“… the scale of the problem that the Sargassum bloom gives, in being so big, is that when we harness it, it offers huge quantities of feedstock, making our offer to industry immediately scalable. Many customers we speak to, say, we would love to switch to a more sustainable solution but we haven’t seen a scalable, reliable source that can guarantee enough product. But that is exactly what we have.”
Welcome to Bio Market Insights Quarterly Issue #19 your dedicated global guide to the latest news, developments, products and personalities driving the production of bio-based and sustainable chemicals, materials and products and the brands that purchase, use and sell them. We also feature the growing role of the circular economy, and the innovations and benefits that synthetic biology is delivering to the emerging bio-economy.
The quote above is from our opening feature, a feature on a problem – the huge Sargassum (a type of seaweed) bloom that annually arrives across the Caribbean, washing up on beaches and releasing toxic hydrogen, sulfide and methane trapping marine life, killing coral reefs and fish and causing huge economic and social damage as a result – and a solution developed by new innovators, C-Combinator. It feels a fitting feature to be included in the last quarterly of 2020 – a year that has thrown up a major, unexpected problem into all our paths. And we hope that as the year comes to an end, a solution borne of science, hard work and community is almost upon us.
Bio Market Insights Quarterly Issue #19 includes these features:
- Introducing C-Combinator, the innovators providing a remarkable solution to the Sargassum problem.
- Inside the Port of Antwerp’s NextGen District, a new global hub set to accelerate the growth of the circular economy.
- Leaders Interview: Dieter Fluck, VP Global Technology and Engineering, Siemens Energy.
- Clothing giants ally to harness the magic of mycelium with Bolt Threads.
- New data quantifies the game changing environmental effect of replacing animal food with plant-based alternatives.
- Ginkgo Bioworks spinout Allonnia launches with focus on using synbio to clean wastewater.
- Adidas take further steps to sustainability with soft launch of circular shoe.
- The Last Word with Maria Moræus Hanssen, Chairperson of the Board of Wastefront.
- News in brief, Editor’s Welcome and more.
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