{"id":133142,"date":"2024-08-20T07:59:13","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T04:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/eth-zurich-finds-green-feedstock-alternative-to-fossil-to-make-chemicals\/"},"modified":"2024-08-20T07:59:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T04:59:13","slug":"eth-zurich-finds-green-feedstock-alternative-to-fossil-to-make-chemicals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/eth-zurich-finds-green-feedstock-alternative-to-fossil-to-make-chemicals\/","title":{"rendered":"ETH Zurich Finds Green Feedstock Alternative to Fossil to Make Chemicals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133142\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a novel method to reduce the chemical industry&#8217;s carbon footprint by using E. coli to convert methanol, rather than crude oil, into sustainable products. This breakthrough, which has taken nearly a decade to develop, could pave the way for producing various climate-neutral chemicals and materials, marking a significant step toward greener industrial processes.<\/p>\n<p>The chemical industry is among the world\u2019s heaviest consumers of fossil fuels and, with that, emits tremendous volumes of CO2\u2014totaling around 925M metric tons in 2021 alone (the latest available figures), according to McKinsey &amp; Company. Researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland are working on a novel way to help lessen the industry\u2019s carbon footprint: they\u2019ve found a non-fossil source of carbon to make plastics and, possibly, other near-countless products that chemical plants mass produce. Instead of crude oil, the ETH Zurich team leverages methanol as feedstock, with the help of E. coli. The E. coli feeds off the methanol to reproduce, and it ultimately converts carbon from methanol into sustainable products.<\/p>\n<p>While this may sound like weird science\u2014most people think of E. coli as a nasty bug lurking in the gut\u2014the bacterium has long been used in bioproduction. But this is the first time it\u2019s been put to the test to see if it can utilize methanol to make products. The research team was recently awarded a grant from the Swiss government to develop specific applications and pursue commercialization of the technology. The plan is to spin out a company within the next year to make the first set of products, then to fully scale over five to 10 years. As they advance along their trajectory, they are in talks with chemical industry players as potential offtakers.<\/p>\n<p>Source:<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.waste360.com\/waste-recycling\/eth-zurich-finds-green-feedstock-alternative-to-fossil-to-make-chemicals\"> Waste 360<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/2-576\/\">ETH Zurich Finds Green Feedstock Alternative to Fossil to Make Chemicals<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[15757,575,15758,3881],"class_list":["post-133142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-e-coli","tag-environmental-news-en","tag-eth-zurich","tag-methanol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}