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27 February 202521 February 2025

Nanoscale tin catalyst discovery paves the way for sustainable CO2 conversion

Researchers have developed a sustainable catalyst that increases its activity during use while converting carbon dioxide (CO2) into valuable products. This discovery offers a blueprint for designing next-generation electrocatalysts

Weg für eine nachhaltige CO2-Umwandlung: Zinnkatalysator im Nanomaßstab

Forscher haben einen nachhaltigen Katalysator entwickelt, der seine Aktivität während der Nutzung steigert und dabei Kohlendioxid (CO2) in wertvolle Produkte umwandelt. Diese Entdeckung liefert ein Modell für die Entwicklung von Elektrokatalysatoren der nächsten Generation

4 April 202428 March 2024

Research lights up process for turning CO2 into sustainable fuel

Researchers have successfully transformed CO2 into methanol by shining sunlight on single atoms of copper deposited on a light-activated material, a discovery that paves the way for creating new green fuels

15 March 202411 March 2024

Four perspectives on how Europe can scale its bioeconomy

Only high volume substitutes at reasonable cost can set biobased products on a course to cutting petrochemicals, but the industry is still far from this position

6 May 20222 May 2022

Researchers Develop Strong, Recyclable, And Degradable Sugar-Based Plastics

As an alternative to petroleum plastics, biodegradable plastics made from renewable plant sources like corn or sugarcane starch are already on the market and becoming popular

26 January 202225 January 2022

Scientists develop recyclable plastics based on sugars

The new materials retained their excellent mechanical properties following pulverisation and thermal processing, which is the usual method for mechanically recycling plastics

2 June 20209 September 2021

Chemical recycling makes useful product from waste bioplastic

A faster, more efficient way of recycling plant-based “bioplastics” has been developed by a team of scientists at the Universities of Bath and Birmingham

Chemisches Recycling macht aus Biokunststoffabfällen ein nützliches Produkt

Wissenschaftler der Universitäten Bath und Birmingham entwickeln schnelleren und effektiveren Weg, um pflanzenbasierte Biokunststoffe zu recyceln

6 February 20203 February 2020

New way of recycling plant-based plastics instead of letting them rot in landfill

Chemical recycling method breaks down plastics into their original building blocks, potentially allowing them to be recycled repeatedly without losing quality

13 September 201911 September 2019

Making sustainable polymers from fragrant molecules

Terpenes, found in the essential oils of a wide variety of plants can be used to produce resins to replace plastics made from petrochemicals

30 May 201722 May 2017

TO-SYN-FUEL: Turning sewage sludge into fuels and hydrogen

TO-SYN-FUEL is a project funded by Horizon 2020 EU’s new research and innovation programme

Start EU-Projekt TO-SYN-FUEL: Wandlung von Klärschlamm in Treibstoff und Wasserstoff

Das Horizon 2020 Projekt, das zeigt, wie aus Restbiomasse erstmalig in der Geschichte ohne Synthese Treibstoff und Wasserstoff hergestellt wird

3 February 20171 February 2017

AkzoNobel signs cooperation agreement on bio-based polymer technology with Itaconix

Agreement will be an important step for the further development of bio-based chemistry on a large scale

3 September 2012

Waste cooking oil makes bioplastics cheaper

UK-scientists collaboration exploring cheaper feedstock instead of glucose for bioplastics producing bacteria

4 June 2012