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26 June 202319 September 2023

Interview with Dr. Adrian Brandt about Henkel’s use of Avantium’s FDCA, a bio-based aromatic building block

The head of the Bio-Renewable Materials Platform at Henkel answers questions about the company's sustainability goals and ambitions to support the PEFerence project

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Clariant launches Desi Pak® ECO with new bio-based moisture-adsorbing packets

Specially-designed packaging solution focused on using raw materials and transportation packaging that have a lower environmental impact

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ArcelorMittal and LanzaTech announce first ethanol samples from commercial flagship carbon capture and utilisation facility in Ghent, Belgium

Facility employing LanzaTech’s cutting-edge carbon recycling process couples decarbonization technology with chemical production to advance EU’s 2030 Climate Target Plan and a circular economy

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Direct Air Capture and the Circular Carbon Economy

A New Approach to Emissions Reduction

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Twelve announces plans to scale production of sustainable aviation fuel made from CO₂ in Washington State

Commercial-scale E-Jet fuel production facility in Moses Lake, WA, to supply deals with Shopify, Alaska Airlines, and Microsoft

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Stora Enso is laying the foundation for the future of circular packaging in Oulu, Finland

The future of packaging is circular and to be achieved with solutions that are net positive for both climate and biodiversity

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Rundum nachhaltig: naturfaserverstärkter Kunststoff aus der Grasfabrik

Interview mit Jens Meyer zu Drewer, Biowert Industrie GmbH

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Chemisches Recycling als Reset-Taste

Interview mit Heikki Färkkilä, Vice President Chemical Recycling bei Neste Renewable Polymers – Chemisches Recycling als Reset-Taste, um Rohstoffe länger im Kreislauf zu führen – Notwendige Ergänzung zum mechanischen Recycling – Ab 2030 will Neste 1 Mio. jato Altkunststoff verarbeiten

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CPGC and BASF accelerate onboard CO₂ capture system development

CPGC is developing an advanced onboard CO2 capture system based on BASF’s OASE® blue gas treatment technology

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CPGC und BASF beschleunigen Entwicklung von Systemen zur CO₂-Abscheidung auf Seeschiffen

CPGC entwickelt System zur CO2-Abscheidung im maritimen Sektor auf Basis der BASF-Technologie zur Gasaufbereitung OASE® blue. Zusammenarbeit für höhere Energieeffizienz und weniger Emissionen für eine nachhaltigere Schifffahrtsindustrie

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23 June 202319 June 2023

Neste decides to invest in liquefied waste plastic upgrading unit at its Porvoo refinery

Important milestone in scaling up chemical recycling. Investment of 111 million euros

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Neste beschließt Investitionen in Anlage zur Aufwertung von verflüssigtem Kunststoffabfall in Raffinerie in Porvoo

Wichtiger Meilenstein beim Ausbau des chemischen Recyclings. Investitionsvolumen von 111 Millionen Euro

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Trinseo: Neue Spritzguss-Acrylatformulierungen und neue Bio-ABS-Werkstoffe für Automotive

Trinseo, ein Anbieter von Spezialwerkstoffen, wird auf der Plastics in Automotive Engineering (PIAE) 2023 in Mannheim sein nachhaltiges Produktportfolio präsentieren

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Trinseo Showcases Sustainable Mobility Solutions at 2023 Plastics in Automotive Engineering Conference

Introducing ALTUGLAS™ R-Life V825T and MAGNUM™ ABS BIO95

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A Carbon Capture Utilisation future

Avantium’s Chief Technology Officer Gert-Jan Gruter makes a case for Carbon Capture Utilisation as the “golden ticket” for a net-zero future

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Sustainable all round: natural fibre-reinforced plastic from the grass factory

Interview with Jens Meyer zu Drewer, Biowert Industrie GmbH

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Potentially Producing Carbon-Neutral Fuels

HKU Chemists Achieve Sustainable Solar Energy Conversion with Artificial Photocatalysis

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Potenziell kohlenstoffneutrale Kraftstoffe

Chemiker erreichen nachhaltige Solarenergieumwandlung mit künstlicher Photokatalyse

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22 June 202319 June 2023

BIOPOLYMER Award: New ways in cell culturing, PLA- compounding and hot-melt glueing

This has never happened before in the history of the BIOPOLYMER Innovation Award: This year, three innovations from Germany are competing for the internationally coveted trophies!

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BIOPOLYMER Award: Alle Preisträger kommen erstmals aus Deutschland

Das gab es in der Geschichte des BIOPOLYMER Innovation Awards noch nie: In diesem Jahr machen drei Innovationen aus Deutschland das Rennen um die international begehrten Trophäen unter sich aus!

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Photocatalytic Conversion of CO₂ to Fuels

Exploring Photocatalytic Conversion of CO₂ to Fuels: Innovations and Applications

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First CBE JU grant agreements provide €116 million for circular bio-based sector

Following its first call for proposals, the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) has recently signed its first 21 grant agreements

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TotalEnergies Corbion: Biokunststoff ist nachhaltig gemäß EU-Taxonomieverordnung

Der Biokunststoff "Luminy" PLA (Polymilchsäure) von TotalEnergies Corbion erfüllt die strengen Kriterien der Taxonomieverordnung der Europäischen Union (EU) hinsichtlich Klimaschutz und Anpassung an den Klimawandel

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End-of-life Tyres

This latest article explores the fate of end-of-lie tyres and discusses strategies to reuse and recover the high-value compounds they are made of

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BASF to expand production capacity for bio-based alkyl polyglucosides (APG®s) in Asia-Pacific and North America

New production lines in Bangpakong, Thailand, and Cincinnati, Ohio, to meet rising global demand for bio-based and biodegradable surfactants

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BASF erweitert Produktionskapazitäten für biobasierte Alkylpolyglukoside (APG®s) in Asien-Pazifik und Nordamerika

Neue Produktionslinien in Bangpakong/Thailand und Cincinnati/Ohio bedienen weltweit steigenden Bedarf an biobasierten, biologisch abbaubaren Tensiden

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21 June 202316 June 2023

Asahi Kasei and Mitsui establish supply and procurement system for bio-methanol

Asahi Kasei plans to use the bio-methanol procured from Mitsui to produce engineering plastics in Japan with a lower carbon footprint than the current product lineup

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Asahi Kasei: Biomethanol von Mitsui für die Herstellung von massebilanziertem Polyacetal

Asahi Kasei will das von Mitsui bezogene Biomethanol für die Herstellung von massebilanzierten technischen Kunststoffen, insbesondere Polyacetal, verwenden

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Innovative Carbon Capture and Use Technologies: Transforming Emissions into Valuable Resources

This article will explore some of the most promising CCU technologies and their new economic opportunities

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Bio2Bottle: Biobasierte, rezyklierbare Flaschen aus Biokunststoffen

Im Projekt soll die gesamte Wertschöpfungskette von der Additivsynthese über die Materialentwicklung, die Verwendung der Flaschen bis zur Rezyklierung abgedeckt werden

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Grandpuits PLA project update

Corbion announces that it will not pursue a new PLA bioplastics plant in Grandpuits, France

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TotalEnergies Corbion: Aus für PLA-Großprojekt in Frankreich

Erste PLA-Erzeugung in Europa scheint nach nochmaliger Kalkulation nicht wirtschaftlich genug

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Waste not want not: Waste crab shells can be made into diffraction gratings for optical instruments

Bioplastic can be processed from chitosan, a sugar that comes from the outer skeleton of crabs, lobsters, and shrimps

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You Can Make Carbon Dioxide Filters With a 3D Printer

NC State researchers demonstrated that it’s possible to make carbon dioxide capture filters using 3D printing

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Sie können Kohlendioxidfilter mit einem 3D-Drucker herstellen

"Dieses Herstellungsverfahren mit 3D-Druck macht alles schneller und präziser"

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20 June 202315 June 2023

Plastics Europe welcomes UNEP’s step closer to a draft agreement on a global plastics treaty

In her opening speech, Virginia Janssens, Managing Director of Plastics Europe, made a plea for ‘a total market transformation that drastically reduces the influx of new plastics

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Kunststoff- und Chemieindustrie unterstützen UN-Plastikabkommen

PlasticsEurope Deutschland zu Fortschritten und Aussichten des UN-Plastikabkommens

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Plastic waste: agreement is just the start

Many fear that major plastics producers like the US, China and Saudi Arabia will only approve of better recycling. But the need to come into action is generally felt

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Johnson Matthey’s state-of-the-art technology helps China tackle plastic pollution

The latest butanediol technology to produce 600,000 metric tonnes of bio-degradable plastics annually can be used in compostable packaging and decomposes

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3D-Drucken ohne schlechtes Gewissen

Forschende entwickeln bioabbaubares Supportmaterial – Entsorgung über das Abwasser ohne Mikroplastik – Industriepartner gesucht

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UPM inaugurates its Paso de los Toros pulp mill in Uruguay

A Total of USD 3.47 billion investment covers the pulp mill and the port terminal as well as investments in the local infrastructure in Paso de los Toros

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Microalgae for Carbon Capture

Harnessing Microalgae for Efficient Carbon Capture and Storage

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BASF increases production capacity for alkoxylates in Europe

Investment primarily in response to a growing European demand for alkoxylates. Additional capacity to come on stream step by step from the second quarter of 2023 onward

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BASF erhöht Produktionskapazität für Alkoxylate in Europa

Investition bedient hauptsächlich Nachfrage nach Alkoxylaten in Europa. Zusätzliche Kapazitäten werden ab dem zweiten Quartal 2023 schrittweise in Betrieb genommen

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19 June 202314 June 2023

Successful LIGNOFLAG project completion: EU-funded large-scale commercial plant produces bioethanol from agricultural residues

Clariant’s sunliquid® technology converts unused agricultural residues into cellulosic ethanol, an advanced, highly sustainable biofuel that can already be used as a drop-in solution in fuel blending

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Erfolgreicher LIGNOFLAG-Projektabschluss: EU-geförderte kommerzielle Großanlage produziert Bioethanol aus Agrarreststoffen

Die von Clariant entwickelte sunliquid®-Technologie wandelt landwirtschaftliche Reststoffe in Zellulose-Ethanol um, einen fortschrittlichen und nachhaltigen Biokraftstoff, der bereits als Drop-in-Lösung bei der Treibstoffmischung eingesetzt werden kann

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Open Letter: Europe Can Count on the Bioenergy Industry for its Net-Zero Goals

Bioenergy plays and will keep on playing an increasingly important role in the EU’s efforts to decarbonise; this sector will be indispensable for meeting the European Union’s climate and energy targets for 2030, 2050 and beyond

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Large-scale test facility at TU Freiberg supplies 15,000 litres of synthetic fuel

The DeCarTrans project is further developing a process for producing synthetic fuel from methanol for the transport sector

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Großversuchsanlage der TU Freiberg liefert 15.000 Liter synthetischen Kraftstoff

Das Förderprojekt DeCarTrans entwickelt für den Transportsektor ein Verfahren zur Herstellung synthetischer Ottokraftstoffe aus Methanol weiter

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OXCCU Raises $22 Million to Transform Carbon Dioxide into Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Leading carbon-to-value company converting carbon dioxide and hydrogen into industrial and consumer products, has completed a Series A financing to commercialize sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)