{"id":164514,"date":"2025-06-23T07:32:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T05:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=164514"},"modified":"2025-06-16T12:46:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T10:46:01","slug":"econic-launches-recreaire-carbonate-ethoxylates-made-from-co2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/econic-launches-recreaire-carbonate-ethoxylates-made-from-co2\/","title":{"rendered":"Econic Launches Recreaire\u2122 Carbonate Ethoxylates made from CO2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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A drop of gel and the texture of the foam. It can be the texture of shampoo, shower gel or dishwashing detergent. \u00a9 Econic Technologies<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Econic Technologies<\/a>, has introduced Recreaire carbonate ethoxylates, a first-of-its-kind family of surfactants based on CO2<\/sub>. These new surfactants use carbon dioxide as a raw material, replacing traditional oleochemicals and a portion of fossil-based materials while improving sustainability, performance, and cost at scale.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recreaire is a flexible platform technology that can deliver sustainable analogues to a wide range of alkoxylate surfactants. Including varying amounts of CO2<\/sub> (up to 45% by weight) introduces new properties to the molecules, which can offer unique benefits for applications in the cleaning, personal care, coatings, agrochemical, and metalworking industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To demonstrate proof of concept, Econic is showcasing three fatty alcohol ethoxylate (FAE) alternatives for surfactants manufacturers who may be interested in commercializing the technology. The company will highlight these at the ACI Future of Surfactants Summit<\/a> in Rotterdam on June 11 and 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All Recreaire carbonate ethoxylates are biodegradable, colorless, odorless, and have no detectable 1,4-dioxane. An independent Life Cycle Analysis shows they deliver up to a 65% reduction in global warming potential (GWP) compared to conventional fatty alcohol ethoxylates. This figure climbs to 75% when comparing the hydrophobe components of Recreaire FAE replacements to conventional fatty alcohols. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re at the beginning of an exciting journey. Recreaire is a game-changing technology that solves customers\u2019 long-term needs for scalable and sustainable, high-performing products,\u201d said Simon Bennett<\/strong>, the company\u2019s commercial director for surfactants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRecreaire surfactants deliver compelling technical and sustainability performance by unlocking the benefits of CO2<\/sub>. Our team has been working with one of the world\u2019s leading consumer goods companies to deliver new opportunities, and we are excited to be extending the Recreaire technology further to a range of other markets,\u201d said Anthea Blackburn, Econic<\/strong>\u2019s technical director for surfactants.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The launch of Recreaire is the most recent addition to Econic\u2019s portfolio of renewable carbon technologies. The company also offers polyols based on carbon dioxide. It has several manufacturing partners and commercial agreements with polyol producers in the US, Europe, and Asia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About Econic Technologies<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Econic Technologies<\/a>\u00a0is a UK-based deep tech company focused on renewable carbon. Its innovative catalyst and process technology allows manufacturers to produce polymers based on CO2<\/sub>\u00a0instead of petrochemicals. The use of CO2<\/sub>\u00a0enhances sustainability while creating more cost-effective, higher-performing end products. Econic licenses its technology to polyols and surfactants manufacturers that supply some of the world\u2019s most iconic consumer brands. Econic was founded in 2011 by Dr. Charlotte Williams at Imperial College London. The company is part of Cleantech Group\u2019s Global Cleantech 100. Its global headquarters are in Alderley Park, UK just outside of Manchester.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Econic Technologies, has introduced Recreaire carbonate ethoxylates, a first-of-its-kind family of surfactants based on CO2. These new surfactants use carbon dioxide as a raw material, replacing traditional oleochemicals and a portion of fossil-based materials while improving sustainability, performance, and cost at scale.\u00a0 Recreaire is a flexible platform technology that can deliver sustainable analogues to a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":164539,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"The new family of surfactants replaces traditional feedstocks without sacrificing performance","footnotes":""},"categories":[5571],"tags":[12456,10744,12330,10416,12228,13064,10743],"supplier":[6265],"class_list":["post-164514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-co2-based","tag-biosurfactants","tag-carboncapture","tag-ccu","tag-circulareconomy","tag-cosmetics","tag-personalcare","tag-useco2","supplier-econic-technologies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164514"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=164514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}