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
13 January 202317 December 2024 The Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) receives support ECP is one of the newest partner of the RCI
LANXESS and TotalEnergies to cooperate on sustainable styrene Biocircular styrene based on tall oil. Target 2050: Fully climate-neutral raw materials
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
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
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
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™
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Converting the textile industry to bio-based raw materials How can we scale up sustainable (bio-based) textiles recycling?
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
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)
Closed production cycle for bicycle tyres Pyrum supplies recycled carbon black (rCB) to Schwalbe for the production of new bicycle tyres
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