Interesting stats on EVs and energy use in the US, developments in wind and tidal power, a plastic recycling microfactory, and an "unprecedented collapse" in EU fossil fuel generation.
The German government has given €5 million in funding to a female-founded biomaterials start-up to build a test production plant for their new plastic alternative: a plant-based, compostable material they say can be used in applications such as flexible films, paper coatings, and adhesives.
The company, traceless, sources its plant material from agricultural waste from industrial grain processing and says its aim is to replace ‘several thousand metric tons’ of conventional plastics every year once its technology is brought to scale.
I don't know if the company's claims are true but their website is pretty slick.
A new study suggests that switching to a reusable packaging paradigm can reduce greenhouse emissions from plastic by up to 69% – AND use up to 70% less water.
