In Vancouver, a company is selling golf balls that biodegrade in two weeks and are made from compressed corn starch, calcium carbonate, glycerin, and water-dissolvable polyvinyl alcohol. Unimaginatively named Biodegradable Golf Balls, the company admits its balls are not approved by the United States Golf Association, but get the job done if you are just […]
In Vancouver, good natured Products Inc., a manufacturer of biobased plastic extrusion and plant-based products, has closed its previously announced non-brokered private placement offering worth just under $1 million. The company issued a total of 15,639,998 units at $0.06 per unit for a total raise of $938,000. Each unit consisted of one common share in […]
In the UK, Green Car Congress reported that Vancounver’s TransLink is introducing renewable diesel into its bus fleet as a cleaner fuel option, in order to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. With this change, TransLink will be reducing total greenhouse gas emissions by 6,550 tons or 5% of TransLink’s total emissions—the equivalent of removing 1,900 […]
