NatureWorks and Calysta shall work together to develop bioplastics straightly from methane

The US Based company Calysta Energy Incorporation & NatureWorks LLC is announcing their research of fermentation of methane gas in which they are looking at the conversion of methane gas into the industrial chemical lactic acid building the blocks for the need of bioplastics. Generally methane is generated by the decomposition of waste components of plants and creatures as well as by the landfill organic waste and waste water treatment. It’s a long time process.

If the artificial transformation of methane gas into lactic acid gets successful then it will be great source of feedstock of carbon. The Calysta energy inc. are presenting the utilization of significant greenhouse gases by the transformation of it into industrial and high value chemicals like lactic acid. This approach is very demonstrative to the real power of biology in comparison to the chemical transformation because it would be really costly to make lactic acid from the methane gas by the transformation using traditional catalysts; although sugarcane and corn are also a good source of carbon feedstock.

In fact nowadays Ingeo is rely on sugarcane as well as corn for the feed stocking of carbon. It is finding the feasibility of methane gas as a feedstock of lactic acid and may take up on five years long. For more information please see website ~ http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20140327/NEWS/140329888/natureworks-calysta-to-work-jointly-to-develop-bioplastics-directly