29 April 202228 April 2022 Enerkem, Nova chart new path from waste plastic to Circularity Four storylines this month compel attention to the useful products now available from renewable syngas. Some are of everyday usefulness, some are stories of meeting urgent need
NFW closes $85 million Series B to scale naturally circular materials Natural Fiber Welding (NFW) upgrades waste cotton and recycled fibers
28 April 202227 April 2022 Paul von Kirchbach, Manager Business Development and Innovation at Renolit (Germany), on market developments in the Renewable Carbon Economy Interview with Michael Carus, CEO of the nova-Institute
Fuel from waste wood Possibility to produce ethanol on a financially competitive and technically efficient basis
Kraftstoff aus Restholz Treibstoff Ethanol finanziell wettbewerbsfähig und technisch effizient herstellbar
Frito-Lay Achieves Ambition for a Quieter, Industrially Compostable, 100% Bio-based Snack Bag The Off The Eaten Path bag is unique in that the entirety of the materials used—the print web, barrier sealant webs, inks, and adhesive—had to meet current, often stringent, third-party certification requirements for industrial compostability
McDonald’s Tests Circular Clear Cups Sourced From Recycled and Biobased Materials, Including Used Cooking Oil Along with its partners Pactiv Evergreen, INEOS, Neste, and LyondellBasell, the company will use a mass-balance approach to produce a recyclable solution
Cepsa Quimica führt chemische Produkte auf Basis von recycelten Rohstoffen und Biomasse ein NextLAB und NextPhenol: erste Produkte eines neuen Sortiments nachhaltiger Chemikalien
New Biomaterial Could Save Our Oceans From Plastic Pollution The recyclable, biodegradable material could someday replace the millions of tons of plastic used in single-use items
Borealis selects Axens Rewind® Mix Process for its Plastics Pyrolysis Oil Upgrading Unit in Stenungsund, Sweden The project will as well include a pyrolysis unit feeding the Rewind® Mix process, and storage and logistic solutions
Earthworms Break Down Bio-Based Plastic According to a new study, earthworms have a strong capability for consuming bioplastic derived from polylactic acid (PLA), which is typically made from plant-based sugars
A Focus on Pyrolysis Coproducts CHAR Technologies builds its business case around flexibility in feedstock and outputs
Neue Methode zur Umwandlung von Plastikmüll in sauberen Wasserstoffkraftstoff NTU-Wissenschaftler können nun Plastikmüll in zwei Hauptprodukte umwandeln, Wasserstoff und eine Form von festem Kohlenstoff, bekannt als Kohlenstoff-Nanoröhren
27 April 202221 April 2022 Creating a sustainable Finnish textile industry with bio-based and recycled fibres The Telavalue project continues the line of previous projects of the Telaketju network and have promoted the creation of a Finnish circular economy of textiles
Anbau nachwachsender Rohstoffe 2021 konstant FNR bietet neues Statistikportal für nachwachsende Rohstoffe an
How biomass can enable a hydrogen economy Building a collaborative net zero future through negative emissions and zero-carbon fuel
pre-start-up company Wheyfinery: Acid whey as a valuable raw material for platform chemicals and more Researchers at the University of Tübingen to make their scalable biorefinery concept marketable some time in the future
pre-Start-up Wheyfinery: Sauermolke als wertvoller Rohstoff für Plattformchemikalien und mehr Forschende der Universität Tübingen möchten ihr skalierbares Bioraffineriekonzept für die Zukunft marktfähig machen
Green Deal: New proposals to make sustainable products the norm and boost Europe’s resource independence The Commission is presenting today a new strategy to make textiles more durable, repairable, reusable and recyclable, to tackle fast fashion, textile waste and the destruction of unsold textiles, and ensure the producers full respect of social rights
China: Recycling of 25% of all textile waste by 2025 Country wants to produce 2 million tons of recycled fiber by 2025 as part of its push to peak its carbon emissions by 2030 and become carbon-neutral by 2060
Method efficiently breaks down plastic bottles into component parts Researchers first to demonstrate use of metal-organic frameworks to degrade plastics
Methode zerlegt Plastikflaschen effizient in ihre Bestandteile Forscher demonstrieren erstmals den Einsatz von metallorganischen Gerüsten zum Abbau von Kunststoffen
26 April 202221 April 2022 OGE and TES join forces to develop a 1,000 km CO₂ transmission system OGE and Tree Energy Solutions (TES) have entered into a strategic partnership for a CO2 circular economy
OGE und TES entwickeln gemeinsam ein 1.000 km langes CO₂-Transportnetz OGE und Tree Energy Solutions sind eine strategische Partnerschaft für eine CO2-Kreislaufwirtschaft eingegangen
World’s first LED lights developed from rice husks Natural products and their residues could have the potential to get converted into non-toxic ungiftige optoelectronic devices
Weltweit erste LED-Leuchten aus Reishülsen entwickelt Natürliche Produkte und ihre Abfälle könnten das Potenzial haben, in ungiftige optoelektronische Geräte umgewandelt zu werden
AFYREN announces the industrial commissioning of its AFYREN NEOXY plant and publishes its 2021 Full-Year Results Finalization of the construction of the AFYREN NEOXY plant at cost and on time despite the health crisis context
NOVA Chemicals and Enerkem Advance Commercialization of Made-in-Alberta Chemical Recycling Technology The team has been working to achieve lower greenhouse gas emissions while significantly accelerating the upgrading process for waste materials
Bridgestone Partners with LanzaTech to Pursue End-of-Life Tire Recycling Technologies Bridgestone is partnering with Carbon Capture and Transformation company LanzaTech to develop a scaled solution for recycling end-of-life tires. The exclusive partnership will leverage LanzaTech’s technology to create a pathway toward tire material circularity and the decarbonization of new tire production
Enerkem closes $255 million financing round to drive its growth and deployment of its leading gasification technology Strong partnership support through new investments by Repsol and Monarch and additional investments from Avenue and other existing shareholders
25 April 202221 April 2022 European plastics system needs significant change within five years to meet long-term circularity and net zero emissions goals, warns major new report New study finds that a fully circular, net zero carbon emissions plastics system in Europe is possible, but achieving it will require radical innovation, ambitious policies, and significant capital investment
Das europäische Kunststoffsystem muss innerhalb der kommenden 5 Jahre tiefgreifend verändert werden, um die langristigen Ziele einer Kreislaufwirtschaft und Netto-Null-Emissionen zu erreichen, mahnt ein neuer umfassender Bericht an Neuer Report zeigt auf, dass ein vollständig kreislauffähiges, kohlenstoffneutrales Kunststoffsystem in Europa durchaus möglich ist, aber radikale Innovationen, ambitionierte politische Maßnahmen und erhebliche Investitionen erfordert
Technip Energies and Alterra Energy to Jointly Develop Sustainable Plastics Projects Combination of advanced recycling and purification technologies enable more efficient processing and reuse of hard-to-recycle plastic
Japan: TotalEnergies and ENEOS to Study Sustainable Aviation Fuel production at ENEOS Negishi Refinery The proposed unit, which capacity would be 300,000 tons per year of SAF, would process waste or residue, mainly used cooking oil and animal fat
Erfolgreiche Pre-Seed-Finanzierung für BIOVOX Angel-Club better ventures investiert in Lifescience-Startup BIOVOX
Durethan® Scopeblue – our most sustainable premium polyamide 6 With Durethan® BLUE BKV60H2.0EF, LANXESS offers the first polyamide made from 92% sustainable and ISCC Plus certified raw materials. This is a top value among glass fiber-reinforced plastics
£5m fund launched to develop carbon dioxide utilisation technology A new fund to help develop the emerging CO2 utilisation technology has been launched
Durethan® Scopeblue – unser nachhaltigstes Premium-Polyamid 6 Mit dem Durethan® BLUE BKV60H2.0EF bietet LANXESS das erste Polyamid aus 92% nachhaltigen und ISCC Plus zertifizierten Rohstoffen an. Das ist ein Spitzenwert unter glasfaserverstärkten Kunststoffen
Encina Announces $1.1 billion investment in new advanced manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania Proposed facility will convert post-consumer plastic materials into feedstock for new products
TU Delft and TNO prepare industry for scale-up phase of clean factory TU Delft and TNO prepare industry for scale-up phase of clean factory
Saubere Produktionsprozesse in der chemischen Industrie TU Delft und TNO bereiten die Industrie auf die Scale-up-Phase der sauberen Fabrik vor
22 April 202221 April 2022 Freya Burton, Chief Sustainability Officer at LanzaTech (US), on the current development of the renewable carbon economy Interview with Michael Carus, CEO of the nova-Institute
Braskem and Sojitz Corporation join hands to bring renewable MEG technology to the market The companies have created a joint venture, which will become the global leader in the bioMEG market. Once technology development is concluded, the project foresee the construction of three industrial plants in the first stage.
Braskem + Sojitz: JV-Gründung für Bio-MEG Die endgültige Investitionsentscheidung für den Bau des ersten Werks soll im kommenden Jahr fallen, die Inbetriebnahme dieser Anlage ist dann für 2025 vorgesehen
Brightmark Announces Advanced Plastics Renewal Facility in Australia With the establishment of this new facility, Brightmark will be the first new circular economy business in the Parkes Special Activation Precinct, as well as the first-of-its-kind advanced recycling plant
International team nets €3.4M to advance ship-based carbon capture for maritime sector EverLoNG to conduct technology trials on board two LNG-fuelled ships along with supporting studies
Vorzeigeprojekt für die Bioökonomie: Orangenschalen liefern in Zukunft wertvolle biobasierte Epoxidharze Mit dem Projekt 'OrangeOil' wollen das SKZ und das Fraunhofer IMWS-Institut ein biobasiertes Epoxidharzsystem entwickeln
Consumer Goods Companies Announce Position on Chemical Recycling Technologies and Publish Life Cycle Assessment For the first time, consumer good companies are joining forces through The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) to set the agenda for the development of new plastic recycling technologies
OMV supplies Austrian Airlines with sustainable aviation fuel under the partnership agreement Cooperation between Austrian Airlines and OMV, both committed to sustainable goals, further strengthens Austria as an innovation hub
OMV beliefert Austrian Airlines im Rahmen der Partnerschaft mit nachhaltigem Flugzeugtreibstoff Kooperation zwischen Austrian Airlines und OMV, beides Unternehmen die sich nachhaltigen Zielen verschrieben haben, stärkt Österreich als Innovationsstandort