23 November 20209 September 2021 Statusbericht der deutschen Kreislaufwirtschaft 2020 Eine systemrelevante Branche präsentiert positive Circular-Economy-Ergebnisse
Spinnova, Bergans and Halley Stevensons introduce apparel as next step of Collection of Tomorrow More consumers can now experience the circular future of textiles
20 November 20209 September 2021 NextChem is Growing In Circular Economy and Launches Myrechemical, its Subsidiary for Waste to Chemical Technologies NextChem can offer a complete and integrated platform on industrial scale for the recovery of all types of plastic waste
Tomra urges holistic approach to battle climate change The Norwegian company is investing heavily in expanding its portfolio to include a Circular Economy division
Tomra drängt auf anderen Umgang mit Abfall Das norwegische Unternehmen investiert massiv in die Erweiterung seines Portfolios um einen Geschäftsbereich Circular Economy
Agilyx Expands Global Presence with New European Hub Underscoring commitment to expand technology partnerships
Agilyx: US-Recycler gründet Niederlassung in der Schweiz Unternehmen unterstreicht seine Nachhaltigkeitsverpflichtung mittels technologischer Partnerschaften
MIXed plastics biodegradation and UPcycling using microbial communities Through a combination of intensive protein or metabolic engineering of defined mixed cultures and bioprocess-optimisation, MIX-UP will enable new value chains across sectors like materials, chemicals, and environmental technologies
19 November 20209 September 2021 NREL recycles biorefinery waste streams to create high-value chemical products Thermochemical conversion of lignocellulosic biomass is a promising route to produce renewable biofuels and oxygenated biochemicals while enabling the reuse, recovery, and recycling of materials containing carbon
18 November 20209 September 2021 Neste: Strategische Partnerschaft mit LG Chem – Wandel zu einer zirkulären Bioökonomie LG Chem will sämtliche in der Produktion von Polymeren oder Chemikalien bislang verwendeten fossilen Rohstoffe durch Nestes Renewable Hydrocarbons ersetzen
European Circular Economy Platform set to move up a gear as it enters second term Joint EESC-European Commission initiative aims to provide a "network of networks" to support a stakeholder-driven transition
17 November 20209 September 2021 Braskem Affirms Commitment to Circular Economy and to Achieve Carbon Neutrality by 2050 Company has invested in the development of I'm greenTM products sourced from renewable sources and recycled content, while in the same period reducing the intensity of carbon emissions from its operations by 20 percent
16 November 202011 November 2020 IK: Nie waren To-Go-Verpackungen wichtiger als heute – Kunststoff ökologisch oftmals die beste Wahl Entscheidung im Bundesrat über Einwegkunststoff-Verpackungen
5 Minutes With… Maria Moræus Hanssen, Chairperson of the Board of Wastefront “The investors may remain hesitant, but when “Big Oil” redirects its industrial and organisational strengths towards renewable energy, the outcome will be impressive.”
13 November 202013 November 2020 Study: Recycling is the key to climate protection In 2019, the ALBA Group saved more than 4.2 million tonnes of climate-damaging greenhouse gases through the closed-loop circulation of 6 million tonnes of recyclables
Studie: Mit Recycling den Klimaschutz vorantreiben Im Jahr 2019 vermied die ALBA Group durch die Kreislaufführung von 6 Millionen Tonnen Wertstoffen mehr als 4,2 Millionen Tonnen klimaschädliche Treibhausgase
Possibilities and limitations of biotechnological plastic degradation and recycling Researchers group found six principles to get plastics into circulation - progressions in microbial recycling you may just find with PET
Szenarien für mikrobielles Plastikrecycling Forschende haben sechs Prinzipien formuliert, um Kunststoffe wieder in den Kreislauf zu bringen - denn Fortschritte beim mikrobiellen Recycling gibt es derzeit nur beim PET
Our students present ‘waste car’ Luca: a car made largely from recycled waste Sporty-looking electric car has been made with a base of flax and recycled plastic, a large part of which was even fished out of the ocean
12 November 20209 September 2021 Effiziente Nutzung von Kunststoffabfällen Labor der Rice University leitet potenzielle Umweltgefahr in nützliches Material um
Biologisch abbaubar, kompostierbar, biobasiert: Das ist der Unterschied Abgesehen davon, dass Hersteller oft nicht alle verwendeten Stoffe angeben, ist laut UBA noch nicht ausreichend erforscht, wie Biokunststoffe auf die Umwelt einwirken
Der neue grüne Deal – Folge 05: Runde Sache Kern des europäischen Green Deals ist die Kreislaufwirtschaft. Sie beginnt bei einem vorausschauenden Produkt- und Verpackungsdesign. Und braucht verlässliche Regeln für Hersteller, Händler und Kunden
11 November 20209 November 2020 Google commits to using recycled materials in all new products by 2022 All of the company's new Pixel and Nest products were designed with some sort of recycled material this year
Alice Potts makes bioplastic face shields from food waste Designer Alice Potts combined food waste with flowers from London parks to create a series of bioplastic face shields for the NGV Triennial
Das Fraunhofer Spin-off Projekt EcoPals will kommunale Müllberge für nachhaltigere Straßen nutzen Die Gründungsgeschichte des Fraunhofer-Spin-off Projekts EcoPals zeigt, dass manchmal gerade die Umwege, unvorhergesehenen Ereignisse und spontanen Gelegenheiten die besten Gründergeschichten schreiben
U.S. Department of Energy Announces $27 Million in Plastics Recycling Research and Development All new projects will help improve existing recycling processes that break plastics into chemical building blocks, which can then be used to make new products
9 November 20204 November 2020 Aliplast and NextChem team up for plastics recycling The synergy between skills and resources of these two big players will result in the only plant of its kind in Europe
Aliplast und NextChem unterzeichnen Vereinbarung zum Kunststoffrecycling Strategische Vereinbarung zur Realisierung einer Anlage in Italien, wo die MyReplast(TM)-Technologie zum Einsatz kommen soll
Animal feed made from recycled carbon secures €2.5M European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator funding Deep Branch has developed a low carbon animal feed with a nutritional profile that is comparable with fishmeal
6 November 20209 September 2021 New market and technology report: Chemical Recycling – Status, Trends, and Challenges – Technologies, Sustainability, Policy and Key Players nova’s new market and technology report „Chemical Recycling - Status, Trends, and Challenges” is addressed to the chemical and plastic industry, brands, technology scouts, investors, and policy makers. On 190 pages the report provides information around chemical recycling including 21 figures and 10 tables.
Australian recycler can turn old tyres into hydrogen GDT approach provides an economic recycling solution by turning them into valuable and highly saleable materials
5 November 20209 September 2021 Enzyme zerlegen PET PET-Depolymerase erfolgt zum Abbau und Recycling von Plastikflaschen mittels mutierter Enzyme
SABIC, The Estée Lauder Companies And Origins Announce Collaboration To Unveil The First Premium Brand Packaging Tube Made With Certified Circular Polyolefins Origins will be the first prestige beauty brand to use certified circular polyolefins from SABIC’s TRUCIRCLE™ portfolio to launch a tube pack format
4 November 20209 September 2021 Kunststoffe aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen Auch für Laborprodukte ist der Einsatz von Rezyklaten und biobasierten Kunststoffen möglich - hier ein Überblick über Materialeien, die solche Anforderungen erfüllen können
ELC and Origins Announce Sustainable Packaging Partnership With SABIC and ALBÉA Origins becomes first global prestige beauty brand to utilize advanced recycled resin in tube pack format
Carbon Dioxide: The New Chemical Feedstock for Valuable Consumer Products NETL research team Team focuses on recycling CO2 generated by fossil energy plants and other industrial sources into chemicals, alcohols, acids and syngas as progressing tools
3 November 20209 September 2021 Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) supports the European Green Deal, but calls for an extension to the material sector through a comprehensive renewable carbon strategy The current political focus on renewable energy is not sufficient to achieve climate-neutrality by 2050.
LanzaTech, Total and L’Oréal Announce a Worldwide Premiere: The Production of the First Cosmetic Packaging Made From Industrial Carbon Emissions It is a technological and industrial success proving that industrial carbon emissions can be used to produce plastic packaging
LanzaTech, Total und L’Oréal verkünden eine Weltpremiere: Die Herstellung der ersten Plastikflasche für Kosmetikprodukte aus industriellem Kohlenstoffausstoss Es ist ein technologischer und industrieller Erfolg, der beweist, dass industrielle Kohlenstoffemissionen zur Herstellung von Kunststoffverpackungen genutzt werden können
Holland Colours’ biobased color concentrates used in the first The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses Holland Colours has worked closely with The Ocean Cleanup team to tailor the first product made with certified ocean plastic: sunglasses
2 November 20209 September 2021 NNFCC joins 43 other signatories in open letter to UK government Signatories are calling for the immediate banning of plastics containing additives to degradation
A first-of-its-kind catalyst mimics natural processes to break down plastic and produce valuable new products While plastics recycling is not new science, current processes don’t make it economically worthwhile
30 October 20209 September 2021 Durchbruch bei der Wasserstoff-Rückumwandlung aus Methanol für Brennstoffzellen Projekt Metha-Cycle entkoppelt Windkraft vom Strombedarf
29 October 20209 September 2021 A new era begins: The Renewable Materials Conference, Cologne and online, 18–20 May 2021 Featuring a unique concept to present all sustainable and renewable material solutions at one event: bio-based, CO2-based and recycled www.renewable-materials.eu
28 October 202023 October 2020 Total and Plastic Energy announce a strategic partnership and the construction of the first chemical recycling plant in France This first project in France represents the start of the collaboration between Total and Plastic Energy to deploy chemical recycling
Total: Kooperation mit Plastic Energy Erstes Projekt dieser Art in Frankreich soll der Start einer Zusammenarbeit zwischen Total und Plastic Energy werden, um das Chemische Recycling voranzubringen
27 October 202022 October 2020 Recycling Technologies, Neste and Unilever combine expertise to test and validate systems to chemically recycle waste plastics The alliance will demonstrate new added-value applications for hard-to-recycle waste plastic materials, such as films, sachets and pouches
Neste, Recycling Technologies und Unilever bündeln Know-how, um Systeme zur chemischen Wiederverwertung von Altkunststoffen zu testen und zu validieren Partnerschaft wird neue, werthaltige Anwendungen für Altkunststoffe wie Folien, Beutel und Tüten hervorbringen, die schwierig zu recyceln sind
Marchon Eyewear, Inc. partners with Eastman to be the first to produce and sell eyewear made with Eastman’s sustainable acetate Scrap from Marchon's manufacturing of acetate frames can be diverted from landfills and used to produce new sustainable acetate
ReNew ELP to build world’s first commercial-scale plastic recycling plant using Cat-HTR technology Key benefit of the Cat-HTR technology is its ability to recycle multi-layer, flexible plastic materials or to process food-contaminated, mixed-polymer streams