natural, social, and technological resources needed to help create a sustainable, rural renaissance by using biomass to create biofuels, biopower, and
May 02, 2017 Read Full Article
COSIA NRG Carbon XPRIZE: Tech Innovators Stalk a Stealthy WMD
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... Among the climate warriors fighting CO2 build-up, perhaps the most ambitious are those who are seeking to use CO2 to make industrial materials, fuels or chemicals — displacing the need to use oil or gas
April 25, 2017 Read Full Article
Leftovers on Restaurant Diners’ Plates Will Be Turned into Compost, Biofuel
by Cathy Locke (Sacramento Bee) Food left on diners’ plates that goes back to restaurant kitchens in Sacramento County will go into the compost bin instead of landfills. Sacramento County officials teamed with Sacramento restaurateurs Bobbin and Patrick Mulvaney on Thursday to
April 24, 2017 Read Full Article
Chip Energy Wins Occupancy OK for Factory Building Made from Recycled Shipping Containers
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Illinois, obtaining a certificate of occupancy on a building constructed of 60 Intermodal Shipping Containers is a huge accomplishment for Chip Energy, said company president Paul Wever, president of Chip Energy Inc. These types
April 10, 2017 Read Full Article
Inver Grove Plant Would Be First in U.S. to Turn Garbage into Ethanol
by Bob Shaw (Twin Cities Pioneer Press) ... The $200 million biofuels plant would process Dakota County’s garbage into ethanol, to be blended with gasoline for use in cars and trucks. ... The plant would be built by the Canadian company Enerkem Inc.
March 27, 2017 Read Full Article
Neutral Fuels Pioneers Dairy Waste As New Biofuel Feedstock
(Neutral Fuels) Recycling waste dairy products to help meet Dubai ' s Zero Waste target -- After two years of research into new and improved ways to create biofuels, Neutral Fuels has become the first company to successfully use butter, cream
February 23, 2017 Read Full Article
Will Bioplastics Repeat the Biofuels Saga?
by Meadhbh Bolger (Friends of the Earth Europe/EurActiv) It took years for politicians to wake up to the destructive impact of biofuels, in no small part because of their green-sounding name. With bioplastics we risk falling into the same trap,
February 14, 2017 Read Full Article
Catalyst for Green Biodiesel Production from Unrefined Feedstock
(South China Morning Post/sponsored) ... This new Catalyst for Green Biodiesel can be synthesized in one step from low-grade unrefined feedstock such as waste cooking oil, with no aqueous treatment steps required. Ethanol or propanol extracted from plants can also be
February 07, 2017 Read Full Article
Converting Disposable Nappies into Bio-Fuel and Textiles
(Aberystwyth University) ... Now a new eco-friendly process developed by Aberystwyth University biology graduate Joe Freemantle could provide a solution. Joe has devised a process to turn disposable nappies, incontinence pads and sanitary products into valuable products including pure cellulose fibre and
January 13, 2017 Read Full Article
Decentralized Organics to Energy with Containerized Anaerobic Digestion
by John D. Forcier (Lee Enterprises Consulting, Inc./Biofuels Digest) Most trash and recycled waste materials are being processed on a regional basis to maximize the economy of scale. There have been various attempts to gather and process organic waste materials
January 03, 2017 Read Full Article
Costa and UCL Start-Up Transform Coffee Waste into Renewable Fuel
(University College London) UCL start-up bio-bean is turning more than 3,000 tonnes of waste coffee grounds into low-carbon fuel in a new partnership with coffee giant Costa. Waste grounds from more than 850 Costa stores are being transformed into biomass pellets
December 22, 2016 Read Full Article
Mahoney Environmental Signs National Service Agreement With Carrols Corporation
(Mahoney Environmental/PR Newswire) Mahoney obtains exclusive rights to collect and recycle used cooking oil generated at Carrols Burger King locations -- Mahoney Environmental, (www.mahoneyes.com) a leading recycler of cooking oil for over 60 years, announced today that it previously entered
December 14, 2016 Read Full Article
Second Chance Carbon: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) LanzaTech has developed a fully sustainable integrative gas to fuels and chemicals platform that has no impact on food, water security or high biodiversity land use. LanzaTech’s gas fermentation platform disrupts the current highly centralized global
December 13, 2016 Read Full Article
Biofuel Discovery: Start-Up Company Breathes New Life into Old Tyres
by Lexy Hamilton-Smith (ABC) A green start-up technology company has surprised scientists by producing a biofuel from old rubber tyres that can run turbo-charged diesel engines while reducing emissions by 30 per cent. Green Distillation Technologies (GDT) can produce 3,000 litres of
November 28, 2016 Read Full Article
Technique Could Lower Cost of Making Bioplastics and Biofuel
(Phys.Org) The potential for at least partly replacing oil with cellulose as a renewable source of energy and materials has just improved. While abundant in nature, cellulose is difficult and expensive to find in pure or high-quality form. Now, however,
October 21, 2016 Read Full Article
Rotterdam Is Proposed Location for Waste-to-Chemicals Plant
by AkzoNobel/Van Gansewinkel/Air Liquide/AVR/Enerkem/Havenbedrijf Rotterdam/gemeente Rotterdam/provincie Zuid-Holland/InnovationQuarter en Clean Tech Delta/Port of Rotterdam) The construction of a waste-to-chemicals plant in the Netherlands that will produce methanol from synthesis gas generated from residual waste is a step closer. A partnership consisting
October 10, 2016 Read Full Article
Sustane Technologies to Produce Pellets from MSW in Canada
by Katie Fletcher (Biomass Magazine) Canadian cleantech company Sustane Technologies Inc. recently finalized a 20-year contract with the municipality of Chester, Nova Scotia, to support the commercialization of its disruptive process that turns municipal solid waste (MSW) into biomass pellets, recyclable
October 05, 2016 Read Full Article
Recycled Tyres Are ‘Overlooked’ as a Biofuel Source
by Liz Gyekye (Biofuels International) Oil from recycled tyres has been overlooked as a potential biofuel source, yet it is the most reliable and easiest to refine of all, according to oil expert Tim Rose of Southern Oil. Rose said that
August 25, 2016 Read Full Article
Out Now: CASCADES – Study on the Optimised Cascading Use of Wood
(Bio-based News) The most comprehensive study on cascading use of wood including material flows, barriers and potential measures -- Efficient and environmentally responsible biomass use is central to sustainable development and key to delivering an effective circular economy, an efficient
August 11, 2016 Read Full Article
Engineered High Energy Fuel from Waste: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to Cornerstone Resources
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Cornerstone Resources develops and deploys waste management processing technologies that re-purpose a broad spectrum of organic wastes. Cornerstone adds that it’s BurCell system is a disruptive vacuum aided thermal decomposition process which converts pre-sorted MSW and other feedstocks
August 05, 2016 Read Full Article
ABC: Bill Signals Building Support for Nutrient Recycling, Biogas
(American Biogas Council/Biomass Magazine) Last week, Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Pat Robert, R-Kan., introduced new bipartisan legislation, the Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act (S 3248). This latest bill is a companion to identical House legislation (HR 5489) introduced on June
July 25, 2016 Read Full Article
Q&A: Minnesota Companies Create ‘Circular Economy’ Coalition
by Frank Jossi (Midwest Energy News) ... The concept of a circular economy has been around since the late 1970s, but it has gained steam with support from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the growing number of companies that see operating sustainably
July 01, 2016 Read Full Article
Tompkins Recycling Center Will Now Recycle Fat, Oil, Grease Waste into Biofuel
(Ithaca Voice) The Tompkins County Solid Waste Division is pleased to announce the opening of a new collection station at the Recycling & Solid Waste Center for fats, oils and grease (FOG) left over from prepared foods. The FOG collection station
June 22, 2016 Read Full Article
European Bioplastics Welcomes Revised EU Waste Legislation
(Plastics and Rubber Weekly) European Bioplastics (EUBP) has backed a new European Parliament report on revised waste legislation which has emphasised the role of bioplastics to help the move to a circular economy. The report, produced by Italian MEP Simona Bonafè,
June 16, 2016 Read Full Article
Analysis of the Current Development of Household UCO Collection Systems in the EU
(International Council on Clean Transportation) Explores the potential for improving home collection of used cooking oil for biodiesel production in the EU. -- Used cooking oil (UCO) is a low carbon feedstock for biodiesel production in the EU, but this
June 16, 2016 Read Full Article
REA Report Shows Food Waste Collected Separately Will Save Money
by Katie Fletcher (Biomass Magazine) A recent report entitled “The Real Economic Benefit of Separate Biowaste Collections” released by U.K.-based Renewable Energy Association shows that food waste collected separately in a majority of situations can reduce costs for businesses and
June 06, 2016 Read Full Article
A Wiser Way to Handle Waste
by Ron Kotrba (Biomass Magazine) Near Manchester, United Kingdom, Dong Energy is constructing the first biogas plant using its REnescience technology that treats unsorted household waste with enzymes. Early this year, construction began on a unique plant at a 100-plus-year-old brownfield
May 04, 2016 Read Full Article
In Fish Fry Season, Oil Finds another Use as Homemade Fuel
by Grant Gerlock (Harvest Public Media) ... Fridays between Ash Wednesday and Easter you’ll find hundreds of hungry parishioners lining up at church fish frys around the Midwest. All of that frying uses up vegetable oil that can just go to waste,
March 21, 2016 Read Full Article
Restaurant Group Advocates the Use of Biodiesel
(Notimex/La Journada (Google translation)) Mexico City Mexican Restaurant Corporation (CMR) bet on the care of the environment by launching a project to reduce pollution of its truck fleet, which consists of converting used oil and its restaurants into biodiesel for
December 30, 2015 Read Full Article
Behind the Renewable Energy Curtain in California
by James L. Stewart (Biofuels Digest/California’s BioEnergy Producers Association/Technikon Renewable Energy Solutions) ... With the most aggressive series of carbon emissions reduction benchmarks ever enacted by any government in North America, one would expect a concerted, cooperative effort by state government to meet
December 28, 2015 Read Full Article
Picatinny Arsenal Engineers Cook up New Recipe for Biofuel
by Audra Calloway (Picatinny Arsenal; U.S. Army) While people who go to the beach and lakes may think of algae as a slimy nuisance, Picatinny engineers have partnered with private industry to harness its photosynthesis ability to develop a
December 03, 2015 Read Full Article
Bagram Air Field Converts UCO to Biodiesel to Power Incinerators
by Summer Barkley (DVIDS/Biodiesel Magazine) Three unrelated problems were solved by one simple solution devised by Logistics Civil Augmentation Program IV contract partner Fluor to convert used cooking oil into biodiesel to help power solid waste incinerators at Bagram Air
October 07, 2015 Read Full Article
Making Biofuel: A Behind-the-Scenes Tour
by Jeff Lasky (KGTV 10 News) Small businesses across the country are making profits off biofuels. 10News Reporter Jeff Lasky takes us on a behind-the-scenes tour at one in Escondido. WATCH VIDEO
October 07, 2015 Read Full Article
What I Can Do to Lessen Our Addiction to Oil? Advanced Biofuels USA Publishes Some Suggestions
What I Can Do to Lessen Our Addiction to Oil? George W. Bush urged the US to “get off our addiction to oil.” He talked about biofuels made from switchgrass as one solution. So, how are we doing? OK, but we
October 09, 2014 Read Full Article
VECOPLAN Opens World’s Largest R&D Facility for Mechanical Recycling Technologies
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... In Germany, Vecoplan opened a new 17,000 square-foot Technology Center in Bad Marienberg, Germany. The first-of-its-kind facility is equipped with more than 25 machines representing a comprehensive range of mechanical technologies for the processing, recycling or
September 26, 2014 Read Full Article
Group Proposes $600M Zero-Waste Recycling Plant
by Jared Council (Inside Business: The Hampton Roads Business Journal) A consortium of businesses looking to build a zero-waste, zero-landfill recycling plant in Chesapeake said they're securing capital to purchase 67 acres of waterfront property. Officials with eCyclingUSA LLC, one of
March 18, 2014 Read Full Article
Promethean Wins Award for Recycling, Waste Reduction Program
by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine) Promethean Biofuels, a community-scale biodiesel producer in Temecula, Calif., stood with giants such as Sony and BP Arco at the recent Environmental Excellence Awards Summit in San Diego. The awards were given by the Industrial
November 07, 2012 Read Full Article
California, No Longer the State Where the Future Happens First
by James L. Stewart (Biofuels Digest/BioEnergy Producers Association) For the past decade, repressive provisions in statute have discouraged developers of conversion technologies from operating in California. Among its statutory roadblocks, the state has a scientifically inaccurate definition of gasification, which, if
October 31, 2012 Read Full Article
Waste to Energy & Biofuel Projects Backed in BC
(Waste Management World) The agricultural industry in British Columbia, Canada is set to benefit from an investment in two waste to energy and biofuel projects under the Canada-B.C. Agri-Innovation Program. According to the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture, an investment totalling $289,175 will go
August 15, 2012 Read Full Article
Student Finds New Way of Turning Plastic into Biofuel
by Rasha Dewedar (SciDev.net) A method for generating biofuel by breaking down plastics using a low-cost catalyst will be developed further in the United Kingdom next month (16 July). The process was developed by a sixteen-year-old Egyptian student, Azza Abdel Hamid Faiad, from the Zahran Language School
July 20, 2012 Read Full Article
Zero-Waste Tire Processor Targets Environmental Scourge
by Steve Clark (The Brownsville Herald) After a year in development, Tire Recycling & Processing, a facility unlike anything else in Texas and possibly the United States, has thrown the switch in Harlingen. On Friday, several large, expensive, German-made tire-processing
July 18, 2012 Read Full Article
Keep Your Eye on the Ball
by Jim Stewart (Biofuels Digest/BioEnergy Producers Association) ...In America’s quest for alternative and renewable energy, the “ball” is national security and energy independence. All other issues pale by comparison. Let’s not lose sight of a critical fact: America’s enemies are bleeding
February 09, 2012 Read Full Article
Santa Cruz Nonprofit Hopes to Make Fuel from Ocean-Based Plastic
by Amy E. West (Mercury News/Santa Cruz Sentinel) ...It sounds like an environmentalist's dream. But it's the ambitious mission of the Santa Cruz nonprofit Clean Oceans Project, which six months ago teamed up with a Japanese manufacturer and a San
January 06, 2012 Read Full Article
Company Plans to Turn Old Beverages into Ethanol
(Waste and Recycling News) Detroit-based DART said its new location will turn alcohol and sugar-based beverages such as old beer, wine, soda, juice and liquor into fuel grade ethanol. In addition, the company said, the facility will also convert the
August 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Waste Management, Total Invest in Agilyx, Waste Plastics-to-Crude Oil Pyrolysis
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...The Portland-based company, once known as Plas2Fuel, is developing a novel, scalable technology that converts difficult-to-recycle waste plastics into synthetic sweet crude oil. Last year, it received TechAmerica’s 2010 Cool Product of the Year Award.
April 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Foster Wheeler Provides Engineering Services to Cynar for Conversion of Waste Plastics into Liquid Fuels in Ireland
Foster Wheeler AG announced that its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by Cynar Plc to provide basic process engineering design services for a 6,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) plant to convert non-recyclable waste plastics into