BIOFUELS POSE RISK TO BIO-BASED OILS AND FATS TREND IN COSMETICS SECTOR
February 1st, 2009
BY MARK ROWE
FOR the past 10 years, the message from the environmental movement has been "biofuels good, fossil fuels bad". And the search for alternatives has exercised many industries, not least the cosmetics sector, which widely uses mineral oils, but has increasingly been looking for ways to use bio-based oils and fats.
Part of the reason for this is market positioning. Most of the world's governments, along with international institutions such as the European Union (EU), still largely see biofuels as a Good Thing, and so do their citizen ...
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