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Beta Analytic Joins Back-to-back Plastics Conferences in Guangzhou, China

Fuming “Steven” Liu, Beta Analytic’s China Operations Manager, has promoted biobased content testing via ASTM D6866 at the Third China International Symposium on the Application of Biodegradable Plastics held in Guangzhou, China. Mr. Liu also visited the the China Import & Export Fair Pazhou Complex for the 25th International Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries [...]

ASTM D6866 Services Provider Beta Analytic Exhibits at ICTABP4 in China

Beta Analytic, Inc., will promote ASTM D6866 biobased content testing at the Fourth International Conference of Technology & Application of Biodegradable Plastics (ICTABP4) to be held in Shanghai, China, from October 26 to October 28, 2010. Liu Fuming, Beta Analytic’s Operations Manager in China, will be present at the company’s booth to answer questions about [...]

New Zealand Regulation Recommends ASTM D6866 for Non-Biomass CO2 Determination

ASTM D6866 has been added to the latest version of New Zealand’s Climate Change Regulations. The standard will be used to measure the non-biomass fraction of CO2 emissions from the combustion of used oil, waste oil, used tyres, or waste. Gases reported under the regulations are CH4, N2O, and non-biomass CO2.

Beta Analytic Opens Facility in Beijing for ASTM D6866 Clients in Mainland China

ISO 17025-accredited Beta Analytic, Inc., is ready to receive samples for ASTM D6866 testing in its facility in Beijing, China. ASTM D6866 is a standard method that determines the exact percentage of a solid, liquid, or gas that came from renewable sources by measuring the material’s carbon 14 content.

Beta Public Comment: WCI Essential Requirements of Mandatory Reporting

Beta Analytic submitted a public comment to the Western Climate Initiative relating to the latter’s essential requirements for mandatory reporting final draft. Beta noted that sewage is not 100% biomass.

Radiocarbon Dating: A Monitoring Tool for Biofuel Blends

Beginning 2008, the Biofuels Sales Obligation of New Zealand requires companies that sell petrol or diesel to sell biofuels as well. Thus there was a need for the government agency Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) to come up with a monitoring procedure to check if the producers’ claim of biofuel percentages is indeed correct.