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Industrial & Environmental biotechnology makes manufacturing processes cleaner and more efficient; creates new materials, food ingredients and other products; unlocks cleaner and greener sources of energy; and reduces industrial waste. For example, biotech enzymes are used in such wide-ranging products as cheese, detergents, environmentally-friendly plastics and renewable fuels like cellulosic ethanol.
Recent News:
New Biotech Tools for Green Chemistry
Moving towards greener solutions in the chemical industry requires emphasis on innovation, standardization of production and the reconciliation of new biological feedstocks with the products that industry and consumers demand. Reprinted with permission from CHEManager Europe.
Speakers to Draw Roadmap for Sustainable Production of Biofuels, Bioplastics at BIO's Pacific Rim Summit
Business, academic and thought leaders will discuss how biotechnology enables sustainable production of biofuels and biobased products during the Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy, Sept. 10-12 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Biotech Research, Certification Standards for Advanced, Low-Carbon Biofuels To Be Featured at Pacific Rim Summit
Research scientists and international officials will explore biotechnology's potential to create advanced biofuels that can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions during the Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy, Sept. 10-12 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
BIO Supports EPA Denial of Renewable Fuel Standard Waiver
The EPA's decision today sends a strong message that we must continue moving forward toward sustainable production of advanced biofuels to reduce both our dependence on imported oil and greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, and to increase production of biofuels from non-food sources.
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