16 March 202210 March 2022 PLA does not endanger PET recycling Wageningen conducted study concludes that considering current industrial methods for sorting and recycling, PLA has little to no influence on recycled PET (rPET)
Low-tech and its benefits for sustainability Many proponents of sustainability adhere to the idea that the main path to sustainability lies in high-tech solutions. Like electric cars instead of the old ones, that guzzle fossil fuels. We even wrote a book on this ‘green growth’. But we also need to look at low-tech and its opportunities
15 March 202214 March 2022 Umweltfreundliche Mulchfolien für die Landwirtschaft Einladung zur Abschlusskonferenz des Projektes iMulch
9 March 20224 March 2022 Carbios to build in France its first-of-a-kind manufacturing plant for fully bio-recycled PET in partnership with Indorama Ventures With its world-first enzyme-based biological process, Carbios’ converts PET into its core monomers, which can then be used to manufacture 100% recycled and infinitely recyclable PET
Upcycling von Kunststoffen in wertvollere Materialien könnte dazu führen, dass sich Recycling bezahlt macht Neue und einfache Methode zum Upcycling von Kunststoffabfällen bei Raumtemperatur
Upcycling plastic waste into more valuable materials could make recycling pay for itself Researchers at the Centre for Sustainable and Circular Technologies have developed a new and simple method for upcycling plastic waste at room temperature
8 March 20223 March 2022 Kunststoff-Rasen wird grüner Die Hersteller von Kunstrasen wollen ihr Produkt neu definieren und setzen dazu bei der Herstellung in zunehmenden Umfang nachwachsende Rohstoffe ein
CO2 recycling and efficient drug development – tackling two problems with one reaction Using electricity, a new method offers the possibility of recycling CO2 while also performing a notoriously difficult reaction, producing compounds potentially useful for drug development
CO₂-Recycling und effiziente Arzneimittelentwicklung – zwei Probleme mit einer Reaktion angehen Großer Durchbruch, da CO₂ verwendet wird, um eine traditionell schwierige chemische Reaktion mit noch nie dagewesener Effizienz durchzuführen
7 March 20222 March 2022 New Indorama Ventures partnership will recycle over 1.6 billion PET beverage bottles in the Czech Republic by 2025 Indorama Ventures acquires 85% equity stake in UCY Polymers CZ s.r.o. (UCY)
9% of global plastic waste is recycled while 22% is ‘mismanaged’ – OECD The world is producing twice as much plastic waste as two decades ago, with only 9% successfully recycled, according to a new OECD report
4 March 20221 March 2022 Plans for chemical recycling growing at rapid pace "Trend Study – Chemical Recycling" by ecoprog examines the technical fundamentals, market factors, development status, plant inventory, projects and competition in the field of chemical recycling worldwide
World’s first Lyocell T-Shirt from 100% recycled textiles Due to the superior cellulose properties of cotton in the recycled textiles, the fiber tenacities are even superior compared to wood based Lyocell fibers
Denka, Toyo to Develop Chemical Recycling Plant for Used Polystyrene Denka has partnered with Toyo to build a chemical recycling plant in Chiba, Japan which will process approximately 3,000 tons of used polystyrene to produce styrene monomers which will be used for the production of high-quality polystyrene resins
3 March 20221 March 2022 Stellenausschreibung: Projektmanager im Bereich Bioökonomie bzw. „Renewable Carbon Economy“ – Ökonomie, Politik, Strategie (m/w/d) Standort Hürth bei Köln, Vollzeit
BASF has developed new adhesives for labels that no longer interfere with paper and paperboard recycling The newly developed adhesives are easy to remove early in the process, making it possible to reuse and print recycled paper or paperboard packaging without any further issues
BASF hat neue Etikettenklebstoffe entwickelt, die das Papier- und Kartonrecycling nicht mehr stören Die innovativen Klebstoffe lösen ein grundlegendes Problem bei der Wiederaufbereitung, weil die neu entwickelten Haftklebstoffe im Recyclingprozess früher und einfacher entfernt werden können
Eder: „Ein Quantensprung beim Kunststoffrecycling“ Klimaschutzministerin besucht neue Anlage der Fa. Zimmermann in Lahnstein und TOMRA-Entwicklungszentrum in Mülheim-Kärlich
PepsiCo explores use of recycled UBQ materials in pallets PepsiCo Inc.'s Latin America operation is exploring the potential for pallets made with UBQ, a material made from unsorted household waste, that could soon replace the conventional pallets currently in use
2 March 202225 February 2022 Bridgestone and ENEOS Launch Joint Project Focused on Producing Tire Raw Materials from Used Tires The project aims to contribute to the realization of a more sustainable society, adopted as part of the Green Innovation Fund
Bacteria upcycle carbon waste into valuable chemicals Engineered bacteria convert captured carbon dioxide into chemicals for fuels, fabric and cosmetics
25 February 202221 February 2022 Printpack Invests in Nexus Circular Printpack’s investment, part of a larger round of private funding, supports the commercial scale-up of Nexus Circular’s proprietary advanced recycling process
24 February 20221 March 2022 Britvic joins forces with Xampla in a £1m packaging innovation partnership World’s first plant protein material for commercial use was developed from the Cambridge-University Start-up and is using pea protein
23 February 202218 February 2022 New report: PET, the most circular of all plastics, is far from real circularity A picture of the true state of circularity of this material in bottles in Europe – including how much material from bottles is collected for recycling; how much of it is actually recycled; and how much of recycled PET is put into new bottles
Braskem Invests in Nexus Circular to Accelerate Advanced Recycling of Plastics Braskem’s investment supports the goal of a circular economy where hard-to-recycle plastic waste is captured as a valuable feedstock for new materials
Trinseo: PS-Recyclinganlage in Belgien in Planung Vorgesehen ist in Tessenderlo die Errichtung von Kapazitäten für die Gewinnung von jährlich bis zu 15.000 Tonnen recyceltem Polystyrol (rPS) für die Weiterverarbeitung zu neuwertigen PS-Werkstoffen
21 February 202216 February 2022 Sulzer Chemtech will provide its SuRe™ BTX technology to recover high-value circular petrochemicals downstream of Encina’s mixed plastics catalytic conversion process New technology to separate high purity aromatics fom cracked oil products gets the first commercial application where waste plastics is used as feedstock
Sulzer: Technologie für Kunststoffrecyclinganlage von Encina Trennverfahren zur Gewinnung von Benzol, Toluol, Xylolen und anderen Aromaten soll erstmals kommerziell bei Kunststoffabfällen zur Anwendung kommen
Covestro receives ISCC Plus certification for its Leverkusen and Dormagen sites Conversion of production to renewable attributed raw materials makes progress
Covestro erhält ISCC Plus-Zertifizierung für seine Standorte Leverkusen und Dormagen Umstellung der Produktion auf erneuerbar attribuierte Rohstoffe schreitet voran
Radikale Methode macht das Recycling von Kunststoffen einfacher und rentabler Durch die Veränderung von Kohlenstoff-Wasserstoff-Bindungen verwandeln Chemiker Plastikmüll in ein zäheres, stärkeres Material
Creating a Better Plastic Carolina chemists may have a solution to the country's plastic problem by "upcycling" plastic trash to tougher, stronger material
18 February 202214 February 2022 Nachhaltige Lieferkette: Nordmann erhält ISCC- PLUS Zertifizierung Die Nordmann, Rassmann GmbH (Hamburg) hat im Januar die ISCC PLUS Massebilanz-Zertifizierung erhalten. Damit kann das Unternehmen seinen Kunden aus der Kunststoffindustrie nun die ebenfalls ISCC zertifizierten Polypropylen- und Polyethylen-basierten Circular Compounds® von TotalEnergies aus erneuerbaren oder recycelten Rohstoffen anbieten
Sustainable supply chain: Nordmann receives ISCC PLUS certification Last month, Nordmann, Rassmann GmbH (Hamburg) obtained ISCC PLUS Mass Balance certification. This means that the company can now offer customers in the plastics industry ISCC-certified polypropylene- and polyethylene-based Circular Compounds® from TotalEnergies, made from renewable or recycled raw materials
16 February 202216 February 2022 Renewable Carbon as a Guiding Principle for Sustainable Carbon Cycles Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) publishes a fundamental strategy paper on the defossilisation of the chemical and material industry with eleven policy recommendations
15 February 202210 February 2022 Greiner Packaging and LyondellBasell offer circular solution for coffee capsules Branded under the name CirculenRevive new polymers are made, using an advanced recycling process which converts plastic waste into feedstock
Greiner Packaging und LyondellBasell präsentieren zirkuläre Lösung für Kaffeekapseln Unter dem Markennamen CirculenRevive werden neue Polymere aus Kunststoffabfällen gewonnen, die weiter verarbeitet werden können
14 February 20228 February 2022 Cellulosic fibres – A world of opportunity With production having tripled since 2000, fibres derived from natural cellulose – a non-petrochemical source – are gaining increasing interest
10 February 20227 February 2022 Anellotech and Trecora Resources subsdidary South Hampton Resources renew site host and services agreement for process development pilot plant SHR originally began its site hosting relationship with Anellotech in 2016 with Anellotech’s development of its Bio-TCat process for producing petrochemicals from wood
9 February 20223 February 2022 What are the textiles really made of? Discover the easy way of testing fabrics with mobile textile analysis
8 February 202231 January 2022 Plant-Based Epoxy Enables Recyclable Carbon Fiber, Improves Economics for Mass Market Electric Vehicles NREL researchers have shown that making carbon fiber composites with bio-based epoxies and an anhydride hardener makes the material fully recyclable by introducing linkages that are more easily degraded
Sustainable products initiative Under its sustainable products initiative expected on 30 March, the European Commission will, for the first time, aim to ensure that all products placed on the EU market are designed with sustainability objectives in mind
4 February 202227 January 2022 PepsiCo Europe sets ambition to eliminate virgin fossil-based plastic in all of its chrisp and chip bags by the end of the decade Consumer trials of the 100% recycled or renewable plastics packaging will begin in European markets in 2022, starting with renewable plastic in a Lay’s range in France in the first half of the year
3 February 202227 January 2022 Dow joins Cyclyx as consortium’s newest member Cyclyx mission is to increase the recycling rate of plastics from 10% to 90% by using Cyclyx’s expertise in understanding the chemical composition of post-use plastic in collaboration with industry partners
Dow schließt sich Recycling-Konsortium Cyclyx an Der US-Chemiekonzern Dow hat sich der Kreislaufwirtschaft-Plattform Cyclyx angeschlossen. Ziel sei es, an den Technologien und Innovationen der Plattform zu partizipieren um bislang schwer zu verwertende Kunststoffe zu recyceln
2 February 202226 January 2022 Forschungsprojekt Ecoloop: Sauberes Synthesegas aus Kunststoffabfällen herstellen Kleinvergaser-Pilotanlage mit einer Gasleistung von 0,3 Megawatt seit 2020 erfolgreich in Betrieb
Levi’s Most Iconic Jeans Get A Sustainable Makeover Levi’s has been working to make its offering more sustainable, with its iconic 501s the latest design to receive an eco-friendly overhaul
1 February 202224 January 2022 Rens Creates Sneakers From Coffee Waste Global demand for coffee is expected to double by 2050, but coffee cultivation is becoming more and more challenging, due to the the build up of methane gases and coffee’s contribution to climate change
31 January 202224 January 2022 Kennen Sie Textil-Trends wie Econyl, Repreve und Tencel? Textilien wie Polyester und Nylon schaden der Umwelt. Doch wussten Sie, dass es auch nachhaltige Materialien wie Econyl, Repreve und Tencel gibt?