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Rise Reforming Turns Biogas into Cosmetics Chemicals
Rise Reforming (YC S26) converts landfill and farm biogas into dimethyl ether for cosmetics, targeting methanol later. Its modular on-site process aims to cut fossil fuel dependence in the $2 trillion US chemical industry. The US produces 780 billion cubic feet of biogas yearly, with 60% currently underutilized.
Meridian48 take
The pitch is strong on feedstock abundance and modularity, but cost competitiveness against centralized fossil-fuel production remains unproven at scale.
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