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20 May 202218 May 2022

Nachhaltige Mobilität: Faurecia und Veolia kooperieren beim Einsatz von recycelten Kunststoffen im Fahrzeug-Innenraum

Gemeinsam wollen die beide Unternehmen innovative Verbundstoffe für Automobil-Innenraummodule aus Recyclingmaterial entwickeln

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19 May 202220 May 2022

Many advanced and proven solutions to replace fossil carbon in chemistry and materials already available

Electrochemical transformation of CO₂, a natural polymer for paper and cardboard coating and material-to-material molecular recycling of plastic waste are the winners of the innovation award “Renewable Material of the Year 2022”

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Viele fortschrittliche und bewährte Lösungen zur Substitution fossilen Kohlenstoffs in Chemie und Materialien bereits verfügbar

Elektrochemische Umwandlung von CO2, ein natürliches Polymer zur Beschichtung von Papier und Pappe, und molekulares Recycling von Kunststoffabfällen sind die Gewinner des Innovationspreises "Renewable Material of the Year 2022"

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New EU laws risk promoting ‘downcycling’ of plastic bottles, industry warns

As part of the EU’s drive to create a more sustainable economy, the EU executive is planning to propose mandatory requirements for recycled content and waste reduction measures for key products such as packaging

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Neues EU-Gesetz droht Kreislauf des Plastikflaschen-Recycling zu brechen

Neue Norm mit verbindlichen Zielvorgaben für den Recyclinganteil aller Kunststoffe könnte die Recycling-Bemühungen der Hersteller von Kunststoffflaschen zum Scheitern bringen

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Caffe Inc. signs contract for €4 Million to build recycling plant for coffee waste in Amsterdam

In the factory coffee waste is recycled into coffee oil, for use in the personal care industry and into coffee blocks applied in biobased materials

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17 May 202217 May 2022

Recycled HDPE with an excellent carbon footprint

The global manufacturer of plastic packaging ALPLA always advocates a closed packaging loop in accordance with the bottle-to-bottle principle

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Recyceltes HDPE mit hervorragender CO2-Bilanz

Der international tätige Hersteller von Kunststoffverpackungen ALPLA macht sich nach dem „Bottle-to-Bottle“-Prinzip stets für den geschlossenen Kreislauf von Verpackungen stark

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13 May 202210 May 2022

Nova Chemicals: Entwicklung eines chemischen Recyclingverfahrens für Kunststoffabfälle – Kooperation mit Enerkem

Aus bislang nicht recycelbaren Kunststoffabfällen soll Synthesegas gewonnen werden, das zur Erzeugung von Ethylen für die Weiterverarbeitung zu neuwertigen Polymeren dient

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12 May 20229 May 2022

ALPLA and Vöslauer reduce carbon footprint with returnable PET

The new bottle, which bears the Austrian Ecolabel, is made of fully recyclable PET monomaterial with a recyclate proportion of around 30 per cent

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ALPLA und Vöslauer reduzieren CO2-Fußabdruck mit Mehrweg-PET

Die mit dem österreichischen Umweltzeichen ausgezeichnete neue Flasche besteht aus voll recyclingfähigem PET-Monomaterial mit einem Rezyklatanteil von rund 30 Prozent

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Advanced Recycling Is Not Waste Incineration and Is Essential to a Circular Economy for Plastics

Mischaracterization of Advanced Recycling Slows Progress

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10 May 202210 May 2022

Ed de Jong, Vice President Development at Avantium Technologies (NL), on the current development of the renewable carbon economy

Interview with Michael Carus, CEO of the nova-Institute

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Marilia Foukaraki, Projectleader R&D Bio-based at Cosun Beet (NL), on the current development of the renewable carbon economy

Interview with Michael Carus, CEO of the nova-Institute

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Mattel Becomes First Toy Company to Incorporate SABIC’s Certified Renewable Polymers Globally

By 2030, all Action Driver playsets and the Matchbox Recycling Trucks will contain SABIC materials, die-cast cars, playsets and packaging with 100% recycled, recyclable or bio-based plastic materials

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OMV erhält ISCC PLUS-Zertifizierung für die Produktion von erneuerbaren Chemikalien in der Raffinerie Burghausen

Dies ermöglicht es der OMV, ihre massenbilanzierte Produktion erneuerbarer sowie chemisch recycelter Rohstoffe zu zertifizieren, was für den Übergang zu einer stärker kreislauforientierten Wirtschaft von entscheidender Bedeutung ist

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OMV receives ISCC PLUS certification for the production of renewable chemicals at the Burghausen Refinery

This enables OMV to certify its mass-balance production of renewable and chemically recycled raw materials which is crucial for the transition to a more circular economy

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Plastic packaging material that is both sustainable and biodegrades

GO!PHA and partner Netherlands-based biotech firm Helian Polymers provides PHA samples for academic, research and development purposes at its PHA Sample Shop

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Plastic-eating Enzyme Could Eliminate Billions of Tons of Landfill Waste

Researchers proved the effectiveness of the enzyme, which they are calling FAST-PETase (functional, active, stable and tolerant PETase)

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Plastik fressendes Enzym könnte Milliarden von Tonnen Deponieabfall vermeiden

"Diese Arbeit zeigt, wie wichtig es ist, verschiedene Disziplinen zusammenzubringen, von der synthetischen Biologie über die chemische Technik bis zur künstlichen Intelligenz"

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9 May 20225 May 2022

Lars Börger, Vice President Strategy and Long-term Development, Renewable Polymers and Chemicals at Neste Germany GmbH, on the current development of the renewable carbon economy

Interview with Michael Carus, CEO of the nova-Institute

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John Zhang, Co-founder of GS Biotech (China), on the current development of the renewable carbon economy

Interview with Michael Carus, CEO of the nova-Institute

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6 May 20224 May 2022

Ulla Hüppe, Director Sustainability Adhesive Technologies at Henkel (Germany), on the current development of the renewable carbon economy

Interview with Michael Carus, CEO of the nova-Institute

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5 May 20225 May 2022

Dirk Leinweber, Director Global Research Center Surfactants at Clariant (Switzerland) on the current development of the renewable carbon economy

Interview with Michael Carus, CEO of the nova-Institute

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Stefano Facco, New Business Development Director of Novamont SpA (Italy) as well as the managing director of the German subsidiary of Novamont, on the current development of the renewable carbon economy

Interview with Michael Carus, CEO of the nova-Institute

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North American plastic recycling volumes highlight need for immediate solutions

Broken down by scrap type, a study found that bottles, non-bottle rigid plastics and other plastics all saw declines individually in 2020

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EPBP gives 3-year endorsement to allow multilayer PET/PEF packaging in PET bottle recycling stream

Avantium N.V., a leading technology company in renewable chemistry, announces that the European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP)1 has awarded an interim endorsement to Avantium, allowing recycling of multilayer PET/PEF packaging in the European bottle recycling market.

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3 May 202227 April 2022

Infinna™ achieves 99% Recycled Content Certification from SCS Global Services

Infinited Fiber Company has received this recognition as it is using cotton-rich post-consumer textile waste as the sole raw material in the production

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2 May 202226 April 2022

Der Engpass bei Kunststoffrezyklaten ist überwindbar

Wie können Branchen wie die Automobilindustrie, die Lebensmittel- und Getränkeindustrie und die Kosmetikindustrie eine zuverlässige Versorgung mit hochwertigem recycelten Ausgangsmaterial sicherstellen?

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29 April 202228 April 2022

NFW closes $85 million Series B to scale naturally circular materials

Natural Fiber Welding (NFW) upgrades waste cotton and recycled fibers

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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

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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

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Cepsa Quimica führt chemische Produkte auf Basis von recycelten Rohstoffen und Biomasse ein

NextLAB und NextPhenol: erste Produkte eines neuen Sortiments nachhaltiger Chemikalien

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Method efficiently breaks down plastic bottles into component parts

Researchers first to demonstrate use of metal-organic frameworks to degrade plastics

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Methode zerlegt Plastikflaschen effizient in ihre Bestandteile

Forscher demonstrieren erstmals den Einsatz von metallorganischen Gerüsten zum Abbau von Kunststoffen

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26 April 202220 April 2022

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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