Category:
Plastics / Foams
Availability:
Available to brand partners
Technology:
Microbial fermentation of microorganisms fed with captured GHGs (diluted with air), minerals and saltwater, to produce a polymer (Polyhydroxybutyrate or PHB) inside cells (biofabricated). PHB is filtered, washed and dried into powder as an thermoplastic input for biobased polyester alternative
Scale:
Initial Commerical Volumes
Technical Partners:
CNX (waste methane), Long Ridge (production facility), Sumitomo Chemical
Composition:
Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB)
Feedstock:
Microbes, GHG emissions, saline solution, air
Other materials:
Not publicly disclosed
Other Finishes / Chemistries:
Not publicly disclosed
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