26 September 202222 September 2022 On presents the first ever shoe made from carbon emissions in partnership with LanzaTech, Borealis and Technip Energies Swiss sports brand creates supply chain coalition to reshape carbon waste into running shoes. Today, the next critical step in this project has been reached – the reveal of Cloudprime
Find the Global Acrylic Acid Derivatives Market Growth with the Latest Research Report Because ethylene is one of the most abundant industrial feedstocks, manufacturing acrylic acid and acrylates directly from CO2 and ethylene becomes both scientifically fascinating and industrially relevant
We need massive amounts of carbon capture from air to decarbonize aviation, and policymakers must act now The race to decarbonize aviation has begun, and synthetic jet fuel from green hydrogen and carbon dioxide, so-called e-kerosene, is to play a major role. Where will the CO2 come from and what is the role of Direct Air Capture?
Report lays out future scenarios for global chemical industry Calls on sector to change, lead way to enable a sustainable global economy
23 September 202222 September 2022 Call for Abstracts – Renewable Material Conference 2023 The brightest stars of Renewable Materials meet in Siegburg/Cologne (Germany), 23-25 May 2023
Promising alternative to packaging lowers plastic industry’s carbon footprint A new bio-based polymer could be good news for the environment. A recent assessment of its industrial production and use in bottles points to potentially major reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
$813k for ‘breathtaking’ CO2 research Dr Lei Ge one of 100 mid-career researchers funded through ARC Future Fellowships
Hydrogen produced from air could provide low-carbon fuel in deserts Device using solar power to capture water from the air could make hydrogen production viable in places such as central Australia and the Middle East
Bayer Consumer Health Sustainable Packaging Challenge Bayer and yet2 Launch Innovation Challenge for Biodegradable Packaging Sachets/Tubes, Bayer Renews Commitment to Open Innovation
22 September 202221 September 2022 CABAMIX exhibits at K 2022 in Düsseldorf! French feedstock supplier will launch a new recylable masterbatch beside proven other products
Dow and Mura Technology plan to locate Europe’s largest advanced recycling facility at Dow’s site in Böhlen, Germany Part of a goal for multiple planned units across Europe and U.S. to add as much as 600 KTA of advanced recycling capacity by 2030, enabling greater supply of recycled plastic content to major brands across the globe
Koch Technology Solutions And Ioniqa Technologies Partner To Disrupt Plastics Industry Through Advanced PET Upcycling Technology Ioniqa has developed an innovative process that utilizes low-grade post-consumer PET to infinitely produce a feedstock that displaces virgin raw materials used in the production of polyester products
Sustainable Bio-Leather Made From Food Waste And Algae Gets National Runner-Up At The James Dyson Awards 2022 Meet Kudarat, a leather alternative synthesized using algae, food & fiber waste. Created by Divya Verma of the National Institute of Design in India, Kudarat bases itself on the concepts of circularity & sustainability, target SDGs (sustainable development goals)
21 September 202219 September 2022 Nel ASA: Receives purchase order for a containerized electrolyser for sustainable aviation fuel production The new device will be installed at the world’s first commercial “Alcohol-to-Jet” production plant for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), built by LanzaJet
Encina Announces Delivering First-Ever High Purity Aromatics Made Entirely from End-of-Life Plastics The company operates a circular chemicals facility in San Antonio, Texas and recently completed an expansion phase with engineering and construction work undertaken by Chemex Global, LLC of The Woodlands, Texas
20 September 202215 September 2022 Green hydrogen: Short-term scarcity, long-term uncertainty Fostering rapid investments into green hydrogen supply chains that enable unconventionally high growth rates of electrolysis would broaden the energy analogues
A breakthrough discovery in carbon capture conversion for ethylene production Ethylene is used not only to create plastic products for the packaging, agricultural and automotive industries, but also to produce chemicals used in antifreeze, medical sterilizers and vinyl siding for houses
19 September 202214 September 2022 A new purpose: recycled PET bottles are turned into adhesive tapes tesa develops a new packaging tape with backing material made from recycled post-consumer PET
New CEO for Novamont’s Biobag Subsidiary Patrik Fogelström has worked in several senior management positions with both start-up and multinational companies (including Tetra Pak)
How to make recyclable plastics out of CO2 to slow climate change Chemists are manipulating the greenhouse gas to make clothing, mattresses, shoes and more
Textiles Matter: Heimtextil Trends 23/24 define the future of home and contract textiles The Heimtextil Trend Council offers insights into the future of the national and international market
16 September 202215 September 2022 BASF and ARCUS sign agreement on the production and procurement of pyrolysis oil from mixed plastic waste The agreement is another building block in the expansion of BASF’s ChemCyclingTM business, which focuses on the chemical recycling of non-recycled post-consumer plastic waste on an industrial scale
CropEnergies acquires stake in Dutch biobased chemicals start-up Syclus Syclus plans on building a plant with an annual production capacity in the range of 100,000 tonnes, starting production in 2026
Cascade degradation and upcycling of polystyrene waste to high-value chemicals New report reveals a highly efficient and resilient approach of degradation-upcycling (Deg-Up) to upcycling plastic wastes, by utilizing judiciously selected cascade reactions rather than complicated and expensive catalysts
15 September 202213 September 2022 Eastman joins Pact Collective Eastman supports beauty industry nonprofit in efforts to advance circularity of beauty packaging
14 September 202210 September 2022 Mondi and Essity launch packaging for feminine care range made from post-consumer recycled and biomass balanced materials Collaboration with Essity and Dow to create new, recyclable secondary packaging using renewable materials and post-consumer recycled content
A revolutionary bio-based furniture board, joint development by Koskisen and Stora Enso Koskisen is a Finnish wood industry company producing sawn timber and panel products, such as birch plywood, furniture, and construction boards made of chip board
13 September 202210 September 2022 Anellotech Demonstrates New Direct Route to Light Olefins and BTX from Conversion of Mixed Plastic Waste in 0.5 TPD Pilot Plant Plas-TCat’s scalable fluidized bed reactor design provides a path to larger commercial production plants capable of addressing substantial global recycling goals
Green Shape Label for Sustainable Outdoor Products on the Road to Success VAUDE increases its credibility and independence
12 September 20227 September 2022 Efficient Carbon Dioxide Reduction under Visible Light with a Novel, Inexpensive Catalyst "We believe that our study provides an unprecedented opportunity for developing a new class of inexpensive photocatalysts for CO2reduction consisting of earth-abundant elements."
Effiziente Kohlendioxidreduktion unter sichtbarem Licht mit einem neuartigen, kostengünstigen Katalysator "Wir glauben, dass unsere Studie eine noch nie dagewesene Möglichkeit für die Entwicklung einer neuen Klasse von kostengünstigen Photokatalysatoren für die CO₂-Reduktion bietet, die aus Elementen bestehen, die in der Erde reichlich vorhanden sind"
DOE Announces $46 Million to Explore New Technologies That Convert Carbon and Waste Into Clean Energy Funding Supports 22 Projects to Convert Waste Streams and Carbon Captured from Algal Systems into Biofuel Energy, Spurring Multi-Sector Decarbonization
From scrap tyres to door handles – Mercedes-Benz takes firm grip of circularity Mercedes-Benz tackles circularity with BASF and start-up Pyrum Innovations AG
CSIR biodegradability testing laboratory to tackle leakage of plastic waste into environment The testing laboratory is capable of establishing the conditions and timeframes for the biodegradation of materials, on both aerobic (compost, soil, freshwater and marine) and anaerobic
9 September 20225 September 2022 BASF and Sulzer Chemtech sign Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in sustainable technologies The companies will drive the development of innovative, cost-effective chemical processing solutions to improve the conversion of plastic waste into new plastics
A simple, cheap material for carbon capture, perhaps from tailpipes With an inexpensive polymer called melamine chemists found a cheap, easy and energy-efficient way to capture carbon dioxide from smokestacks
Brightmark launches medical waste recycling program with Jamar Health Products The company will convert plastic medical waste, including Jamar’s PATRAN slide sheets, into circular and sustainable products
8 September 20222 September 2022 Phenol and acetone with reduced carbon footprint: INEOS supplies Covestro with mass-balanced raw materials for polycarbonate plastics Supporting customers in achieving their sustainability goals
Direct conversion of carbon dioxide into bulk chemicals and liquid fuels High-efficiency utilization of CO2 facilitates the reduction of CO2 concentration in the global atmosphere and hence the alleviation of the greenhouse effect
7 September 20226 September 2022 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
Together we drive the evolution of the circular economy for plastics First 10 speakers from leading and emerging companies confirmed – be part of the solution and submit your abstract by 30 September
LG Chem – GS Caltex kickstarts the establishment of white bio ecosystem Both companies to develop 1,4-Butanediol (BDO) technology and plan to establish a 3HP pilot plant at GS Caltex’s Yeosu plant to produce prototypes
6 September 20221 September 2022 Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and University of California Berkeley, to develop technology converting air to sugar CCEP Ventures looks for transformative solutions to industry challenges that will support Coca-Cola Europacific Partners on its journey to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040
Covestro invests in the production of more sustainable polycarbonates in Asia Pacific The company aims to be capable to deliver more than 60,000 tons of polycarbonates with recycled content in Asia Pacific per year until 2026
5 September 20221 September 2022 VTT spins out Olefy to revolutionize circular plastic recycling New company is supposed to extract over 70% virgin grade plastics and chemical raw materials components from plastic waste with a patent-pending technology
Mitsui Chemicals and Teijin to Integrate Domestic PET Resin for Bottles Operations MCI and Teijin have been studying the potential advantages of integrating their PET resin operations and capitalizing on synergistic effects ranging from research and development to production and sales
2 September 202231 August 2022 Methane Electrolysis Can Decarbonize LNG/LPG Imports and Achieve EU’s Climate Targets The German company Graforce has developed a methane electrolysis technology (plasmalysis) that uses LNG or LPG to produce hydrogen and solid carbon for dioxide-free energy generation
Engineering enzymes to help solve the planet’s plastic problem Manchester researchers have reported a new enzyme engineering platform that can quickly improve the properties of plastic degrading enzymes to help make them more suitable for plastic recycling at large scales
Why forest biomass must not be counted as ‘renewable’ energy The environment committee amendment still allows burning secondary biomass materials, like sawdust and bark from sawmills, to qualify as renewable energy under the RED and receive subsidies
1 September 202229 August 2022 Project revisited: towards bionylon Genomatica produces biobased caprolactam. They use an engineered high-yield microorganism in the fermentation step of the process; the feedstock being described as ‘sugars from a variety of sources’