22.01.2015 Views

2012 Sustainability Report - Executive Summary - Waste Management

2012 Sustainability Report - Executive Summary - Waste Management

2012 Sustainability Report - Executive Summary - Waste Management

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

Agnion<br />

Investment since <strong>2012</strong><br />

PFAFFENHOFEN, Germany<br />

Innovative gasification technology converts solid biomass<br />

feedstock into a high hydrogen and carbon monoxiderich<br />

synthesis gas with exceptionally high heating value.<br />

Typical customers would include schools, universities,<br />

warehouses and distribution centers, shopping malls,<br />

hotels and hospitals. Agnion’s first commercial biomass<br />

gasification plant is currently under construction in<br />

the Bavarian town of Grassau.<br />

Genomatica<br />

Investment since 2010<br />

san diego, california<br />

Winner of the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge<br />

Award, Genomatica researches and advances the<br />

production of chemicals from municipal solid waste.<br />

The company creates specially designed organisms<br />

and manufacturing processes to convert syngas into<br />

chemical products. Theirs is the first biology-based<br />

process making this conversion.<br />

OUR FUTURE: maximizing value from waste 15

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!