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Dow is working with bioconversion company New Energy Blue via a long-term purchase agreement to create bio-based ethylene from agricultural waste. The ethylene, a gas used for polymer production, will be used as a feedstock to manufacture packaging and other products.
Dow will support the development of New Energy Blue’s new facility in Mason City, Iowa, that is expected to process 275 kilotons of corn stover — stalks, leaves and husks that remain in the field after harvest — each year to produce ethanol, about half of which will become ethylene feedstock for Dow bio-based plastic products.
The agreement, announced last week, also gives Dow similar options for New Energy Blue’s next four planned projects for processing agricultural residues. In total, the five projects are expected to displace more than 1 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually.
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