Products made with Captured Greenhouse Gases

What is happening? Straws, bottles and packaging made from captured greenhouse gases are reaching commercial scale. Big companies like Target, Ford, Disney, Hyatt Hotels, Ikea, Dell and Shake Shack have shown interest in the products. Production is moving to include utilizing captured emissions to manufacture materials used to make clothes, tires and plastic bottles. Meet Newlight, the company that opened its first commercial-scale factory in Huntington Beach, CA in 2020.

Why is this important? Newlight’s next factory is slated to come online in 2025 in Ohio, which will tap methane from a coal mine.

WSJ | Products Made With Captured Greenhouse Gas Are Reaching Commercial Scale