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
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.
Textilwirtschaft verantwortet 20% der weltweiten Wasserverschmutzung
80% der Verschmutzung gelangt über Flüsse und Wasserstraßen in die Ozeane. Unternehmen aus verschiedenen Branchen haben dies als Chance begriffen und Technologien zur Verringerung der Verschmutzung entwickelt, erklärt Isabelle Juillard Thompsen, Co-Portfolio Managerin des DNB Fonds Future Waves bei DNB Asset Management, in ihrem Kommentar anlässlich des UN Weltwassertages am 22 März
Start of Assessment for the Commercialization of Ethylene, Propylene, Etc. Using Plant-derived Raw Materials
MCC and Toyota Tsusho will evaluate the manufacture of 100% plant-derived ethylene and its derivatives using bioethanol as a raw material, and the manufacture and sale of the first plant-derived propylene in Japan
Low-tech and its benefits for sustainability
Many proponents of sustainability adhere to the idea that the main path to sustainability lies in high-tech solutions. Like electric cars instead of the old ones, that guzzle fossil fuels. We even wrote a book on this ‘green growth’. But we also need to look at low-tech and its opportunities
EFRE-Förderprogramm »Bioökonomie Bio-Ab-Cycling«: Fünf modulare Bioraffinerien erhalten Fördermittel der EU und des Landes
Umweltministerin Thekla Walker: „Mit über 19 Millionen Euro fördern wir innovative Bioökonomie-Projekte im Land, mit denen wir wichtige Rohstoffe aus Abfall und Abwasser zurückgewinnen können“
Carbios to build in France its first-of-a-kind manufacturing plant for fully bio-recycled PET in partnership with Indorama Ventures
With its world-first enzyme-based biological process, Carbios’ converts PET into its core monomers, which can then be used to manufacture 100% recycled and infinitely recyclable PET
Denka, Toyo to Develop Chemical Recycling Plant for Used Polystyrene
Denka has partnered with Toyo to build a chemical recycling plant in Chiba, Japan which will process approximately 3,000 tons of used polystyrene to produce styrene monomers which will be used for the production of high-quality polystyrene resins
Braskem + Printpack: Einstieg beim US-amerikanischen Kunststoffrecyclingunternehmen Nexus Circular
Braskem folgt nach eigenen Angaben ihrer Strategie zum Aufbau einer CO2-neutralen Kreislaufwirtschaft für Kunststoffe, Printpack will die von Nexus Circular entwickelten Recyclingverfahren unterstützen
Sulzer Chemtech will provide its SuRe™ BTX technology to recover high-value circular petrochemicals downstream of Encina’s mixed plastics catalytic conversion process
New technology to separate high purity aromatics fom cracked oil products gets the first commercial application where waste plastics is used as feedstock
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