25 September 202023 September 2020 Vom Haushaltsmüll zum trendigen Designprodukt Die Entwicklung außergewöhnlicher Designprodukte aus recyclingfähigem Kunststoff zeichnet die Firma PLAST-IQ aus Nußbach aus
24 September 202017 December 2024 World market leaders take climate protection seriously: New initiative to replace fossil with renewable carbon wants to change the foundation of the chemical industry Companies looking for sustainable chemical and material solutions are welcome to join and profit from the support of the initiative
Nestlé Invests USD 30 Million in Closed Loop Leadership Fund This first investment from the company’s sustainable packaging venture fund will help upgrade U.S. recycling infrastructure and secure access to food-grade recycled plastics
23 September 202018 September 2020 Mater designs stools made with leftover grain from beer and plastic insulin pens Spent grain leftovers from Carlsberg's beer production process combined with a granulate of plastic waste were used to create new furniture
21 September 202017 September 2020 LyondellBasell Successfully Starts Up New Pilot Molecular Recycling Facility Company completes next step towards an industrial scale conversion of plastic waste into feedstock
LyondellBasell: Pilotanlage für molekulares Recycling in Betrieb genommen Unternehmen nimmt nächste Etappe zur industriellen Verwertung von Kunststoff-Abfällen in einen neuen Rohstoff
18 September 202017 September 2020 BlackCycle: A major European project for recycling end-of-life tyres into new tyres Michelin to enable a massive circular economy of tyres by designing world-first recycling processes for end-of-life tyres
BlackCycle: Michelin und Partner starten europäisches Projekt zum Recycling von Altreifen Michelin setzt sich für konsequente Kreislaufwirtschaft und die Wiederverwertung von Altreifen bei der Reifenproduktion ein
Cradle to Cradle: die Kreislaufwirtschaft Seit diesem Sommer sind alle Dopper-Flaschen aus dem derzeitigen Sortiment Cradle-to-Cradle zertifiziert
17 September 202016 September 2020 Henkel pioneers digital watermark technology with new Vernel product range “HolyGrail 2.0” pilot project to foster high-quality packaging recycling
Henkel ist Vorreiter der digitalen Wasserzeichen-Technologie mit neuer Vernel-Produktreihe „HolyGrail 2.0“-Pilotprojekt zur Förderung von hochwertigem Verpackungsrecycling
16 September 202011 September 2020 Neues Stoffstrombild für Deutschland: Mehr Rezyklate und Kreislaufführung bei Kunststoffen Ergebnis für 2019 zeigt, dass Recyclingkunststoffe häufiger zum Einsatz kamen als zuvor und als Rohstoff für neue Kunststoffprodukte immer wichtiger werden
BASF: Neues, chemisches Recyclingverfahren für gebrauchte Matratzen Erste Mengen des recycelten Materials sollen im Laufe des Jahres für erste Pilotprojekte gemeinsam mit Projektpartnern Einsatz finden
15 September 202010 September 2020 Oil industry placing risky bet on plastics, report says Surging plastic use has caused a pollution crisis, with least 8 million tonnes thought to end up in oceans every year
Potential challenges and opportunities of using chemical recycling for plastic wastes Collective action is needed to build technologies that transform plastic waste to value as by chemical re-processing or advanced recycling
11 September 20208 September 2020 BASF signs agreements with New Energy for uptake of pyrolysis oil derived from waste tires and for a joint feasibility study Pyrolysis oil from end-of-life tires as an additional raw material source next to oil from mixed plastic waste
BASF unterzeichnet Vereinbarungen mit New Energy über die Abnahme von Pyrolyseöl aus Altreifen und eine gemeinsame Machbarkeitsstudie Pyrolyseöl aus Altreifen neben Öl aus gemischten Kunststoffabfällen als zusätzliche Rohstoffquelle
10 September 20208 September 2020 New minimum standard for recycling-friendly packaging now available – plastics debate makes implementation more difficult Current debate about plastics brings new challenges: hard-to-recycle composite packaging made from paper and plastics is seeing a disproportionate rise
Neuer Mindeststandard für recyclinggerechte Verpackungen liegt vor – Plastikdiskussion erschwert die Umsetzung Aktuelle Plastikdebatte bringt neue Herausforderungen: Schlecht recycelbare Verbundverpackungen aus Papier und Kunststoff nehmen überproportional zu
NTU Singapore scientists use fruit peel to turn old batteries into new The team demonstrated their concept using orange peel, which recovered precious metals from battery waste efficiently
9 September 20209 September 2021 HEXPOL TPE Expands Range of Biobased Thermoplastic Elastomers Series now includes grades based on Styrenic Block Copolymer and Thermoplastic Polyolefin technologies, with amounts of renewable content to over 90%
HEXPOL TPE erweitert Sortiment an biobasierten thermoplastischen Elastomeren Serie umfasst nun Materialien auf der Basis von Styrol-Block-Copolymeren und Thermoplastischen Polyolefinen mit einem erneuerbaren Anteil von bis zu über 90%
8 September 20203 September 2020 Industry representatives outline key credibility principles for new sustainability standard Perstorp together with three leading industry representatives has outlined some key principles the new ISO standard needs to embrace for maximum credibility
7 September 20209 September 2021 Unilever to eliminate fossil fuels in cleaning products by 2030 Renewable sources of carbon are processed into useful ingredients to produce cleaning and laundry products
Green Chemicals Blog’s Comment: Unilever to eliminate fossil fuels in cleaning products by 2030 This new ambition is a core component of Unilever’s ‘Clean Future’, a ground-breaking innovation programme designed by the company’s Home Care division
Chemical recycling: the missing link in a closed and integrated value chain Braskem is investing in research and production capabilities for feedstock recycling in order to remain at the forefront of technological development in this area
Ob Ernährung, Arbeit oder Freizeit: Forschende denken beim Design schon ans Recycling FNR-Kooperationsprojekt zur Entwicklung eines Biokunststoffs für Lebensmittelverpackungen, die aus Polymilchsäure (PLA) und einer Beschichtung aus so genannten BioOrmoceren bestehen sollen
The future of chemical recycling in tackling plastic waste Chemical recycling technologies can be part of the solution since it can use waste plastic streams that currently have no or low value in recycling
4 September 20209 September 2021 Chemical recycling or recovery? The circular economy hangs in the balance Recent review of scientific and technological evidence highlights the limits of these technologies to deal with plastic waste
3 September 20209 September 2021 #Trending: Chemical recycling of plastics – the missing link in the puzzle to enhance plastics circularity Collection & sorting of plastics waste is quite far from being at the required level and the recycled grades often don’t stand a chance against their low-cost virgin counterparts
2 September 20209 September 2021 Spotlight on chemical recycling: Closing the loop in plastics recycling To feed recycled plastic materials back into the same product cycle, will help to reduce feedstock demand for plastic goods
Mixed market reaction to EU plastics charge New charge of €800/tonne for all non-recycled packaging waste will be paid by EU nations from 1 January 2021
EU – Plastik“steuer“ Mitgliedstaaten sollen künftig eine Abgabe an die EU leisten, welche anhand der Menge von nicht recycelten Kunststoff-Verpackungsabfällen berechnet wird
Chemical recycling ‘promising’ for circular economy, EU official says Dealing with toxic substances contained in old plastic products – or “legacy chemicals” – is seen by many as the next frontier in recycling, if not the Holy Grail
31 August 20209 September 2021 Fuel from disused tyres Research from the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country is seeking a solution for used tyres by means of catalytic pyrolysis
Die Plastikwelle stoppen Untersuchung hat sechs mögliche Szenarien zur Bekämpfung der Plastikverschmutzung der Meere analysiert
27 August 202024 August 2020 UBA sieht chemisches Recycling skeptisch Erwartungen an rohstoffliche Verwertung sind nicht gerechtfertigt
24 August 20209 September 2021 RIL devising plan to become clean energy company in 15 years: BofA Securities Billionaire Mukesh Ambani on 15 July had said RIL aims to become net carbon zero by 2035. RIL is committed to embracing new technologies to convert its carbon dioxide emissions into useful products and chemicals
20 August 20209 September 2021 New use for plastic waste being developed Case Western Reserve researchers developing process to recycle ‘thermoset’ plastics; examples include wind-turbine blades, auto parts, boats, other structural materials
Converting Mixed Plastics into Valuable Chemicals: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Anellotech’s Renewable Chemicals From how they got here to where they are going, check out Anellotech’s latest slide guide
The Story Behind the Most Sustainable Levi’s® Ever Unique collaboration between Wellthread™ and re:newcell marks a significant milestone in the fashion industry’s transition to circularity
Sealed Air Invests in Advanced Recycling Company Plastic Energy Collaboration Will Spearhead Technology Advancements to Enhance Circularity of Plastics Tuesday
18 August 20209 September 2021 Deriving raw materials from waste: Fraunhofer IMWS and RECENSO establish a partnership for chemical recycling Fraunhofer IMWS together with the RECENSO company to optimize the CARBOLIQ technology for the recycling of plastic waste
Rohstoffe aus Abfällen: Fraunhofer IMWS und RECENSO beschließen Partnerschaft zum chemischen Recycling Fraunhofer IMWS will gemeinsam mit der RECENSO GmbH die "CARBOLIQ-Technologie" für das Recycling von kunststoffhaltigen Abfällen weiterentwickeln
Anellotech: Japanisches JV R Plus Japan investiert in weitere Entwicklung der Kunststoffrecycling-Technologie Plas-TCat Zwölf japanische Unternehmen kooperieren für die weitere Entwicklung der Kunststoffrecycling-Technologie Plas-TCat von Anellotech
17 August 202017 August 2020 INEOS Styrolution and Recycling Technologies sign joint development agreement for recycling polystyrene Scientific research and processing of polystyrene depolymerisation recognises the potential commercial value of post-consumer plastic waste
Ineos Styrolution: Depolymerisation als Recyclinglösung für Polystyrol Polystrol-Forschung zeigt eindeutig auf, dass es möglich ist, aus Post-Consumer-Abfällen einen wertvollen Rohstoff zu gewinnen
Major companies and retailers join BASF’s reciChain pilot to improve circular economy and traceability of recycled plastics in Canada The technology by Security Matters used in reciChain includes a marker that allows users to access and verify information associated with the material
World market leaders take climate protection seriously: New initiative to replace fossil with renewable carbon wants to change the foundation of the chemical industry
