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30 June 20219 September 2021

The world’s first ‘infinite’ plastic

The way we normally recycle plastics is a downward spiral of waste and degraded materials, but there is another option – turning plastic back into the oil it was made from

Why a carbon tax is the most effective price signal for the building sector

A carbon tax on the fuel used to heat Europe’s buildings is the most effective price signal to decarbonise Europe’s building stock

Significantly lower climate impact of contrails when using sustainable fuels

Sustainable fuels reduce the number of ice crystals in contrails and thus their climate impact

Deutlich geringere Klimawirkung von Kondensstreifen durch nachhaltige Kraftstoffe

Nachhaltige Kraftstoffe verringern die Eiskristallanzahl in Kondensstreifen und damit ihre Klimawirkung

29 June 20219 September 2021

Fraunhofer, SABIC, and Procter& Gamble join forces in closed-loop recycling pilot project for single-use facemasks

The collected waste masks becomes shredded and then thermochemically converted to pyrolysis oils as feedstock for new plastics in virgin quality

Fraunhofer, SABIC und Procter & Gamble kooperieren im Rahmen eines Pilotprojekts zum Closed-Loop-Recycling von Einweg-Gesichtsmasken

Neues Verfahren sieht zunächst die automatische Zerkleinerung und anschließend die thermochemische Umwandlung in Pyrolyseöl vor, um im Anschluss daraus neuwertige Rohstoffe für die Kunststoffproduktion zu gewinnen

Clariter recognized by Frost & Sullivan as the 2021 technology innovation leader for Excellence in best practices

In 2021 Clariter excelled in all of the criteria in its commitment to innovation and creativity, commercial success, application diversity, and customer acquisition, as well as in the growth potential space

Wie sinnvoll ist die CO₂-Entfernung aus der Atmosphäre?

Macht es fürs Klima einen Unterschied, ob man eine Tonne CO₂ komplett einspart – oder ob man sie zwar ausstößt, aber später wieder aus der Luft holt? Eine neue Studie liefert Antworten

No other option for businesses but to go green: Mukesh Ambani

RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani spoke at the Qatar Economic Forum on Monday and mentioned his plans to make the oil-to-telecom-to-digital conglomerate net carbon zero by 2035

Filtern statt Duschen: Forschende entwickeln neuen Werkstoff aus Badeschwamm

Erstmalig konnten Forscher darlegen, dass dieses Material prinzipiell in der Entwicklung von Sensoren, für die Katalyse oder antibakterielle Filtersysteme eingesetzt werden könnte

LanzaTech Part of South Wales Industrial Decarbonisation Project

Proposed facility will yield around 100 million litres per annum of ATJ Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene (ATJ-SPK) to build out the entire supply chain from feedstock to wing

Filtering instead of showering: researchers are developing a new material from a bath sponge

Researchers at TU Bergakademie Freiberg developed an innovative material from a cultured marine sponge

Filtern statt Duschen: Forschende entwickeln neuen Werkstoff aus Badeschwamm

Aus einem gezüchteten marinen Schwamm entwickelten Forschende der TU Bergakademie Freiberg einen innovativen Werkstoff

Neste and Boston Consulting Group announce new sustainable aviation fuel partnership to reduce the climate impact of business air travel

Through this new partnership, BCG expects to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions on flights with these airlines

28 June 202123 June 2021

New mobile, modular chemical recycling system converts non-recyclable waste into high value-added additives

New process developed in an AIMPLAS led EU-Project, is particularly effective at recovering waste from the automotive, electrical and electronic, and packaging industries

Niederländische PolyStyreneLoop Recycling-Anlage geht am 16. Juni in Betrieb

Anlage in Terneuzen verfügt über ausreichend Kapazität, um jährlich 3.300 Tonnen Polystyrol aus EPS-Dämmstoffabfällen zu recyceln

Novolex Launches New U.S. Manufacturing Line to Make Compostable Cups from Plant-Based Plastic

The cups will be available from Novolex brand Eco-Products®, a leading provider of foodservice packaging made from renewable and recycled resources

TotalEnergies, MPG Manifattura Plastica S.p.A. and Froneri launch bio-based ice cream cups made from Certified Renewable PP

New polypropylene produced from bio-based naphtha offers virgin-like performances with a reduced carbon footprint and is fully recyclable

Kohlendioxid nachhaltig nutzen

Bioökonomie und Lösungen für die Klimakrise sind eng verbunden. Auf der Konferenz CO2-WIN diskutierten Fachleute die Rolle von Kohlendioxid als Rohstoff

Bacteria serves tasty solution to plastic crisis

Scientists have devised a novel way of tackling the mounting issue of plastic pollution… by using bacteria to transform plastic waste into vanilla flavouring

Filtering instead of showering: researchers are developing a new material from a bath sponge

Researchers could show for the first time that the composite material can in principle be used in the development of sensors, catalysts, and antibacterial filter systems

Direct air capture trains

What if the energy released when freight trains slow or stop could be applied to carbon capture technology?

Finland’s largest Power-to-Gas plant – Wärtsilä and Vantaa Energy to continue planning towards an investment decision

The plant planned to be commissioned in 2025 would be the largest in Finland and also the first to produce carbon-neutral, synthetic methane on a commercial scale with a fuel capacity of 10 MW

Is It Starch or Cellulose? NREL Offers Answers That Could Unlock Incentives for Making Cellulosic Ethanol

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) offers a simple procedure for a complex analytical problem, an achievement that could help biorefineries expand production of low-carbon cellulosic ethanol

25 June 202122 June 2021

Agricultural films, packaging films or garbage bags – Hof University of Applied Sciences makes wood residues usable

With the help of electron irradiation researchers converted residual materials from the paper industry to biodegradable bioplastics

Agrarfolien, Verpackungsfolien oder Müllbeutel – Hochschule Hof macht Holzreststoff nutzbar

Reststoffe aus der Papierindustrie lassen sich mit Elektronenbestrahlung zu bioabbaubarem Kunststoff umwandeln

Eine nachhaltige Methode zur Herstellung von Aminen aus land- und forstwirtschaftlichen Abfällen

Das Projekt CatASus will die Produktion von Aminen aus Alkoholen ermöglichen, die wiederum aus Lignozellulose-haltigen Abfällen gewonnen werden

A sustainable method for producing amines from agricultural and forestry waste

The CatASus project to enable the production of amines from alcohols, in turn derived from renewable resources, specifically lignocellulose waste

Neue Studie zu Kunststoffemissionen – Wieviel Plastik landet in landwirtschaftlichen Böden?

Fraunhofer UMSICHT und das Ökopol-Institut untersuchten erstmalig, aus welchen Quellen welche Mengen an Mikro- und Makroplastik in landwirtschaftliche Böden gelangen

Orion Engineered Carbons First To Launch Renewable Carbon Black To The Tire Industry: ECORAX® Nature

This new family of products pioneers the use of renewable carbon black for the demanding requirements of tire treads

New fund launched to support biotechnology spin-out

Funding will support researchers at Scottish universities to progress bio-based research and establish new companies in any relevant market

Braven Environmental Executes Long-Term Pyrolysis-Derived Feedstock Supply Agreement with Chevron Phillips Chemical

Fostering a circular economy and increasing sustainability of difficult-to-recycle plastics

Virgin resin tax may make packaging more circular

One thing that's going to be needed to fix plastics recycling in the United States is money, and lots of it

24 June 20219 September 2021

VITO optimises CO2 conversion in the European-funded BioRECO2VER project

Industrial point sources of CO2 are well suited for carbon capture & utilisation applications, in short CCU. The conversion of greenhouse gases into added value (base) chemicals can take place in biological processes. With a brand new, unique high-pressure fermenter, VITO is researching how these processes can be optimised.

Bioeconomy: Taking Microbes out of Dark and into the Light

Research Alliance Develops New Methods for Screening and Cultivating Biotechnologically Promising Microorganisms

Bioökonomie: Von der WG ins Mikroben-Eigenheim

Forschungsverbund entwickelt neue Methoden zum Screenen und Kultivieren biotechnologisch vielversprechender Mikroorganismen

Universität Greifswald baut Forschungsinfrastruktur zur Bioökonomie aus

Forschungskapazitäten in den Bereichen Paludikultur, marine Algen und Heilpflanzenzucht sollen gezielt gestärkt und damit das Potenzial für innovative Produkte und Dienstleistungen in der Bioökonomie erweitert werden

New catalyst offers a sustainable future for solar fuel production

Researchers have found a new versatile and sustainable catalyst to be used in solar fuel production

Kurzgutachten im Rahmen der dena-Leitstudie Aufbruch Klimaneutralität

Die Prognos AG hat im Auftrag der dena eine Techno-ökonomische Analyse zu CO2-Negativemissionstechnologien herausgebracht

Covenant Energy chooses Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex™ and H2bridge™ solution to produce renewable diesel with low carbon footprint

With HydroFlex™, customers can convert low value feedstocks to renewable fuels that qualify for the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credit

Kao Aims for Material Recycling of Plastic Bottles for Cosmetics, Begins Using Chemically Recycled PET Material

Joint cooperation with PET Refine Technology to produce chemically recycled PET - achieving material recycling from bottle container to bottle container

Rising Commercialisation of Specialty High-Temperature Bio-based Polymers

Zymergen launched in December last year its Hyaline family of polyimide films and the fermentation-based version is expected to roll out next year for electronics application

Altmaier: „Bringen internationalen Markthochlauf von grünem Wasserstoff weiter voran“

Neues Förderinstruments H2Global startet – H2Global Stiftung gegründet

23 June 20219 September 2021

TotalEnergies, Sunfire, and Fraunhofer give the Go-Ahead for Green Methanol in Leuna

Hy2Chem platform allows testing of regeneratively produced hydrogen for the production of feedstock chemicals and fuelson a large scale for the first time

TotalEnergies, Sunfire und Fraunhofer geben den Startschuss für grünes Methanol in Leuna

Hy2Chem-Plattform erlaubt die Nutzung des regenerativ erzeugten Wasserstoffs zur Herstellung von Basischemikalien und Kraftstoffen erstmals im großen Maßstab

Neste und LyondellBasell vereinbaren langfristige Kooperation, um Herstellern von Markenartikeln Polymere und Chemieprodukte aus erneuerbaren Rohstoffen breiter zugänglich zu machen

Durch ihre Zusammenarbeit tragen Neste und LyondellBasell gemeinsam dazu bei, den europäischen Markt für nachhaltige Polymere und Chemieprodukte zu entwickeln.

Neste and LyondellBasell agree on long-term commercial relationship to make polymers and chemicals from renewable feedstock more widely available to global brands

Through their collaboration, Neste and LyondellBasell are jointly contributing to the development of the European market for more sustainable polymers and chemicals

“Klimafreundlichere Luftfahrt”: Kraftstoffe können Kondensstreifen reduzieren

Wenn dem Kerosin in Flugzeugen nachhaltige Kraftstoffe beigemischt werden, könnte das den Beitrag der Luftfahrt zur Klimaerwärmung gleich doppelt verringern

Enzymatic biorecycling tech for PET and PLA: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Carbios

Here’s a follow up you won’t want to miss of the top story early this week which reported on Carbios’ latest acquisition

Brightmark to Build World’s Largest Advanced Plastics Recycling and Renewal Facility in Macon, GA

New state-of-the-art plant will sustainably recycle and convert all types of plastic waste into fully circular products

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