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14 November 202210 November 2022

Orion first to earn ISCC PLUS certification for various grades from multiple plants

Orion Engineered Carbons is global supplier of carbon black, a solid form of carbon produced as powder or pellets

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11 November 202213 January 2023

Just add salt: Engineers and chemists create 3D-printed polymers that degrade more quickly

The scientists used carbon dioxide and table salt to create the ink that was used in the 3D printing process

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10 November 20228 November 2022

Essential Market Forecasts for the Chemical Recycling of Plastic Waste

Pyrolysis, gasification, depolymerisation, solvent extraction of mixed and homogeneous plastic waste. 10-year market forecasts, interview-based player profiles, and technology appraisals

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Green Epichlorohydrin Project in Sarawak

RM1.7 bln epichlorohydrin manufacturing plant project in Samalaju holds groundbreaking

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Burning or recycling? EU weighs options on used tyres

Draft EU rules could see millions of tyres shipped outside of Europe for dumping or incineration, recyclers warn

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9 November 20224 November 2022

Scaling the CCUS industry to achieve net-zero emissions

Carbon capture, utilization, and storage can help hard-to-abate industries achieve net-zero emissions. Scaling the industry will require action by governments, investors, and industrial players

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8 November 20227 November 2022

World’s largest CO2-to-methanol plant starts production

The new facility can capture 160,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions a year, which is equivalent to taking more than 60,000 cars off the road

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TotalEnergies Corbion: no technical barrier exist that prevent an effective separation of PLA from other plastic waste

The French-Dutch company claims that sorting PLA from other plastics waste is easy and straight-forward

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Urban waste as opportunity for the bioplastic sector

Novamont and the Circular Biocarbon flagship project’s approach at the international Circular Week

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7 November 20222 November 2022

K 2022: ALBIS presents pioneering product portfolio for innovative and sustainable material solutions

These forward-looking solutions based on bio-circular raw materials or recyclates, which in terms of performance, quality and appearance are in no way inferior to their conventional fossil-based counterparts

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Life Cycle Assessment demonstrates significantly lower carbon footprint of Avantium’s plantMPG™

For the plantMPG™ production process, electricity from wind power, green hydrogen based on wind power and thermal energy from natural gas was assumed

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Clariant unveils portfolio for purifying pyrolysis oil derived from mixed plastic waste

Tailored to remove a wide range of contaminants that are continuously changing in the feed, the new products provide the flexibility producers need, regardless of process configuration

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Climeworks completes the commercial operations of its 1st gen technology in Hinwil, Switzerland, the world’s first commercial DAC facility

In Hinwil, Climeworks’ air-captured CO₂ was provided to customers for utilization — an existing market for CO₂, which enabled the first commercial operation of Climeworks’ DAC technology

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4 November 202231 October 2022

Pharmaceutical packaging: first compostable stick pack made of bio-based raw materials

The Novamont Mater-Bi bioplastic film is convincing the customers within an innovative, compostable packaging which contains more than 65% renewable resources

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Cyclyx, ExxonMobil and LyondellBasell Advance First-of-its-Kind Plastic Processing Facility in Houston

The new facility addresses a critical missing link in the plastic waste supply chain by connecting community recycling programs to new and more advanced recycling technologies

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The future of TENCEL™: from linear to circular

The TENCEL™ brand collaborates with partners who value waste management as the heart of an effective circular economy and embeds the circular economy in its business model, practices, and innovation

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EREMA Group and INTCO Recycling sign strategic partnership for recycling PET

Longtime cooperation between two international recycling greats

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3 November 20223 November 2022

Biotrend Energy Selects Honeywell Technology To Build An Advanced Plastics Recycling Plant In Turkey

The planned advanced recycling plant is expected to have the capacity to transform 30,000 metric tons of mixed waste plastics into Honeywell Recycled Polymer Feedstock per year

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LignoValue Pilot inaugurated

Several studies have identified biomass containing lignin (e.g. wood, grass, straw, corn straw) as the biomass of choice for the sustainable production of chemicals and especially so-called bio-aromatics

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2 November 20229 January 2023

Winter special – 20% discount on market and trend reports all around renewable carbon until 6th of January 2023

From advanced recycling technologies, over bio- and CO2-based chemicals, building blocks and polymers to specific polymer insights: Get the latest nova-Institute reports around renewable carbon markets for a special price

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Winterspecial – 20% Rabatt auf Markt- und Trendberichte rund um erneuerbaren Kohlenstoff bis zum 6. Januar 2023

Von fortschrittlichen Recycling-Technologien, über bio- und CO2-basierte Chemikalien, Bausteine und Polymere bis hin zu spezifischen Polymer-Einblicken: Sichern Sie sich die aktuellen Berichte des nova-Instituts rund um die Märkte für erneuerbaren Kohlenstoff zum Sonderpreis

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“To boldy go, where no plastics have gone before: IBB Netzwerk GmbH initiates new network on plastics recycling”

Many exciting partners have confirmed their attendance and the event promises to hold the potential for many fruitful networking and collaboration opportunities

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Braskem invests in capacity expansion and partnerships for the production of biobased plastics

Around 200,000 tons of biopolymers per year are produced in Brazil but will expand to 260,000 tons and in 2030, this amount is expected to increase to one million tons

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Lenzing strengthens ambitions in textile recycling

New consortium with 27 members include as well as Lenzing, the industry association Euratex, textile company Inditex, PVH, Decathlon and non-governmental organization Oxfam

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Award for fair and sustainable textiles presented

From numerous applications three winners for the Young Scientist Award of Lenzing for innovative research work were nominated and on the opening day of the GFC in Dornbirn (Austria), the prize money was awarded

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31 October 202230 November 2022

Be part of the success story of CO₂ as feedstock for fuels and chemicals

19–20 April 2023 – hybrid event (on site and online), Cologne (Germany)

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Coperion supplies plant for chemical recycling of PMMA to Renov8

Highly economical process and technology solution for recycling PMMA

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Putting microbes to work and turning carbon from plastic waste into biodegradable material

Kari Koivuranta and Jukka Niskanen share how the VTT iBEX innovation programme is developing the process of breaking down plastic waste with microbes

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CCNY study: advanced plastics recycling yields climate benefits

Thirteen recently completed life cycle assessments found that advanced recycling can transform hard-to-recycle plastics into products with a smaller carbon footprint than those made from new resources

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Sasol, ArcelorMittal South Africa partner to decarbonise and reindustrialise Vaal, Saldanha through green hydrogen

Both partners will advance studies into two potential projects in South Africa and explore the regions potential as export hub for green hydrogen and derivatives

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Determining the biogenic content of Naphtha and other biofuels using the radiocarbon method

Petroleum Naphtha - the intermediary product (by-product) of gasoline, diesel and renewable diesel - is another form of biogenic fuel emerging in the market

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28 October 20226 January 2023

Plastic leaching into farmer’s fields at alarming rate: new report

Over time, macroplastics slowly break down into microplastics of shards less than 5mm long – and seep into the soil. When this is transferred to people through the food chain this waste is also impacting human health

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Fuel from a Greenhouse Gas

Single gold atoms catalyze the selective methanization of carbon dioxide

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New Report Sets Out Quality Guidelines of Plastic Waste Feedstock for Pyrolysis

The Eunomia study aims to provide clarity on feedstock requirements and propose model specification guidelines that can be used to enable greater alignment across the recycling value chain

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Bio-Electrocatalytic Conversion of Food Waste to Ethylene via Succinic Acid as the Central Intermediate

Reisner Lab researchers found a new approach which provides an alternative strategy to produce ethylene from food waste under ambient conditions using renewable energy

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27 October 202224 October 2022

Mitsui Chemicals Group to Produce Chemically Recycled Polyethylene Derived From Plastic Waste

Memorandum of Understanding signed with Shell for ethylene derived from plastic waste

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UBQ Materials to Showcase Expanded Ecosystem Footprint of Climate Positive Thermoplastic, UBQ™, at K 2022

Plastics and rubber leaders to present offerings “Made with UBQ™,” at the industry’s principal global trade show

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How are Bioplastics Made?

The IUPAC actually discourages the use of the term “bioplastic,” instead recommending scientists use the expression “biobased polymer”

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26 October 202225 October 2022

More than just chemical recycling – Advanced recycling improves the synergies in the recycling sector

Recent developments in markets and policy clearly indicate a transformation and long-lasting change in the circular economy of plastics

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Wenew: Braskem establishes new ecosystem to accelerate the circular economy transition

At the leading plastics trade fair K-2022 in Düsseldorf, the new ecosystem will celebrate its world premiere - and show which path the industry's thought leaders will walk in the future

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25 October 202220 October 2022

Living Lab for Sustainable 3D Printing: New Products from Renewable Raw and Residual Materials

Together with the Technical Universities in Chemnitz and Dresden, the new Living Lab SAMSax will proof, how a circular economy with renewable raw materials as well as local residues from industry and agriculture can be implemented in Saxony by using additive manufacturing

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PETRONAS and Heriot-Watt announce research partnership

The research will initially focus on utilising the estimated 4m tonnes of waste and by-products created by distilleries in the UK and the approximately 127m tonnes of agriculture waste generated annually in Malaysia for hydrogen production

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Braskem promotes plastic circularity and disruptive innovation at the K 2022 Fair

Launch of the Wenew circularity ecosystem, initiatives to combat climate change and sustainable innovations are some of the company's highlights at the event

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24 October 202224 October 2022

New concept for circular solutions with alternative raw materials

Materials manufacturer Covestro is focusing on an increased use of biomass, recyclates and green hydrogen

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Novel bio-based polyester resin for the composite industry

Improvements are needed to provide cost-effective solutions with high biobased contents and high performance to respond to demanding applications for fibre reinforced polymer composites industry

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TotalEnergies and Indaver sign an offtake agreement for petrochemical feedstock from advanced recycling

Indaver will supply and transform post-consumer mixed plastic waste into a petrochemical feedstock at its plant in Antwerp using its proprietary depolymerization technology

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First CBE JU call attracts 125 project proposals

The CBE JU Programme Office has received 125 project proposals by the 22 September deadline for the 2022 call

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21 October 202218 October 2022

Röchling Expands Range of Bioplastics and Recycled Materials

By 2035, the Röchling Group is aiming to become one of the leading suppliers of bioplastics and recycled materials

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Major Consumer Goods Companies signal shared demand for 800,000 tons of chemically recycled materials

The Coalition recognises that although chemical recycling technology is not a silver bullet, it will be an important technology which can serve a vital purpose for the recycling of unavoidable plastic waste