Increasing waste is one of the world’s most challenging problems today. As a nation, Americans generate more waste than any other nation in the world with 4.5 pounds (2.0 kg) of municipal solid waste (MSW)…
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Bio-Jet Fuel via Fischer-Tropsch
Sustainable transportation is making great strides and bio-jet fuel via Fischer-Tropsch is coming onto the scene. Electrification of the automotive and public transport sectors is reducing emissions and allowing increased use of renewables. This has…
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Circular Economy and Waste Conversion
The circular economy model aims to reduce waste and promote the reuse and recycling of resources. In 2023, there will be a growing interest in developing circular economy models in the bioeconomy, including the development…
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Circular v. Linear Economy
What is a circular economy? How is it different from a linear economy? Why is the distinction important? A circular economy is one in which we attempt to minimize waste and make the most of our…
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Circular Economy Benefits
A circular economy isn’t just about fixing environmental wrongs. It brings big opportunities and positive impacts across lots of industries and lives. Right now, less than 10% of the 100 billion tons of metals, minerals,…
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Waste-to-Energy Technology Expert
What do waste-to-energy experts do? The “waste-to-energy” area includes a variety of technologies consisting of several different thermochemical or biological methods of generating energy from waste materials. Popular commercial applications include combustion and anaerobic digestion…
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Liquid Biofuels: Ethanol and Biodiesel
Liquid biofuels are transportation fuels including such fuels as ethanol, biodiesel, renewable diesel, and sustainable aviation fuels. The federal government promotes biofuels as transportation fuels to help reduce oil imports and CO2 emissions. In 2007,…
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Accelerating Innovations in Biomanufacturing Approaches
Accelerating Innovations in Biomanufacturing Approaches through Collaboration Between NSF and the DOE BETO-Funded Agile BioFoundry OPPORTUNITY: The Agile BioFoundry (ABF), a biomanufacturing consortium funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO),…
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Food Waste Technology
Food Waste Technology, more formally called Food Waste-to-Energy Technology (FWTE), refers to processes that convert food waste i.e. any food waste from the food supply chain which was fit for human consumption at some time…
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Process Design
The task of process design is to lay out the process unit operations in a Block Flow Process Diagram (BFPD), in which the processing unit operations are connected by the continuous process stream flows. A…
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