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10 August 20225 August 2022

Top three myths busted about renewable plastics

Renewable or bio-based plastics, which are produced with renewable raw materials, may include waste and residue oils and fats

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9 August 20224 August 2022

When waste products can build a wall

Researchers at the Flinders University in Australia have used low-cost feedstocks to make lightweight, durable polymer building blocks which can be bonded together with an adhesive-free chemical reaction

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Playing guitar with algae

Five students from Kiel, Germany, founded a startup and are producing everyday products from algae and leftover coffee - a public radio and television broadcaster recently reported about

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European project on increased use of recycled plastics in electronics has started

By using (in principle) recycled plastics from electrical and electronic waste (WEEE), the INCREACE project will tackle areas where the use of recycled plastics is marginal today

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8 August 20223 August 2022

Stora Enso and Tetra Pak launches feasibility study to accelerate beverage carton recycling in Benelux

The joint initiative aims to advance circular paper-based packaging solutions with a new recycling facility

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Tired of Plastic Packaging? Get Creative with Recyclable EcoShield® Heat Sealable Paper!

New Cortec packaging material offers a recyclable, versatile option and allows the user to create countless customized packaging configurations

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Meet Susan: The Communicator

America's Plastic Makers are introducing people who create innovative plastics which can lead to a more sustainable future

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Neste to acquire Walco Foods to strengthen its renewable raw material sourcing

The transaction is subject to the fulfillment of customary closing conditions and regulatory approval

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Waste wood chemically recycled to produce material stronger than steel

A treatment process can turn old pieces of wood into a new super-strong material called "healed wood"

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5 August 20223 August 2022

Lounais-Suomen Jätehuolto successfully starts up ANDRITZ pilot line for post-consumer textile recycling

Lounais-Suomen Jätehuolto (LSJH) in Paimio, Finland, has successfully started up a new ANDRITZ pilot line for research and development work on post-consumer textile recycling

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Turning carbon dioxide into valuable products

DNA can help guide the process

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Coperion Recycling Innovation Center – New Construction of State-Of-The-Art Test Lab for Plastics Recycling Applications

Forward-Looking Investment for More Sustainability in Plastics Recycling

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Plasma reactor D-CRBN makes new raw materials out of CO2

Every day Innovation Origins puts a start-up in the spotlight. Today, it is the Antwerp-based D-CRBN

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Gabriele Pinzone, Jon Boles and Mark Pastore join Electrochaea, Liam Bansen and Jay Dalal have new roles

Electrochaea is expanding its management team and promoting key personnel in its North American business unit to help meet the market need for reliable and renewable alternatives to fossil natural gas

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4 August 20223 August 2022

Fiberight leads consortium project to capture and recycle more plastic packaging for the circular economy

Company has embarked on leading a three-year £10 million large-scale demonstrator project focused on the capture, recovery and recycling of plastic packaging currently lost to landfill and incineration

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The Stanford Lab Startup That Found a Constructive Way to Capture Carbon

The company is named Twelve, and it built a machine to capture CO2 and turn it into raw materials to produce durable goods. Mercedes is on board. So is Procter & Gamble

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Cepsa Química supplies Unilever with the world’s first renewable las surfactant, paving the way for circular chemistry

NextLab linear alkylbenzene (LAB) is the first LAB surfactant to be both renewable and biodegradable, as an alternative to the traditional fossil LAB, a surfactant used widely for cleaning and laundry products

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€6m investment: scaling a sustainable solution for plastics recycling

Itero is scaling their plastic-to-product recycling after raising €6m in investments, led by infinity recycling's circular plastics fund

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3 August 202229 July 2022

Eastman partners with award-winning TextileGenesis™ traceability technology to provide track-and-trace solutions for Naia™ brand

Following sustainable fibers from feedstock to store stocks

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Travertine looks to revolutionise metal extraction tech, sulphuric acid production

Company developed a method to extract carbon-negative critical elements and produce fertilisers and wants to accelerate its pathway to pilot-scale implementation in 2023

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Joint EU-Japan Project Aims to Reduce Cost of Green Methanol

Experts from Belgium, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom form the Laurelin project, a four-year international research initiative are working to reduce the costs for e-methanol production

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Dow and Valoregen collaborate to build largest hybrid recycling site in France

Valoregen to build largest single hybrid recycling site in Damazan, France, which will have capacity to process up to 70 kilotons of plastic waste per year. Dow will be the main off-taker of post-consumer resins (PCR) from Valoregen’s new plant.

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2 August 202227 July 2022

Carbios, On, Patagonia, PUMA and Salomon team up to advance circularity in the textile industry

After achieving milestone in packaging recycling, Carbios’ unique biological technology fundamentally changes the circularity of fibers

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MHIENG’s First Compact CO2 Capture System Goes into Commercial Operation at Biomass Power Plant in Hiroshima

Fully Integrated Customer Support Package to Follow

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Tyre Recycling Solutions (TRS) choose BUSS Compounding Technology to manufacture performance materials from used tires

The two companies are collaborating closely to expand the product platform globally and set up more compounding facilities inside the TRS license framework

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1 August 202227 July 2022

Mura Technology and Dow Announce Largest Commitment of its Kind to Scale Advanced Recycling of Plastics

By working together, Mura and Dow will ensure plastic has a viable way to be re-circulated into global supply chains, helping to advance a circular economy for plastics and increase the value of plastic waste

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Canada Nickel Identifies New Method for Accelerated CO2 Capture

New carbon capture process could allow Crawford tailings to achieve Net Zero carbon emissions within 36 hours, and generate up to 21 tonnes of CO2 credits per tonne of nickel produced within just six days

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Nonthermal Plasma-Promoted CO2 Hydrogenation in Presence of Alloy Catalysts

Tokyo Tech researchers combined experimental and computational methods to help improve the efficiency of catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 and allows the engineers to design new concept catalysts

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Manali Petrochemicals inks commercial agreement with UK-based Econic Technologies to manufacture eco-friendly polyols

The stage will comprise a two-year scale-up at the 1,300 ltr reactor of the MPL plant

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Louis Vuitton launches renewable sneakers

90% of Louis Vuitton's latest LV Trainer is constructed from recycled materials and 94% of the shoe's outsole is made out of recycled polyurethane

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29 July 202226 July 2022

SUN-to-LIQUID project publishes successful thermochemical kerosene production using solar energy, water and CO2 in an integrated solar experimental facility in the scientific journal Joule

All-in-one solar tower produces jet fuel from CO2, water and sunlight

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Modified rail cars clean air of CO2 and help mitigate climate change

New research shows rail systems around the world could be harnessed to help mitigate climate change and clean our air of CO2

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Geno and Aquafil begin pre-commercial production for plant-based nylon-6

A step closer towards commercialization to fulfill brand demands

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28 July 202217 December 2024

Renewable Carbon Initiative sees Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive revision as central

The policy framework on bio-based, biodegradable and compostable plastics under the Circular Economy Package is expected to be published in November 2022

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Plastic eating organisms

Researchers caution that we are still years away from widespread commercial use

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Renewable & CCU fuels: an alternative to gas dependency available here & now in Europe

Captured CO2 combined with renewable hydrogen leads to renewable fuels that contribute to defossilising emissions and enable the uptake of clean energy across all sectors

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27 July 202221 July 2022

Beiersdorf launches world’s first cosmetic product with recycled CO2

In this interview, Dr. Manuela Köhler, Chief Scientist Feedstock & Formula Science, and Jennifer Williams, Global Brand Manager Sustainability, talk about the project

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Eni launches the first production of vegetable oil for biorefining in Kenya

The initiative in Kenya represents the first integrated project in the world to bring Africa into the vertical bio-refinery supply chain by providing income opportunities and market access to thousands of farmers

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Verbio Grand Opening

First US-biorefinery in Iowa after completion of its second phase of construction next year, will produce both RNG and ethanol. The biogas is cellulosic, the alcohol will be corn derived

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Polymers Made from Emissions: The Plastics Industry May Become a Carbon-Capture Leader, says IDTechEx

Fossil inputs are still necessary for the thermochemical CO2-based polyol manufacturing, but producers can replace part of it with waste CO2, potentially saving on raw material costs

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26 July 202220 July 2022

Accelerating mechanical recycling: Dow becomes first to achieve traceability and recycled content certification for PE compounds

Certification granted by AENOR, a top ten global body for management systems and product certification

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Significant next step in developing sustainable methanol for chemical industry

Consortium "Project Air" with Perstorp, Fortum and Uniper aims to move the chemical industry from using fossil raw materials to recycled and bio-based feedstock

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Nature as inspiration: Bio-based materials for sustainable construction

In its shift toward a circular economy, the construction industry will increasingly rely on the many sustainable qualities of bio-based materials

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Nicoll launches low-carbon wastewater evacuation system made from VynoEcoSolutions bio-attributed PVC

An agreement between Vynova and Nicoll has been signed in order to provide low-carbon solutions for wastewater evacuation systems

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25 July 202220 July 2022

MGC and Tokuyama Corporation Begin Joint Study on Social Deployment of Circular Carbon Methanol Utilizing CO2, First of its Kind in Japan

Methanol is a base material for various chemical products, and as it can be produced from CO2, a greenhouse gas, it is expected to be a powerful resource for building a carbon neutral society

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Circular Economy: Beyond recycle, reuse & reduce

Within the chemical supply chain, the concept of a circular economy is growing in significance as Businesses are increasingly promoting green credentials to eco-conscious consumers

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ReFuel EU – the feedstock challenge

With the Fit-for-55 package, the European Commission has set an ambitious goal in the direction of climate protection and to meet the target of “net zero” CO2 emissions in 2050

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22 July 202219 July 2022

The Big Plastic Count: Survey shows ‘recycling doesn’t work’

Greenpeace and Everyday Plastic estimate that the UK throws out nearly 100 billion pieces of plastic a year

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Jim Hurt commentary: Can Gov. Scott and VT Climate Council go around the court’s crazy EPA ruling?

The missing ingredient that Gov. Scott and Vermont utilities can bring to the table is a profitable plan for CO2 removal which can be reused to make synthetic fuels and other products

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UPM Raflatac launches the world’s first certified label material to fight ocean bound plastic pollution

SABIC and UPM Raflatac announced the launch the world’s first packaging label materials made from SABIC-certified circular polypropylene (PP) based on advanced recycled ocean bound plastic (OBP)