On presents shoe made with EVA derived from carbon emissions in partnership with LanzaTech, Borealis and Technip Energies Swiss sports brand On has presented a shoe made by using carbon monoxide emissions as raw material. Once captured, these emissions enter a fermentation process by using Lanzatech technology and, thanks to specially selected and naturally occurring bacteria, the carbon rich gas ferments and is converted to ethanol, which is then dehydrated to create ethylene by Technip Energies. Then, ethylene is polymerized by Borealis to become EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate) .... (read more)
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