BioRenewable Arenas

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In3 BioRenewables focuses on commercialization of biorenewable, sustainable technologies – in other words, solutions based on renewable, living systems that can be deployed over the long-term without degrading the ecosystem. Biorenewable, sustainable technologies underpin diverse products and services that often deliver superior performance at lower costs, while reducing or eliminating negative environmental and social impacts. Ideally, these technologies improve and protect quality of life and resilience of life-sustaining ecosystems. In many cases they also happen to be fiercely competitive and often extremely profitable. 
In3 currently focuses on opportunities in five biorenewable arenas that show the highest growth potential, the strongest value propositions, and greatest strategic importance to securing our collective future:

  • BioEnergy:  food-friendly agricultural feedstocks, biomass, waste and related conversion technologies 
    • Waste to energy such as methane capture, biodigestion, pyrolysis, depolymerization, etc.
    • High-yield, food-friendly agricultural crops such as myscantus, jatropha, camelina, and more, used to make biodiesel or biohols
    • Mircoalgae and cellulosic technologies (both still unproven at commercial scale, but quite promising)
  • BioMaterials:  biobased (renewable) and often biodegradable materials, polymers, fabrics, films and their composites 
    • Bio-based lubricants, cleaners, and solvents 
    • Bioplastics, biopolymers, bioresins and their applications from packaging to films, durable goods and more
    • Advanced industrial materials such as nanocomposites, colloidal suspensions, and more
  • Bio*Ceuticals:  functional and nutritional compounds, including best-in-class extraction and purification techniques, for weight management, healthy aging, wellness, improved healthcare systems, and more.
    • Nutraceuticals, cosmeceuticals, glucoceuticals (sometimes referred to collectiively as "Xceuticals" or "*ceuticals")
    • Bio-pharmaceuticals -- "green drugs" that provide radically innovative advantages over current methods
    • Holistic health & wellness, dietary supplements, herbal medicines, preventative and affordable healthcare

Each of these industries depends on and benefits from healthy soil, water and air.  See "resource management principles" article for more.
Water purification, waste water management, filtration and bioremediation