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7 April 20226 April 2022

Native Shoes Launches The Robbie with Braskem’s I’m green™ Bio-Based EVA Polymer

The Robbie breaks new ground with environmentally minded footwear created from Braskem's sustainably sourced sugarcane biopolymer

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6 April 202231 March 2022

Versalis and Novamont strengthen green chemistry partnership

Joint aim is to enhance the company’s technology and production assets in order to fully develop its products, also by focusing on growth in the previously referenced markets

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BIO-LUTIONS partners with Solenis to produce sustainable disposable alternatives to singleuse plastic

BIO-LUTIONS, a German CleanTech Startup pioneering the world of natural fiber manufacturing, is working with Solenis, a leading global producer of specialty chemicals to produce sustainable disposable alternatives to single-use plastic

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Clariant joins the Renewable Carbon Initiative

Clariant has joined the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) to promote the transition from fossil to renewable carbon and the use of renewable raw materials in the chemical industry

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5 April 202230 March 2022

New pretreatment and upgrading capabilities: Neste works on next step towards commercializing chemical recycling of waste plastic in Porvoo, Finland

Processing capabilities for liquefied waste plastic are planned by implementing proprietary technologies to pretreat and upgrade liquefied waste plastic and integrating the technologies into the refinery operations

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ELIX Polymers, AnQore and OCI N.V. support European consumer goods company to produce more sustainable products

Major European consumer goods manufacturer will use ELIX E-LOOP ABS, a step that will substantially reduce the carbon footprint of its products and contribute to a more sustainable value chain

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Covestro pioneers the supply of renewable¹ TDI

For more sustainable mattresses, upholstered furniture, shoes and automotive seats, showing significant reduction of CO2 emissions from cradle-to-gate2 and rapidly implementable solution with consistently high quality

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4 April 202229 March 2022

BioWRAP – Bioplastics with regenerative agricultural properties

New collaboration project created an all-in-one bioplastic system that can better manage weeds, add nutrients to soils, improve soil and plant health, and save water

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The race to upcycle CO2 into fuels, concrete and more

Companies are scrambling to turn the greenhouse gas into useful products — but will that slow climate change?

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Helping Agriculture to Reach its Circular Bioeconomy Goals

The potential use of lignin biopolymers for the development of nanoparticles for agricultural applications and environmental decontamination

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Expert: EU needs a 90% collection target for beverage cartons to boost recycling

The European Commission should introduce a 90% collection target for all beverage cartons by 2030 to ensure they are properly collected and sorted and boost recycling in the sector, says Dragos Popa

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BLUEVIEW Enters The Sustainable Footwear Market With The World’s First Biodegradable* Shoe

Committed to protecting the planet, BLUEVIEW is accelerating the global transition to bio-based sneakers

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1 April 20221 April 2022

CHAMPION Webinars: Progress in Materials Designed for a Circular Economy

6th, April, 2022, Time: 14-15h - Location: online & free!

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Is the bioeconomy Europe’s biggest hidden opportunity?

From edible insects to 3D jackets on demand - Europe’s bioeconomy comes with some pretty big promises - and just a decade later its potential is seemingly on the cusp of being realised

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Next-Gen ‘Bio-Based’ Synthetics Are Here, But When Will They Replace Polluting Polyester?

Circularity isn't a viable route to ‘sustainable synthetics’ and recycled PET (rPET) is not the answer. Because the processing of polyester devours most of the energy - not the raw material phase that recycling replaces

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Five game-changing innovations share $525,000 prize to end microplastic pollution

Five trailblazing innovations have won a total of $525,000 as a part of Conservation X Labs’ Microfiber Innovation Challenge for their ability to reduce or prevent microfiber pollution.

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31 March 202231 March 2022

Converting wastewater into bio-based polymer, essential oils, phenolic extracts and clean water: The AFTERLIFE project presents its results.

AFTERLIFE demonstrates a new way of wastewater treatment that simultaneously recovers compounds of interest while converting remaining organic matter into a high-volume added value bio-based polymer.

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Start of commercial production in Pomacle

The Company’s first commercial unit has begun production on schedule and the first batches of biosourced isobutene have been manufactured at this unit in March 2022

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Carbon-Capture Startup Using Dirt Cheap Material Raises $53 Million

Heirloom uses cheap and widely available limestone to suck carbon from the air. The latest funds will help build its first pilot-scale facility

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SHV Energy and LanzaTech announce partnership to pioneer renewable propane

SHV Energy and LanzaTech announced a new strategic partnership to employ LanzaTech’s Carbon Capture and Transformation (CCT) technology to bring renewable propane and other sustainable fuels to the market via existing and novel pathways

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30 March 202225 March 2022

Sustainable Aviation Fuels III – Industrial Landscape

The demand is already shifting and more people (mainly younger generations) and businesses, recognize and value sustainable and renewable alternatives over fossil-based options

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Dow to simplify plastic waste-to-feedstock process through investment with start-up Plastogaz

Plastogaz’s proprietary catalytic hydrocracking technology solution is unique in that it is more efficient, and less energy intensive than some other current forms of advanced recycling

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29 March 202224 March 2022

Genomatica and Asahi Kasei partner on renewably-sourced Nylon 6,6

Accelerates momentum for Genomatica’s new route to HMD and Asahi Kasei’s sustainability strategy

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Engineered bacteria convert CO2 into valuable industrial chemicals

Many industrial chemicals have a large carbon footprint. But scientists have engineered bacteria that ferments carbon dioxide from the air to make industrial chemicals

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RICEWAVE ™ is an eco-friendly resin material made from upcycled, non-edible rice

Dubbed RICEWAVE was conceived when Meuble, Biomass Resin Holdings, and Mitsui & Co Plastics Ltd. set out to create a renewable alternative to polyethylene

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This Norwegian start-up makes carbon-negative roads

Carbon Crusher’s road repair process uses recycled asphalt combined with a plant-based adhesive that they say is faster, cheaper, and actually sequesters carbon

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28 March 202223 March 2022

AIMPLAS develops new techniques to give a second life to packaging, textile, tyre and mattress waste

Association is developing advanced chemical and mechanical recycling solutions to prevent complex waste being sent to landfills, by using it to obtain industrial materials and substances

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Copper-silver-gold nanostructure gives carbon-capture and –utilization a boost

Tsinghua University researchers found combined metals working as a superior catalyst to get an improved performance for carbon-capture and -utilization

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When Zero-Waste Meets 3D Printing

European start-up has created the world’s first 3D printing material based on wheat bran

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Hysata’s electrolyser breaks efficiency records

Australian researchers developed an ultra-high efficiency electrolyser that will make green hydrogen competitive years earlier than generally assumed

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LanzaTech, ReCarbon, Woodside team up on carbon capture and utilization project in Australia

In today’s Digest, the project details, while you may know LanzaTech, exactly who are ReCarbon and Woodside Energy, what does this project mean, reactions from the stakeholders, and more

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ITOCHU and Aquafil announce the signing of a Business Alliance Agreement to expand and accelerate the nylon circular business

From the recovery of nylon waste to the development, production and sale of ECONYL® nylon products inspired by their common commitment for a sustainable future

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25 March 202224 March 2022

Woodside launches carbon capture and utilisation collaboration with ReCarbon and LanzaTech

Together, all collaboration partners are investigating the viability of a proposed Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) pilot facility in Perth, Western Australia

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Leuenberger presents new packaging technical adhesive with bio-based content

The hot-melt adhesive thus offers lower CO2 emissions while maintaining the performance of the Termomelt C range in terms of adhesion, tack, and open time

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Reducing the carbon footprint of footwear production

3D HAPTIC® textile printing with partially bio-based INSQIN® system on recycled PET - Successful cooperation with textile and yarn technology companies in China

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Commission likely to push for recycled PET in food packaging despite concerns

The European Commission will soon decide whether to allow the use of recycled plastics in food packaging despite some suggesting this could endanger consumer health

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CO2 Utilization for Cement: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Fortera

A picture gallery of the company's achievements for converting CO2 into cement

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24 March 202222 March 2022

MHIENG and MHIEC to commence demonstration testing of separation, capture and effective use of CO2 from Waste-to-Energy plant

Collaboration with City of Yokohama and Tokyo Gas

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Decathlon Selects GreenPoxy® Bio-resins for Latest Sustainable Wakeboards

GreenPoxy 33 resins will contribute to Decathlon’s environmental mission, deriving 28% of its carbon content from plant sources

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Giving new life to end-of-life tyres

Taking a major step towards a more sustainable tyre industry, an EU-funded project has produced the world’s first sustainable carbon black (sCB) material in a truly circular process

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Covestro aims for climate neutrality

Further milestone in becoming fully circular

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23 March 202221 March 2022

New method could lead to cheaper, more efficient ways to capture carbon

New CU Boulder-led study shows, that using electrochemical methods capturing heat-trapping gases from the atmosphere would allow carbon capture facilities to exist almost anywhere

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Amazon and U.S. Department of Energy team up to cut plastic waste

Together, Amazon and the BOTTLE consortium will focus on reducing plastic pollution through innovation in materials and recycling

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Major Step Towards Zero Plastic Pollution Future

Plastics Europe Welcomes Global Plastics Agreement

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22 March 202216 March 2022

Carbon capture: Early days of a $1 trillion industry?

Solutions such as carbon capture, utilization and storage in reducing carbon emissions or even going a step further and removing existing CO2 from the atmosphere are necessary

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SABIC Collaborates With Kraton for Certified Renewable Butadiene to Produce Certified Renewable Styrenic Block Copolymers

SABIC’s certified renewable butadiene is derived from animal-free and palm oil-free ‘second generation’ renewable feedstock, such as tall oil, a by-product from the wood pulping process in the paper industry

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18 March 202215 March 2022

LanzaTech NZ, Inc., a market-leading innovator in Carbon Capture & Transformation, to go public through business combination with AMCI Acquisition Corp. II

Upon closing of the transaction, the combined company will be renamed LanzaTech Global, Inc. and its common stock is expected to be listed on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “LNZA”

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Sustainable Aviation Fuels II – Technological Landscape

In this second instalment in the SAF series, we will look at the current technological pathways used to produce SAF. We will also look at hydrogen-based technologies which are being actively researched

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Edible, biodegradable, anti-microbial plastic boasts higher tensile strength than petroleum-based plastic

Designed for use as food packaging, the material is produced by scientists at São Paulo State University from gelatin, clay and a nanoemulsion of black pepper essential oil

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17 March 202215 March 2022

Steel mill gases as raw material for green methanol

Fraunhofer UMSICHT researchers are already successfully operating a demonstration-scale plant for the production of methanol on the basis of hydrogen and gases that correspond to steel mill gases in their composition