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29 September 202623 September 2026

Skyrenu delivers its first batch of CO2 captured directly from the air as part of a technological showcase for carbon valorization

This first delivery marks a significant milestone in demonstrating the potential of linking direct air capture to technologies that convert carbon into low-carbon fuels

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28 September 202622 September 2026

Plastics Recycling: TotalEnergies Becomes the Sole Owner of the Grandpuits Advanced Plastics Recycling Plant

The advanced recycling plant has an annual capacity for 15,000 tons of plastic waste, which is converted into a synthetic oil through a pyrolysis process, to produce recyclates of the same quality as virgin plastics

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Bundesumweltministerium startet Innovationsplattform “Circular AI Hub” – Künstliche Intelligenz soll Unternehmen der Kreislaufwirtschaft helfen

Innovationsplattform startet mit Ideenwettbewerb "AIDEAS #1 – Ideen für zirkuläre Geschäftsmodelle"

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25 September 202621 September 2026

Toward circular elastomers: Covestro opens pilot plant in Leverkusen

Covestro calls for collaboration to build circular value chains for end-of-life elastomers

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Europe’s Circular Plastics Ambitions Need an Innovation-Friendly Framework

Plastics Europe Deutschland brought together industry leaders, researchers, and policymakers in Berlin on 11 September 2026 for its Innovation Press Conference, "Innovative Plastics for Germany as a High-Tech Location

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30 strategies, three visions: What kind of bioeconomy is the world building?

Scientific capabilities, innovation, scale-up infrastructure and manufacturing capacity can be as important as access to biomass

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24 September 202618 September 2026

Investment in Europe’s alternative protein companies grows – but sector can no longer rely on venture capital alone

The latest figures reveal that new forms of investment are beginning to strengthen Europe’s alternative protein landscape and build the capacity needed to scale

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Taiwan turns farm waste into bio-based products

Nineteen companies specializing in biomass conversion have joined the programme to turning farm leftovers into new materials, and the work has produced 49 different bio-based products

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PolyCert Europe Launches A New Certification Scheme for Recycled Plastics in Food Contact 

The scheme runs on a three-year cycle beginning with an initial on-site audit, followed by annual surveillance and a full recertification audit at the end of the cycle

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23 September 202622 September 2026

nova-Institute Launches Groundbreaking Advanced Recycling Database for Strategic Market Insight

The new Advanced Recycling Database reduces complexity by providing industry stakeholders with up-to-date expert-reviewed intelligence on companies, technologies, plants, capacities, locations, products and partnerships across the global advanced recycling landscape

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Greewave develops bio-based synthetic rubber from industrial side streams

The company's ambition is therefore to create a new raw material pathway that is both bio-based and can be produced closer to the market

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Compostable healthcare packaging in practice

Most people outside clinical settings never see how much single-use plastic keeps healthcare running, but HaPPE Earth was built to change that

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IPL Schoeller & PureCycle Launch Off-the-Shelf Container Line, SnapPack Square EVO, Ahead of State Sustainability Mandates

SnapPack Square EVO is a new sustainable option within IPL Schoeller’s family of tamper-evident packaging that will incorporate 20% PureFive® recycled polypropylene

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22 September 202617 September 2026

Worley Awarded Engineering Contract for D-CRBN’s Renewable Syngas Demonstration Plant

The next demonstration unit will be installed at an industrial site in Antwerp, Belgium and use D-CRBN’s proprietary plasma technology to convert CO₂ and biomethane into feedstock for fuels and chemicals

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Avantium partners with Sojitz Pla-Net to drive adoption of releaf® in the Japanese market

As a first step in their collaboration, Avantium and Sojitz Pla-Net will jointly participate in one of Japan’s leading exhibitions for sustainable materials

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21 September 202615 September 2026

Syklo’s factory complex unique on a world scale will produce high-quality recycled plastic pellets and biocomposite

The plant alone raises Finland’s plastic recycling capacity by 50%

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BIOWEG to build Europe’s largest bacterial cellulose plant, backed by Series A of €30 million

Construction starting before the end of this year and industrial-scale production ready from 2028

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18 September 202614 September 2026

Bayer and Neste close commercial agreement to jointly scale newgold® winter canola for biofuels production

Commitment aims to support the growth of winter canola in the Southern Great Plains of the U.S., as a feedstock for renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel

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Holcim’s Eco2fly carbon capture project takes key e-SAF step

Approximately half of the captured CO2 will be combined with renewable hydrogen to produce around 100,000tpa of e-SAF, while the remainder will be permanently stored in geological formations

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PureCycle: Start-up of Antwerp PP recycling plant postponed until 2029

In March 2026, PureCycle signed a EUR 40 million grant agreement with CINEA under the EU Innovation Fund for the project, known as “ASTRA PP”

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Wool and lyocell combine to create a biobased alternative for hygiene products

Woolchemy and Lenzing are collaborating on a new Acquisition & Distribution Layer (ADL) for hygiene products that combines New Zealand wool with wood-based VEOCEL™ Lyocell fibers

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17 September 20266 October 2026

WaterProof Workshop: From Waste(water) CO₂ to Formic Acid

22 October 2026 10:00–15:30 CET at Matrix ONE - Science Park 301 - 1098 XH Amsterdam - The Netherlands

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Defossilisation Made Visible: Why OK Renewable Is Becoming the Reference Label for Renewable Carbon Products

Instead of separate labels for bio-based, CCU-derived or recycled carbon, Renewable Carbon Share combines all renewable carbon streams into one clear communication framework

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Saudi Arabia finds new life for date palm waste

Palm residues are being transformed into engineered wood and biodegradable plastics

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16 September 202610 September 2026

Avantium Completes Commissioning of Purification Unit at FDCA Flagship Plant

The company will focus on full FDCA Flagship Plant start-up, production of the first batches of FDCA, completion of qualification activities and preparation for commercial sales

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From Pollution to Performance: On Scales the First EVA Midsole Made Using Captured Carbon Emissions to Over a Million

A high-performance foam that turns industrial carbon emissions into a key ingredient for the brand’s shoes

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15 September 202614 September 2026

Moving Advanced Recycling from Innovation to Implementation

The Advanced Recycling Conference 2026 explores technologies, markets, financing and scale-up of innovative recycling solutions for waste streams including mixed plastic waste, textiles and PVC

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Advanced Recycling: Von der Innovation zur praktischen Umsetzung

Die Advanced Recycling Conference 2026 beleuchtet Technologien, Märkte, Finanzierung und Skalierung innovativer Recyclinglösungen für verschiedene Abfallströme wie gemischte Kunststoffabfälle, Textilien oder PVC

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Evonik wins German Packaging Award 2026 for TEGO® Res 1100

Evonik is the winner of the 2026 German Packaging Award in the “Sustainability” category for TEGO® Res 1100

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Mix of technologies required to recycle engineering plastics

It is crucial to have an intelligent mix of various complementary technologies adapted to particular plastic waste streams

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14 September 202611 September 2026

Last Chance to Join The Chemical Industry’s Key Defossilisation Summit: The Renewable Materials Conference 2026

Where pioneers meet and discuss their latest developments and strategies - What is already possible today? When will new technologies become mainstream?

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Methanol Qualified as a Feedstock for Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Following successful qualification by the international standardization organization ASTM, methanol has been recognized as an approved feedstock for the alcohol-to-jet production pathway

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How VpCI® Packaging Cuts Plant Energy Use and Carbon Emissions

Switching to Cortec® VpCI® packaging lets plants bypass the washing stage altogether as parts arrive clean and ready for production, which immediately cuts energy use and waste

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Spin-off Purtiso recycles complex plastic waste into pure raw materials

New KU Leuven spin-off will now scale up the process, run pilot tests, and introduce the process to the market

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Niutech Signs Agreement with Global Energy Major for Waste Plastic Pyrolysis Line to Produce SAF

The line will upgrade one of the customer's large-scale refineries, enabling end-to-end production from waste plastic pyrolysis oil to hydrotreated Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)

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11 September 20264 September 2026

Circular design: the underestimated key to the circular economy

Fraunhofer-researchers Sabrina Schreiner and Anna Krüger contribute their expertise to the development of practical solutions for the circular economy

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Partnership with H&G anchors Vidia’s new recycling-technology platform

With H&G, Vidia anchors its platform with an established category leader in recycling and waste-handling technology, a natural extension of the circular economy theme

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ReBioCycle demonstrates closed-loop recycling of PLA bioplastics from mixed plastic waste

EU-funded project confirmed that PLA can first be effectively sorted using existing technologies, achieving purity levels suitable for further processing

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10 September 20263 September 2026

Uniper advances NorthStarH2 into basic engineering

The planned e-methanol production facility in Östersund aimed at helping decarbonize sectors such as transport and the chemical industry

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9 September 20262 September 2026

Envalior and SECARA collaborate to deliver circular PA6 for automotive applications in line with coming regulations

This helps accelerate the adoption of circular PA6 for automotive applications at scale, while supporting supply-chain decarbonization

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Researchers from Charles University, Prague, Have Developed a New Photocathode for Efficient Conversion of CO2 into Ethanol

The material designed by the research team produces pure ethanol as its sole liquid product, which significantly simplifies its potential industrial application

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Greyparrot Secures $27M Series B as AI Waste Intelligence Becomes Critical Infrastructure for the Circular Economy

New funding will scale Greyparrot’s AI waste intelligence platform to make secondary materials measurable, recoverable and investable worldwide

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Future Technology: Sunfire Begins Construction of SOEC Test Facility at Industrial Park Lausitz

At the BASF site, Sunfire will validate its latest and most powerful SOEC product generation in an industrial environment

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8 September 20267 September 2026

Raw material from the air: Green methanol despite water scarcity

CO₂ and water for green methanol captured directly from the air: A study from Jülich shows that this would be possible even in water-scarce regions around the world. The main factors determining costs are favourable wind and solar conditions

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Open Letter to DG GROW and the CCA Steering Group: Shaping the Alliance’s Next Phase

Stakeholders offer constructive input to help shape the next phase of the Critical Chemicals Alliance

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Coconut-blend fuel vs. jet fuel: Engines can’t distinguish, the environment can

Original coconut-blend fuel performed similarly to jet fuel with reduced hydrocarbon emissions

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Spain’s economic boom sparks biobased scale-up

According to estimates, there are 95 bioprocesses and 53 biobased technologies currently being developed in the country - scaling momentum is underway, as the EU is pumping significant funds to Spanish companies

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7 September 20264 September 2026

Can companies secure their fossil fuel supply at a reasonable cost and foster resilience?

It is a paradoxical situation. The risks posed by fossil fuels, are more apparent than ever, yet chemical companies are competing harder than ever for access to the dwindling pool of reliable, low-cost fossil sources. Instead, they should speed up their positioning in non-fossil sources to prepare for the transition to renewable carbon

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LyondellBasell: Pyrolysis Reactors Installed for MoReTec Plant in Wesseling

The resulting feedstocks can then be used in crackers to produce monomers such as ethylene and propylene, which can be then used to manufacture polyethylene and polypropylene

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Sustainable aviation fuel pioneer completes successful trials

Nova Pangaea Technologies make another step forward in local waste management with the successful completion of its endurance trials that further validate its technology