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25 January 202320 January 2023

Seabound Partners with Crestchic Loadbank to Test Its Carbon Capture Technology for Ships

Seabound’s innovation captures and stores CO2 from fuel exhaust. The company claims the device can capture up to 95% of CO2 emissions per ship

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PlasticFree is a database of over 100 plastic alternatives for designers and architects

The ultimate aim, according to A Plastic Planet, is to "help designers and business leaders eradicate one trillion pieces of plastic waste from the global economy by 2025

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24 January 202319 January 2023

Climeworks delivers third-party certified CDR services to its first corporate customers, based on first and only validated DAC+S methodology

Climeworks hopes to lead as an example for peers, customers and policy makers alike that are committed to climate action

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DNFI World Natural Fibre Update January 2023

Less global natural fiber production

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Borealis acquires a majority stake in Renasci signalling on-going commitment to leading the transformation to a circular economy

Inventor of the novel Smart Chain Processing (SCP) concept is enabling the access to key circular technologies

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refuel.green receives €1.2m

refuel.green’s "NextGen-PtX Reactor Unit" is currently on the threshold from laboratory to industry and the Dresden company’s first prototype is expected to produce the first liters of e-fuels in a European refinery

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23 January 202320 January 2023

Cellulose Fibre Innovation of the Year 2023 – From Hygiene Products, Sustainability Improved Technologies to Cellulose from Textile Waste and Banana Production Waste

Six award nominees will present promising sustainable solutions for the industry in the field of cellulose fibres value chains. The full innovation potential of the cellulose fibre industry will be displayed to a wide audience in Cologne (Germany), and online

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LG Chem Makes Recycled Plastic with Marine Wastes

Together with NETSPA the company anticipated that using 50,000 tons of marine wastes generated every year in Korea as materials for recycled plastic will help reduce marine wastes while reducing carbon emissions

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PureCycle, Port of Antwerp-Bruges Announce NextGen District as Location For PureCycle’s First Plastic Recycling Plant in Europe

PureCycle Selected as NextGen District Concessionaire in Competitive Bid Process

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Global circular economy going backwards says report

The global circular economy has fallen by a percentage point since 2020, a report from campaign group Circle Economy has said

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20 January 202316 January 2023

Successful pilot project recycles used EPS from household recycling to produce new packaging

In a project under the umbrella of “IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e.V.”, German manufacturers of EPS packaging were able to demonstrate that sorting and recycling styrofoam makes environmental and economic sense

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Topsoe and Fidelis New Energy form Carbon Neutral Hydrogen Technology Alliance

Proven technologies such as the Topsoe Blue Portfolio and FidelisH2™ are a critical contribution to decarbonizing carbon intense sectors of society, including industry, agriculture, energy, and transportation

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Melbourne 2023: Brand new Adidas women’s tennis collection

Do not forget that this apparel is equipped with AEROREADY technology that absorbs moisture and makes players feel dry

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19 January 202313 January 2023

Presenting “SHELLMET” Japan’s First, Eco-friendly Helmet Made from Wasted Scallop Shells

Aiming to recycle 40K tons of wasted scallop shells from one of the largest scallop landings in Japan

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Anellotech Offers Drum-Quantity Samples of Recycled BTX Made From Mixed Waste Plastics via Plas-TCat® Process

Based on a proprietary catalyst and fluid bed reactor-regenerator system, Plas-TCat provides a new, direct route to light olefins and aromatics from plastic waste streams

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Neste’s acquisition of used cooking oil collection and aggregation business from Crimson Renewable Energy in the United States is completed

Neste completes purchase of US-based used cooking oil business

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18 January 202312 January 2023

Renewcell, pioneer in the circular fashion industry, applies new textile fiber preparation system using ANDRITZ ADuro green technology

Shredders of the ADuro product line form the technological centerpiece of the system and shred used textiles in only one step, enabling a throughput of up to 60,000 tons of textile waste per year

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17 January 202312 January 2023

Solar-powered system converts plastic and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels

Researchers have developed a system that can transform plastic waste and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels and other valuable products – using just the energy from the Sun

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AIMPLAS participates in the EU REPurpose project on safe and sustainable design of elastomeric plastics from recycling of post-consumer waste

Collaboration project to be a game-changer in tackling recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and creating new thermoplastic elastomer polymers

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Schleich: “We strive to use only sustainable materials”

In five years, Schleich figurines will be recyclable or biodegradable. Additionally, the company seeks Cradle to Cradle® certification by 2027 and is working on finding recycled or bio-based materials

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16 January 202311 January 2023

Aker Carbon Capture signs Letter of Intent for large carbon capture project

Company hails ‘milestone’ in carbon capture unit production

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13 January 202317 December 2024

The Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) receives support

ECP is one of the newest partner of the RCI

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LANXESS and TotalEnergies to cooperate on sustainable styrene

Biocircular styrene based on tall oil. Target 2050: Fully climate-neutral raw materials

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12 January 20239 January 2023

Fossil Fuel Dependence Inspires an Unexpected Renewable Energy Trend in the Gasification Market, says Market.us

Because it reduces greenhouse gas emissions and improves air quality, gasification is an environmentally-friendly alternative to fossil fuel technologies

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Old Christmas trees could be saved from landfill to make renewable fuels

Research at the University of Sheffield and the University of Valladolid has found that pine needles from discarded Christmas trees or other sources could be turned into renewable fuels and new products

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11 January 20236 January 2023

AIMPLAS produces plastic film from coffee waste

By avoiding biowaste generation and harnessing its potential as a source of high-value secondary resources, biowaste can play an important role in the transition towards a circular economy

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BioCir Slides: The Full Story

Balena Steps Out with 100% Biodegradable Footwear

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C&A teams up with circular bioeconomy start-up traceless materials to replace plastic hooks

The pilot phase with traceless materials fits in with C&A’s recent circularity initiatives, including Cradle to Cradle Certified® product innovations and collaboration with material sciences company Recover™

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EU countries prepare for textile recycling big bang

A 2021 report by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre found that around 4-6% of the EU’s overall environmental footprint can be traced back to textiles

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Michigan Becomes 21st State to Enact Bipartisan Advanced Recycling Legislation

The new law in Michigan brings to 21 the total number of states that recognize advanced recycling technologies as manufacturing and not waste disposal

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10 January 202310 January 2023

Scientists Discover Enzymes That Could Make It Cheaper To Recycle Waste Polyester Textiles and Bottles Than Making Them From Petroleum

Using machine learning, NREL-led team discovered variants of 'plastic-eating' enzymes adapted to deconstructing all varieties of PET — even durable crystalline varieties

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Strong and biodegradable

A polyester plastic of great mechanical stability, which is also easily recyclable and even compostable: Stefan Mecking, chemist at the University of Konstanz, and his research group present a new material

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9 January 202329 December 2022

Plasma technology makes recycling of CO₂ local and 100% circular

The BluePlasma consortium receives approval from VLAIO to set up an R&D pilot project

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5 January 20232 January 2023

European Green Deal: Putting an end to wasteful packaging, boosting reuse and recycling

New proposals of the European Commission are key building blocks of the European Green Deal's Circular Economy Action Plan and its objective to make sustainable products the norm

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4 January 202311 January 2023

Wood and CuanTec to accelerate circular economy solutions in the UK

Wood, the global consulting and engineering company, will work with CuanTec Ltd., a Scottish circular economy business, to develop cutting edge separation facilities that will process shellfish waste to extract chitin, a naturally occurring, 100% compostable biopolymer with a wide range of applications in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and food industries

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Fashion for Good launches the home-compostable polybag project

Fashion for Good launches the Home-Compostable Polybag Project, a pilot to test alternatives to conventional single-use polybags

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Limburg companies replace cement with CO₂ as building block binder

The zero-waste company Orbix from Genk and the building materials producer Masterbloc from Maasmechelen have succeeded in developing circular building blocks that use carbon dioxide instead of cement as a binder

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Futerro aims to set-up a new fully integrated PLA biorefinery in Normandy, France

Futerro plans to set up Europe's first vertically integrated biorefinery in Normandy to produce PLA and recycle it

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3 January 202322 December 2022

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Bioplastics: A Crucial Pillar for Circular Bioeconomy

As society moves towards sustainable development and a circular economy, one aspect that needs urgent attention is the use of plastic and plastic-based products

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2 January 202321 December 2022

Wavin Launches Bio-Based Water Solutions Portfolio

The first biobased product portfolio will be available in the Netherlands from December 12 (2022) onward

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23 December 202220 December 2022

Anellotech to Advance Development of Tex-Tcat, an Efficient Recycling Technology for Mixed Waste Textiles

Anellotech plans to begin advanced lab testing and scale-up for Tex-TCat, an innovative recycling solution to the growing problem of textile waste

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The Most Innovative Bioeconomy CEO 2022 is Tom van Aken, CEO Avantium

The most innovative bioeconomy CEO 2022 is Tom van Aken, CEO of Avantium, the Dutch company that is a pioneer in the emerging industry of renewable and sustainable chemistry

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22 December 202220 December 2022

Analysis by Fraunhofer-Institute Confirms Enormous CO₂ Reductions for Pyrum’s Pyrolysis Process Compared to Conventional Recycling Processes for End-of-Life Tyres

This scientifically proves that Pyrum not only closes the material cycle, but also saves more CO2 than all currently used, common recycling processes for end-of-life tyres

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Converting the textile industry to bio-based raw materials

How can we scale up sustainable (bio-based) textiles recycling?

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Alpla and PTT Global Chemical Realise Thailand’s Largest Plastics Recycling Plant Equipped with State-of-the-Art Technology

Following 18 months of construction and installation, the ALPLA Group and PTT Global Chemical are opening the state-of-the-art ENVICCO food-grade recycling plant for bottle-to-bottle applications in Thailand

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21 December 202219 December 2022

Using CO₂ emissions from industry to make climate-friendly plastics

VTT launches project to manufacture polymers using captured CO2 from forest industry and incinerated waste

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TOMRA Recycling and PolyPerception Announce New Collaboration

TOMRA today announced a new collaboration with PolyPerception to offer AI-powered material analysis technology to waste sorting and recycling facilities

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20 December 202215 December 2022

RecyOuest successfully starts up ANDRITZ recycling line for agricultural plastic waste nets

RecyOuest, France, has successfully started up the world's first recycling line for agricultural plastic waste nets at its mill in Argentan

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Toray to Domestically Sell Chemical Recycled Fiber Products Derived from Fishing Nets

oray Industries, Inc., announced today that it will begin selling nylon 6 chemically recycled fiber (N6CR) yarns, textiles, and other products in Japan from March 2023

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Balena Steps Out with 100% Biodegradable Footwear

With the debut of its cinnamon-scented slides – made entirely out of Balena's game-changing, fully compostable and biodegradable material – the company is setting new standards for durable, flexible and sustainable alternatives to plastics in fashion