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Unilever released a new type of laundry capsule today that uses recycled carbon emissions to create surfactants — the ingredient in laundry detergents that creates foam and allows dirt to be washed away, according to the website Fast Company.
The laundry capsules, available from the brand Omo, launched in China today. The product resulted from a partnership between Unilever, biotech company LanzaTech and green chemical company India Glycols. LanzaTech has a commercial plant in China that turns carbon emissions from a steel mill into ethanol, which it has used to turn emissions into jet fuel and alcohol for fragrances, the article said.