A Footballer Wants to Turn the World Green
Matthieu Flamini
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GFBiochemicals Ltd., the Italian green chemical company started by Crystal Palace midfielder Mathieu Flamini, will build a biorefinery in the U.S. to make plastics and solvents in a way that avoids using fossil fuels.
The company, founded in 2008 by Flamini and his business partner Pasquale Granata, joined with biotech company American Process Inc. to redevelop an old industrial site into a cellulosic biorefinery, according to a statement by the two companies on Friday.