26 May 20219 September 2021 New technology converts waste plastics to jet fuel in an hour The researchers in their reaction were able to convert 90% of plastic to jet fuel and other valuable hydrocarbon products within an hour at moderate temperatures
25 May 20219 September 2021 Summer Special at the nova-Institute: 20 % discount on all market and trend reports starting now, until 31 August 2021 From technologies over building blocks and polymers to fine chemicals: The latest market reports on bio- and CO2-based production, recycling, bio-based naphtha and the mass balance approach for a special price
21 May 20219 September 2021 LanzaTech and BASF achieve first milestone in utilizing industrial off-gases for chemical production Industrial exhaust gas used to produce sustainable alcohol – White biotechnology enables carbon recycling
LanzaTech und BASF erreichen ersten Meilenstein bei der stofflichen Nutzung von industriellen Abgasen für die chemische Produktion Aus industriellen Abgasen wird nachhaltig produzierter Alkohol – Weiße Biotechnologie ermöglicht das Recycling von Kohlenstoff
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
20 May 20219 September 2021 Winners of the innovation award “Renewable Material of the Year 2021”: A chair made from hemp fibres and bio-resin, PET bottles made from enzymatically recycled textile waste and CO2-based household cleaners The new concept of the Renewable Materials Conference generated an outstanding response: 420 participants witnessed a firework of innovations of non-fossil material solutions and voted for the winners of the innovation award
Aus Müll wird neu: BASF, Covestro und Evonik setzen auf chemisches Recycling Noch immer wird ein großer Teil des Kunststoffabfalls verbrannt. Weil das mechanische Recycling an Grenzen stößt, ruhen die Hoffnungen auf chemischer Wiederaufbereitung
MSU researchers find potential use for recycled plastic in concrete Millions of tons of plastic are discarded each day, which could soon find a new and beneficial use thanks to microbes being harnessed by Montana State University scientists
19 May 20219 September 2021 LyondellBasell starts commercial production of polymers using raw material derived from plastic waste LyondellBasell announced another step towards its ambition to advance the circular economy by making virgin quality polymers from raw materials derived from plastic waste at its Wesseling, Germany, site
Recycling durch Pyrolyse: Öl, Gas und Kohlenstoff aus alten Reifen Eine Firma macht aus Abfall Öl: Sie zerlegt Altreifen in ihre Ursprungsbestandteile. Ein erster Industriekonzern kauft die wiedergewonnenen Rohstoffe
ITOCHU, Teijin, and JGC Conclude Joint Agreement on the License Business of Polyester Chemical Recycling Technology Japan has implemented various initiatives aimed at helping to realize a more sustainable society, such as targeting the achievement of net zero emissions by 2050
18 May 20219 September 2021 The need for bio-based carbon in a sustainable future – Studies on support to R&I policy in the area of bio-based products and services “Carbon Economy” project illustrates the role of bioeconomy in a low fossil carbon economy for Europe, today and in the future.
Clothing recycling: the first automated plant for textile waste is in Sweden The textile and fashion industry has a huge circular potential that has yet to be developed
Advanced Plastic Recycling from INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA Receives ISCC PLUS Certification Advanced recycling allows key raw materials ethylene and propylene to be manufactured from mixed plastic waste
17 May 20219 September 2021 New Report: Opportunities and Limits of CO2 Recycling in a Circular Carbon Economy Examening 19 CO2 recycling pathways to understand the opportunities and the technical and economic limits of CO2 recycling products gaining market entry and reaching global scale
New Hope Energy Signs Agreement with Chevron Phillips Chemical New Hope Energy has future plans to create Sustainable Trade Zones to co-locate eco-friendly businesses to facilitate the circular economy
12 May 20219 September 2021 Mura Announces Partnership with Dow Chemicals The new partnership will support the rapid scaling of Mura’s new HydroPRS™ process to prevent millions of tonnes of plastic and carbon
igus-Partner Mura Technology kooperiert mit Dow Chemical Globales Projekt für innovatives Kunststoff-Recycling nimmt weiter an Fahrt auf
11 May 20219 September 2021 Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) publishes comic strip and videos to introduce renewable carbon to all Nora and her FlyPhone, BioBTX, Stahl and nova-Institute explain the renewable carbon concept in new formats for B2C and B2B
10 May 20219 September 2021 Studie zu Papierverbunden bestätigt: Mehr Abfall und weniger Recycling Nicht selten werden Verbundverpackungen mit „weniger Plastik“ beworben und dem Verbraucher damit eine besondere Umweltfreundlichkeit suggeriert
7 May 20219 September 2021 Using microbes to remove microplastics from the environment Microbiologists have found a way to use bacteria to trap microplastics, removing them from the environment and making them easier to recycle
6 May 20219 September 2021 How to meet the global need for carbon as a feedstock in the chemical and derived materials sector in the future? The chemical sector has a long-lasting and increasing demand for carbon that is embedded in its products. Today, 450 million tonnes of carbon are contained in chemicals and polymers, mostly sourced from fossil resources. The free report “Turning off the Tap for Fossil Carbon”, shows how the demand is met today and could be covered by renewable carbon in the year 2050.
The Chemical Industry’s Balancing Act Lars Krause and Michael Carus discuss crediting the value of bio- and CO2-based and recycled materials: the mass balance approach
5 May 20219 September 2021 Carbios announces the signing of an Expression Of Intent agreement with a major PET producer Company confirms its plan to build a first-of-a-kind 100% PET recycling production unit using its enzymatic technology (the “Unit”)
Michelin: PET-Flaschenabfälle für die Reifenherstellung Erfolgreiche Validierung der enzymatischen Recyclingtechnologie von Carbios
3 May 20219 September 2021 INEOS Styrolution, Recycling Technologies and Trinseo progress plans for the first polystyrene recycling plants in Europe All three companies share the same vision of making PS a circular material through depolymerisation
Ineos Styrolution, Recycling Technologies und Trinseo planen Recycling-Anlage Die gemeinsame Vision der drei Partner ist, Polystyrol (PS) durch Depolymerisation zu einem Kreislaufmaterial zu machen
30 April 20219 September 2021 Three advanced recycling technologies, a CO2-based cleaner, plant leather and a hemp chair are nominated for the innovation award “Renewable Material of the Year 2021” For the first time: All fossil-free material solutions in one competition at the unique “Renewable Materials Conference”. Six innovations were nominated from 36 submissions. The conference participants will choose the winner.
BASF, Quantafuel and REMONDIS want to cooperate on chemical recycling of plastic waste Pyrolysis oil derived from plastic waste is fed into BASF’s Verbund production, thereby saving the same amount of fossil resources
BASF, Quantafuel und REMONDIS wollen beim chemischen Recycling von Kunststoffabfällen zusammenarbeiten Das aus Kunststoffabfällen gewonnene Pyrolyseöl wird in die Verbundproduktion von BASF eingespeist, wobei die gleiche Menge an fossilen Ressourcen eingespart wird
28 April 20219 September 2021 New Process to Recycle Waste Polyurethanes Using Enzymatic Degradation This circular loop which combines biotechnology and chemistry could be repeated a very large number of times
27 April 20219 September 2021 Presenting Good News x H&M: A unisex collection with a smaller environmental footprint This is H&M’s first ever shoe collaboration featuring innovative materials like Bananatex® — fibre from banana plants — and the vegan grape leather Vegea™
26 April 20219 September 2021 Chemical recycling now at the center of national plastics debate The provisions around chemical recycling in the Break Free legislation have drawn significant focus from bill opponents
23 April 20219 September 2021 Sustainability Certificate for Chemical Recycling ISCC-PLUS certificate issued for CARBOLIQ process for liquefaction of waste that cannot recycled mechanically
Weniger Fremdstoffe im Ökomüll Das Umweltministerium will die Verbreitung von Mikroplastik in der Natur eindämmen. Doch an den Plänen gibt es jede Menge Kritik
22 April 20219 September 2021 Bei welchen Kunststoffprodukten ist der biologische Abbau eine sinnvolle End-of-Life-Option? Das Projekt BioSinn fand Produkte und Anwendungen, für die biologischer Abbau am Lebensende eine echte Option darstellt. 25 Steckbriefe beantworten für jede Anwendung technische und regulatorische Fragen. Auch das Marktvolumen dieser Anwendungen wurde geschätzt: Es sind in Deutschland etwa 170.000 Tonnen*, in der Europäischen Union etwa 1 Million Tonnen pro Jahr!
For which plastic products is biodegradation a viable end-of-life option? The BioSinn project found products and applications for which biodegradation at the end-of-life is a real option. 25 fact sheets answer technical and regulatory questions for each application. The market volume of these applications was also estimated: in Germany it is about 170,000 tonnes*, in the European Union about 1 million tonnes per year!
LyondellBasell Launches Family of Circulen Products to Advance Circular Solutions Goal of producing and marketing two million metric tons of recycled and renewable-based polymers annually by 2030
LyondellBasell obtains new sustainability certification for European polymer sites As a result of this certification, LyondellBasell will offer mass balance certificates for its advanced (molecular) recycled and renewable-based Circulen polymers
Avantium reaches key commercial milestone for its FDCA flagship plant with commitments for >50% of its output The planned FDCA flagship plant is set to produce 5 kilotonnes of FDCA per annum, the key building block for the 100% fossil-free, recyclable polymer PEF
19 April 20219 September 2021 iMulch: Neun Kriterien zur Charakterisierung von Mikro- und Makroplastik in Böden Forschern des iMulch-Projekts ist es gelungen, die ersten drei Prüfkriterien zur Bestimmung von Mikroplastik im Ökosystem Boden zu etablieren
16 April 20219 September 2021 ReNew ELP Announce Commencement of World’s First Site with Wood as EPC Plans to build the world’s first commercial-scale plastic recycling plant in Teesside using innovative hydrothermal upgrading technology have taken a step forward
15 April 20219 September 2021 Trinseo and BASF jointly announce Business Collaboration on Circular Feedstock Partnership based on shared values supporting circularity with styrenic plastics
Clean Planet Energy unveil two new Ultra-Clean Marine Fuels, made from non-recyclable plastic waste A Clean Planet ecoPlant® can accept and convert non-recyclable waste-plastics, that would otherwise be heading to incineration, landfill, or worse – into the oceans
14 April 20219 September 2021 Mura Technology, Cat-HTR™ Global License Holders, Create Partnership with KBR The advanced recycling process uses supercritical steam to convert plastics back into the chemicals and oils from which they were made
13 April 20219 September 2021 EU Bioeconomy Monitoring System extended with new indicators The nine new indicators that have been added to the EU Bioeconomy Monitoring System dashboards cover four of the five EU Bioeconomy Strategy Objectives
“Appropriate management of all organic wastes must be enabled NOW if the world is to meet Paris Agreement targets”, says global biogas trade body in landmark report Human activity generates 105bn tonnes of organic wastes (food waste, sewage and garden wastes, and farm and agricultural wastes) annually by human activity
12 April 20219 September 2021 BASF presents roadmap to climate neutrality BASF working on numerous flagship projects