<h5>Which company is turning air pollution into usable items?</h5>  <p>LanzaTech in Chicago, the United States of America (USA) is using a special liquid as the first step of a recycling system that turns greenhouse gases into useful products. The liquid contains billions of bacteria that eat air pollution (what!). Three Chinese firms are already using the company’s new microorganisms for making useful products.
The waste emissions are being turned into ethanol. Through partnerships with well-known companies like Zara and L'Oreal, this ethanol is then being used to produce goods like plastic bottles, athletic clothing, and even dresses (whoa!).
In addition to creating 50 million gallons (190 million litres) of ethanol, LanzaTech claims that to date it has prevented 2,00,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere (isn’t that incredible?). However, this amount is nothing compared to the actual amounts required to tackle climate change (but it's a start).
After investing 15 years in creating the system and showing its usefulness, the company is now looking to increase its tie-ups with a number of factories.</p> <h5>So, how is it being done?</h5>  <p>The carbon recycling technique of LanzaTech is similar to a brewery. To make ethanol, it combines bacteria and carbon pollution. The bacteria can ingest carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen.</p>
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The company can use waste and exhaust gas from industrial facilities to convert them into ethanol. This ethanol produced is then used by different companies to make various products. A collection of dresses from Zara is among the products that are being sold. They are made from air pollution that has been caught and recycled by LanzaTech.</p> <h5>What’s next for the company?</h5> <figure>
        <img src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/air-pollution-can-now-be-turned-into-fuel-bottles-and-dresses%2F4432.jpeg?alt=media&token=ff5a464d-00d9-4f27-b915-9429dec236ea" alt="What’s next for the company?" >
        <figcaption>LanzaTech signing an agreement with the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. to open a facility in India. Photo by Dharmendra Pradhan.</figcaption>
      </figure> <p>LanzaTech is working with three Chinese companies. It has plans to open six additional plants with companies, including one in Belgium and another with the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. India (wow!). In order to use ethanol to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), LanzaTech also established a second firm called LanzaJet.</p>
<p>The aviation industry, which uses a lot of fuel, is trying to go green. But, it faces a significant hurdle in increasing global SAF production. So, by 2030, LanzaJet plans to produce one billion gallons of SAF annually. This will help the aviation industry.</p>
<p>LanzaTech also plans to create microorganisms that can create chemicals other than ethanol. They are focusing on saving energy by directly generating ethylene rather than first converting ethanol into it. Ethylene is one of the most commonly used chemicals in the world and is used as a fuel gas in welding, used as a chemical to ripen vegetables and fruits, etc.</p> <h5>What did we learn from this article?</h5>  <p>We learned about how different companies are working hard to reverse the effects of climate change. We also learned the importance of science in combating the effects of climate change. Let’s hope that LanzaTech keeps on growing and help recycle air pollution into various useful products.</p>
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