date:Mar 11, 2013
tive ways to clean up hazardous waste.
One of the companies to benefit from the government funding is Synthace, who are based at University College London. Synthace use micro-organisms to convert small molecules into different, more useful products. The aim is to produce high value chemical products, such as bases for fragrances and air fresheners, from cheap industrial feedstocks such as rapeseed oil.
Speaking during a visit to Synthace, Universities and Science Minister David Willetts said: