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Sustainability / Natural Solutions


Due to the growing awareness for a more circular economy, the industry is now on a constant lookout for renewable feedstocks and recycling solutions.

Biobased additives and polymers are being increasingly used now but there is still scope for improvement for their use in demanding applications and there is a need to find new solutions for end-of-life challenges.

Recycling of plastics is the need of the hour and researchers and companies alike are investing their time for new ways of recycling, like using NIR-sortable additives and masterbatches or using more recycled content in the polymers.

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Oct 22, 2020 | Product News

UBE Unveils Multifunctional Glycerine Carbonate for Varied Applications

UBE has launched glycerine carbonate, a mostly bio-based hydroxyl-functional carbonate that can be used in several applications as a raw material or active solvent. The newly obtained glycerine...

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Oct 12, 2020 | Industry News

Efficient Polymerization System for Biomass-derived Hard to Polymerize Monomers

NIPPON SHOKUBAI and RIKEN CSRS bioplastic research team have succeeded in developing an efficient polymerization system and high-performance polymers for hardly polymerizable monomers, derived from...

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Oct 9, 2020 | Industry News

ORNL Researchers Modify Microbes to Simplify Renewable Chemicals’ Production

ORNL scientists have modified a single microbe to simultaneously digest five of the most abundant components of lignocellulosic biomass, a big step forward in the development of a cost-effective...

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Oct 7, 2020 | Industry News

Cargill and Virent Collaborate to Produce Biochemicals from Corn Dextrose

Cargill and Virent explore the production of renewable resources and evaluates the use of Cargill’s corn dextrose as a feedstock to Virent’s BioForming® technology for the production of...

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Sep 30, 2020 | Industry News

Groundbreaking Method to Produce Renewable PU Without Toxic Precursors

NREL researchers have developed a groundbreaking method for producing renewable polyurethane without toxic precursors, using nontoxic resources like linseed oil, waste grease, or even algae. NREL's...

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Sep 30, 2020 | Industry News

Borealis Forms Partnership to Enable Uptake of Renewable PP in Japan

Borealis, Borouge and ITOCHU jointly announced that they have the strategic intent to jointly evaluate how to enable uptake of renewable polypropylene (PP) in the Japanese market. Borealis’...

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Sep 24, 2020 | Industry News

Researchers to Develop Tailor-made Chitin Copolymers with Changeable Properties

A research group led by Prof. Sabine Laschat at the University of Stuttgart investigate the use chitin and its derivatives to develop materials in a water-based process. The materials developed will...

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Sep 23, 2020 | Industry News

NatureWorks Adds Lactide Monomer Purification Tech. to Increase PLA Production

NatureWorks has announced a slate of manufacturing technology projects, including lactide monomer purification efficiency, that will increase the availability of the full Ingeo™️ (PLA) biomaterials...

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Sep 16, 2020 | Product News

Emery Oleochemicals Unveils Biobased Fatty Acid Esters Line for Multiple Applications

Emery Oleochemicals announces the release of its EMERY® E general purpose fatty acid esters product line. These fatty acid esters offer good color stability, low odor, and good biodegradability...

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Sep 7, 2020 | Product News

Emery Oleochemicals' New Biobased Plasticizers Offer Improved PU Performance

Emery Oleochemicals has announced the release of its new EMEROX® Ester Plasticizer product line. EMEROX® Ester Plasticizers offer low viscosity, low water solubility, excellent low temperature...

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