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
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
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
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
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
19 December 202214 December 2022 Lenzing and Renewcell sign large-scale supply agreement further closing the loop in fashion Partnership with Swedish textile-to-textile recycling company will further increase production of TENCEL™ and LENZING™ ECOVERO™ branded specialty fibers using recycled content. Supply of 100 per cent recycled textile Circulose® dissolving pulp
16 December 202213 December 2022 From climate problem to climate opportunity Circular bioplastics offer solution for climate crisis and growing resource consumption
LG Chem Launches Asia’s First Plant Material-based Eco-friendly ABS LG Chem announced that it will begin pioneering the eco-friendly market in earnest by launching the eco-friendly highly functional plastic (Bio-Circular balanced ABS) product that applies plant-based bio ingredients on the 1st
Successful EUBP Conference Bioplastics industry set to engage with political stakeholders on upcoming legislation
U-M team recycles previously unrecyclable plastic Researchers discovered a way to chemically recycle PVC into usable material
15 December 202212 December 2022 New EU Packaging Regulation & Framework on Bioplastics On November 30 the European Commission published the long awaited Policy Framework for Biobased, Biodegradable and Compostable Plastics and the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation - part of the EU Circular Economy Package II
Communication on a policy framework for biobased, biodegradable and compostable plastics Questions and Answers that seek to deepen knowledge of these substances and make clear the areas where plastics can actually assist the environment
14 December 20229 January 2023 The Success Story of Cellulose Fibres Continues – First Peaks Into the Program of the Upcoming Cellulose Fibres Conference 2023 Available The Presentations Will Introduce the Latest Development in the Sustainable Circular Industry. 8-9 March, 2023 in Cologne, Germany and Online
Wood-based Bioeconomy. Sustainable, Circular, Climate-resilient The wood-based bioeconomy can make an important contribution to sustainable management of the economy
13 December 20227 December 2022 Proposed new packaging rules acknowledge environmental and climate benefits of compostable plastic packaging Commission misses opportunity to fully embrace necessary shift to biobased feedstock
ExxonMobil, PT Indomobil Prima Energi, And Plastic Energy Collaborate To Accelerate Plastic Recycling In Indonesia The advanced recycling capacity being assessed as a part of the collaboration is expected to be 100,000 metric tons per year, with the first phase starting up in 2025
Prince William unveils Lanzatech as a Finalist for the Second Annual Earthshot Prize Awards Following a rigorous, 10-month selection process, a panel of advisors with expertise in science, conservation, innovation, investment, economics, politics and activism selected LanzaTech from more than 1,000 nominations
How chemists are tackling the plastics problem New research could help turn a mix of plastic waste into new products
EU packaging law proposal branded ‘unworkable’ by food industry A new EU packaging law proposal has sparked major concerns among the EU food industry, who warn it is unworkable for food business operators – but NGOs slammed heavy industry lobbying for watering down the proposal
12 December 20227 December 2022 Honeywell And Environ Intend To Advance Plastics Circularity In Egypt Through Memorandum Of Understanding oneywell has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Egypt’s Environ Adapt for Recycling Industries with the aim of advancing plastics recycling in the country
9 December 20226 December 2022 An EU Success Story: SSUCHY Successful development of bio-based composites with advanced functionalities for applications in transportation and high value market niches (acoustic and electronics sectors)
8 December 20227 December 2022 Circular EconomyPLUS: Expert group provides recommendations for action for a German Circular Economy Strategy A contribution to the discussion on a circular economy for plastics moderated by PlasticsEurope Deutschland e.V.
New white paper: Stay in the cycle TotalEnergies Corbion launches white paper about the recyclability of PLA bioplastic
7 December 20222 December 2022 Covestro turns to biotechnology for sustainable plastics Use of microorganisms and enzymes in production
Synova, SABIC and Technip Energies join forces to accelerate plastic circularity The combined technology efficiently converts plastic waste into high value chemicals, enabling an efficient plastic circularity route and significant reduction of greenhouse gas emission
Converting waste paper into battery parts for smartphones and electric vehicles Through a process called carbonisation which converts paper into pure carbon, the NTU researchers turned the paper’s fibres into electrodes, which can be made into rechargeable batteries
6 December 20221 December 2022 SigmaRoc to install carbon capture facility SigmaRoc and Aqualung will construct Europe’s first industrial scale facility of its type at Nordkalk in Q1 2023
Single-use cardboard boxes or reusable plastic crates — which type of packaging is more sustainable? The Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT carried out the "Study on plastic-based reusable systems in a circular economy" on behalf of the Stiftung Initiative Mehrweg
Products Made With Captured Greenhouse Gas Are Reaching Commercial Scale Startups are taking aim at chemicals, one of the largest industrial sources of global emissions
5 December 202230 November 2022 Circularise secures €11M in funding from Brightlands Venture Partners, Asahi Kasei, Neste, 4impact and others Over the last six years, the company grew to 40 people, expanded to international markets such as Japan and partnered with multinational companies
CEMEX and RTI awarded $3.7 million cooperative agreement to advance carbon capture technology in cement manufacturing Team to conduct FEED study of post-combustion carbon capture system at Texas cement plant
The new standard work on recycling of plastics Dr. Norbert Niessner, Global Innovation Director at INEOS Styrolution, published the new ‘Recycling of Plastics’ book that leaves no question on the topic unanswered
Arkema increases its bio-based offer with a new range of mass balance acrylic materials Arkema announces a major step forward in its innovative sustainable offer with the certification of a range of bio-attributed acrylic monomers using the mass balance* approach
2 December 202230 November 2022 Electrochaea Joins New European Cleantech Scale-Up Coalition, Supported by Breakthrough Energy and Kadri Simson The coalition members are companies scaling and industrialising technologies whose products and services range from decarbonising industry and energy with renewable hydrogen to producing scalable low-carbon cement; from electrifying transport to recycling materials and batteries
Paper versus plastic: Ceresana examines the European flexible packaging market For the second time Ceresana has studied the European market for flexible packaging made of plastics, paper and aluminum
1 December 202230 November 2022 New Business Directory: Renewable Carbon Companies (ReCaCo) Find companies that already offer fossil carbon free products, made from biomass, CO2 and recycling
Neste to acquire used cooking oil collection and aggregation business from Crimson Renewable Energy in the United States to strengthen Neste’s renewable raw materials sourcing platform Through this transaction, Neste is acquiring a leading UCO collection and recycling business on the US West Coast, covering the collection, logistics and storage of UCO in California, Oregon and Washington
TotalEnergies Corbion stimulates recycling of PLA TotalEnergies Corbion is actively buying reprocessed PLA waste for its advanced recycling process that allows for the PLA to be recycled back into Luminy® rPLA with the exact same properties and certifications as virgin Luminy® PLA
30 November 202230 November 2022 Countdown for abstracts: Only two weeks left to submit your abstract for the Renewable Materials Conference 2023 (RMC) The brightest stars of Renewable Materials meet in Siegburg/Cologne (Germany), 23-25 May 2023. The unique concept of presenting all renewable material solutions at one event hits the mark: bio-based, CO2-based and recycled are the only alternatives to fossil-based chemicals and materials www.renewable-materials.eu
Circular Economy: TotalEnergies and Air Liquide innovate to produce Renewable, Low Carbon Hydrogen at the Grandpuits Zero Crude Platform New zero crude platform to produce over 20,000 tons of hydrogen a year for making sustainable aviation fuel and to prevent emissions amounting to 150,000 tons of CO2 a year compared to current processes
Towards a zero-emission construction trade The major part of CO2 emission reductions will have to come from radical innovations but the most of them are still in development
Small but powerful – microorganisms contribute to greater sustainability at BASF BASF drives transformation towards more sustainability with innovative solutions for raw materials, processes and products
29 November 202225 November 2022 Bangor University: Greening some of our foundational manufacturing sectors In a £7.3 million Innovate UK research grant, called BONDIFI, the University’s BioComposites Centre is leading on the testing required to reduce the carbon footprint of some of the UK’s major and most carbon-heavy industrial sectors
Another carbon capture breakthrough demonstrated Hanson reports, that recycled concrete paste (RCP) within the plant’s existing wet scrubber allows for a high CO2 uptake within less than 30 minutes, preventing emissions entering the atmosphere
CJ Biomaterials and NatureWorks Sign Master Collaboration Agreement, Solidifying Relationship to Commercialize Novel Biopolymer Solutions The two companies will develop sustainable materials solutions based on CJ Biomaterials' PHACT™ PHA and NatureWorks' Ingeo™ PLA technologies
28 November 202223 November 2022 This Simple Material Could Scrub Carbon Dioxide From Power Plant Smokestacks An easily synthesized chemical filter could stop the greenhouse gas from reaching the atmosphere
Embraced, a step forward for a Circular Bioeconomy in Europe Horizon 2020 Embraced Project was protagonist at Ecomondo in Rimini in early November
25 November 202222 November 2022 Engineered living photosynthetic biocomposites for intensified biological carbon capture Photosynthesis is nature’s carbon capture technology; however, its capacity to reverse anthropogenic carbon enrichment within a meaningful timescale is equivocal
Kelheim Fibres once again awarded with dark green/green shirt in Canopy’s Hot Button Report Kelheim Fibres is the only EMAS-validated viscose fibre manufacturer worldwide to regularly publish all relevant environmental data