Original article - The Guardian Forget old-style alchemy. A California-based tech company has come up with something far cooler than just turning dull metal into shiny metal. Using a proprietary 'biocatalyst' machine, Newlight Technologies has devised a way of taking greenhouse gas from the … [Read more...]
Oliver Campbell of Dell, Inc. describes launch of AirCarbon bags
Sprint launches carbon-negative cell phone cases made with AirCarbon: “a potential game changer”
Original article - GreenBiz.com Sprint is selling iPhone cases made of waste CO2 Elsa Wenzel May 13, 2014 Sprint is the first telecom company to offer "carbon-negative" iPhone accessories. Later this month, it will sell plastic handset cases made using waste greenhouse gases instead of … [Read more...]
Newlight named “2014 Innovation in Bioplastics Award” Finalist for the SPI Bioplastics Council
Original article - GreenBiz.com Sprint is selling iPhone cases made of waste CO2 Elsa Wenzel May 13, 2014 Sprint is the first telecom company to offer "carbon-negative" iPhone accessories. Later this month, it will sell plastic handset cases made using waste greenhouse gases instead of … [Read more...]
Newlight featured in Scientific American: “Can plastic be made environmentally friendly?”
Original Article - Scientific American Mark Herrema's road to making renewable plastics without oil wasn't easy. The 31-year-old Princeton graduate set aside his studies in politics and medical school plans to pursue his passion to make a plastic from methane, a colorless gas and a common … [Read more...]
Newlight featured in USA Today: “How Technology Can Halt Climate Change”
Original article - USA Today What will it take to fix global warming? Scientists say the world, within a few decades, will need to switch to energy that doesn't emit greenhouse gases. Even the optimists agree, it won't be easy. In the 1890s, New York City was swamped — not by a storm but something … [Read more...]
From Air, to Plastic, to the Office
Original article - EDC A furniture manufacturer is incorporating a thermoplastic product derived from greenhouse gases pulled from the air. By Derrick Teal November 5, 2013 When the reps at KI told me that they could make the Strive seating line out of plastic they had pulled from the air, … [Read more...]
AirCarbon™ named “Technology Innovation of the Year” by the American Business Awards
AirCarbon™ named "Technology Innovation of the Year" by the American Business Awards … [Read more...]
Newlight Named “Most Innovative Company of the Year”
Original article - PR Newswire IRVINE, Calif., July 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Newlight Technologies (www.newlight.com), inventor and manufacturer of AirCarbon™, was honored to be named "Most Innovative Company of the Year" for small businesses by the American Business Awards at an awards gala in … [Read more...]
Newlight’s AirCarbon Wins R&D 100 Award
Original article - PR Newswire AirCarbon recognized as one of the 100 most technologically significant innovations of the year IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Newlight Technologies (www.newlight.com), inventor and manufacturer of AirCarbon™, announced today that AirCarbon has been … [Read more...]