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3 August 202228 July 2022

Dow and Valoregen collaborate to build largest hybrid recycling site in France

Valoregen to build largest single hybrid recycling site in Damazan, France, which will have capacity to process up to 70 kilotons of plastic waste per year. Dow will be the main off-taker of post-consumer resins (PCR) from Valoregen’s new plant.

1 August 202227 July 2022

Mura Technology and Dow Announce Largest Commitment of its Kind to Scale Advanced Recycling of Plastics

By working together, Mura and Dow will ensure plastic has a viable way to be re-circulated into global supply chains, helping to advance a circular economy for plastics and increase the value of plastic waste

26 July 202220 July 2022

Accelerating mechanical recycling: Dow becomes first to achieve traceability and recycled content certification for PE compounds

Certification granted by AENOR, a top ten global body for management systems and product certification

15 July 202212 July 2022

Green and Bio Polyols Market by Raw Material, Type, Application End-use Industry and Region – Global Forecast to 2027

BASF SE and The Dow Chemical Company are the major players in the green and bio polyols market

1 July 202230 June 2022

New trend and technology report: Mapping of advanced recycling technologies for plastics waste – providers, technologies, and partnerships

This new report aims to clear up this jungle of information by providing a structured, overview and in-depth insight

30 June 202223 June 2022

Bioeconomy: Poised at a historic crossroads

Beside shipping issues and energy disruption, business operations have been prevented by pandemic-related effects, supply chain tightness, higher demand as well as digitalisation, blockchains and AI

29 June 202222 June 2022

Chemical recycling: Towards a circular economy

For most polymers the only possible approach is to break down the polymer chain through pyrolysis, which releases either monomers, such as ethylene, or light hydrocarbons like naphtha, to remake the polymers

22 June 202214 June 2022

Dow Expands Flexible Packaging Recycling Effort Across Africa

Through Project REFLEX, Dow aims to divert 10,000 Metric Tons (MT) of flexible packaging waste by 2025 which would otherwise end up in landfill or the environment, while also creating direct employment opportunities

13 May 202210 May 2022

Dow leads the way to more sustainable footwear with ENGAGE™ REN plant-based high performing polyolefin elastomers

Innovative technology pioneered by Dow supports the footwear industry on its sustainability journey, bringing lower carbon material choices to consumers

30 March 202225 March 2022

Dow to simplify plastic waste-to-feedstock process through investment with start-up Plastogaz

Plastogaz’s proprietary catalytic hydrocracking technology solution is unique in that it is more efficient, and less energy intensive than some other current forms of advanced recycling

18 February 202214 February 2022

Predictions 2022: CEOs and top leaders share tactics that will speed the net zero transition

While energy efficiency is needed to reach net zero targets, we'll need other approaches and solutions for a fossil fuel-free future

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

4 November 20212 November 2021

Clariant Joins Pre-Competitive Development Platform for Low Carbon Emitting Technologies

This agreement follows a two-year collaboration between WEF and the founding companies of the LCET initiative

22 October 202120 October 2021

Dow commercializes recyclable toothpaste packaging

Coupled with responsible disposal and recycling infrastructure, this solution could help reduce the number of used toothpaste tubes entering landfills

20 October 202115 October 2021

Partnership between Dow and Haldor Topsoe will turn waste plastics into circular plastics

Plans include Dow to proceed with the design and engineering for a 10,000 ton per year market development unit using Haldor Topsoe’s PureStepTM technology to purify pyrolysis oil feedstock derived from waste plastics for use in circular products

18 October 202113 October 2021

Dow expands global capabilities for circular plastics, with initial products available for customers in 2022

Company on-track to secure key third-party certifications for assuring circular plastic products to its customers

15 October 202112 October 2021

The Shortest Path To Circular Plastics Is Through The Chemical Companies

Large multinational producers of plastic materials are a core part of a circular future because they can either directly trace their formation back to fossil-oil companies or have significant collaborations with fossil-oil interests

24 September 202122 September 2021

Dow and Bolloré collaborate to develop ground-breaking recyclable food-contact barrier shrink film, containing circular polymers

Another step forward in Dow’s circularity ambitions introducing more packages on shelves which contain circular polymers derived from plastic waste

31 August 20216 April 2022

Regulation, consumer demand drive bionaphtha use in fuels, petchems

Over the next three to five years, production could grow to anywhere between 500,000 mt/year and multiple millions of metric tons per year, depending on demand

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

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

18 February 202115 February 2021

Dow and Henkel bring sustainability to hot melt adhesives

Dow customer Henkel’s Technomelt SUPRA ECO line to achieve another milestone in both companies’ sustainability goals

19 January 202113 April 2022

Chemical Recycling Poised to Take Off

Investments in chemical-recycling facilities abound as the industry moves closer to the Circular Economy model, accompanied by plenty of new rollouts of packaging made from chemical recycling

19 October 20209 September 2021

Spotlight on chemical recycling: Offering a solution towards a circular economy

Chemical Recycling Europe and its members provide a solution to make plastics circular with developing a new range of recycling methods

7 August 20209 September 2021

Dow Giving New Life to Old Mattresses

Dow Polyurethanes to create a circular economy for polyurethanes

9 July 20202 July 2020

Dow and Shell team up to develop electric cracking technology

Technology could lead to lower carbon emissions, provide a path to decarbonization as the energy grid becomes increasingly renewables-led

4 June 202029 May 2020

Dow: Gemeinsame Vermarktung von Bio-Stretchfolien mit schwedischer Doxa Plast

Biobasierte Stretchfolien sollen der steigenden Nachfrage der Markenhersteller nach klimaneutralen, erneuerbaren, aber leistungsstarken Kunststoffen begegnen

2 June 202028 May 2020

UPM Raflatac expands Forest Film product range with the industry’s first wood-based polyethylene label film

Companys want to continue driving the industry forward by innovating products that reduce the use of nonrenewable virgin raw materials

14 May 20209 September 2021

Circulate Capital invests in plastic recycling in Asia

“Our goal is to scale our capacity to recycle locally-sourced plastic, to grow our customer base by partnering with international and local manufacturers and to diversify our products to increase our impact and prevent more plastic from ending up in the environment.”

11 May 20206 May 2020

Dow and Doxa Plast join forces to deliver stretch films made with renewable resources

Companies aim to meet the increasing demand for more sustainable solutions from alternative renewable feedstocks

24 February 20209 September 2021

Circularity in the Chemicals Industry: Drivers, Challenges and Solutions

The chemical industry is the third-largest industrial CO₂ emitter after steel and cement and is responsible for about 4% of total global direct emissions

20 December 201917 December 2019

“Energy Materials” Topic Sponsor Chemiepark Bitterfeld-Wolfen

Innovations in Battery Research at the 4th European Chemistry Partnering on February 27, 2020

Chemiepark Bitterfeld-Wolfen präsentiert als Topic Sponsor „Energy Materials”

Innovationen aus der Batterieforschung beim 4th European Chemistry Partnering

4 November 201929 October 2019

Bringing the humble potato into the new plastics economy

Liz Gyekye spoke with Brad LaPray, CEO of BioLogiQ, about the company’s roots, its products and the challenges of certification

10 October 20197 October 2019

Dow teams up with UPM to produce bio-based plastics

Agreement with UPM is the latest example of Dow’s strategy to enable a shift to a circular economy for plastics by integrating renewable feedstocks into its production processes

30 September 201930 September 2019

Dow and UPM partner to produce plastics made with renewable feedstock

Dow is integrating wood-based UPM's BioVerno renewable naphtha – a key raw material used to develop plastics – into its slate of raw materials

17 September 201912 September 2019

PHA: A biopolymer whose time has finally come

Amid the growing plastic waste crisis, producers of polyhydroxyalkanoate think the world is ready for their biodegradable polymers

19 June 201914 June 2019

Deinove & Dow sign a collaboration agreement for the development of a new cosmetic active ingredient

Collaboration is focusing the joint development of a cosmetic ingredient derived from Deinove's collection of bacterial extracts

27 May 201922 May 2019

Latest Global Bioplastics Packaging Market Report 2019

About Historical Development (2014-2018) and Estimated Forecast (2019-2025)

10 May 20197 May 2019

Massive use in creams, shampoos, body care products to drive growth

Polylactic Acid (PLA) Market: Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast, 2018–2026

2 May 20199 September 2021

Industrial-scale power-to-liquid plant planned

Industrial consortium on the way to green kerosene

Power to Liquid Anlage im industriellen Maßstab geplant

Industriekonsortium auf dem Weg zu grünem Kerosin

25 April 20199 September 2021

Kick-off for designing a gigawatt electrolysis plant

Towards sustainable production of hydrogen on an industrial scale

Niederlande planen Gigawatt-Elektrolyseur

Nachhaltige Herstellung von Wasserstoff im industriellen Maßstab geplant

5 April 20192 April 2019

Dow and BioLogiQ Announce Joint Evaluation of Plant-Based Polymers and Resins in Hopes of Creating More Sustainable Plastic Options

Companies Exploring Potential Synergies Between BioLogiQ’s NuPlastiQ BioPolymer and Dow’s Polyethylene Resin Portfolio

3 April 20199 September 2021

The Chemical Industry Says Goodbye to Fossil Fuels

A new paper by the nova-Institute sets out the path towards sustainability for the chemical industry

20 February 201918 February 2019

Arla to bring 40 million wood-based packages into supermarkets

Launching more environmentally-friendly packaging in the food industry is a shared goal of Arla, Elopak and UPM

29 January 201924 January 2019

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