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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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Aug 25, 2020 | Product News

LANXESS Unveils Bio-based MDI Polyether Prepolymers for Reduced CO₂ Footprint

LANXESS has developed Adiprene Green, a new range of MDI polyether prepolymers containing renewable, bio-based raw materials. The products are suitable as replacement for existing fossil-based...

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Aug 19, 2020 | Industry News

Researchers Use Cellulose Nanocrystals to Make Tougher Carbon-fiber Composites

In a new study, Texas A&M University researchers have used a natural plant product, called cellulose nanocrystals, to pin and coat carbon nanotubes uniformly onto the carbon-fiber composites. The...

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Aug 19, 2020 | Industry News

ADM and P2 Science to Commercialize Renewable Plant-based Products

ADM and P2 Science have executed a JDA for commercialization of renewable plant-based products. The first products covered by the JDA include renewable terpene monomers and polymers, mid-chain fatty...

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Aug 17, 2020 | Industry News

Innovative Bioplastic Made Using Wood Waste and Gelatin

A student of the NUST MISIS Master’s program has created a new material based on renewable resources from wood waste, gelatin, glycerin and water. The material is an alternative to traditional...

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Aug 6, 2020 | Industry News

UC Santa Barbara & UCLA Receive USD 23.7 Mn for Biobased Polymers Project

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has named UC Santa Barbara and UCLA joint partners in BioPACIFIC MIP project. This new MIP project holds great promise in terms of addressing the grand...

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Jul 22, 2020 | Industry News

Scientists Aim to Develop Biobased Styrene Using Lignin

Scientists have started work on an international project aiming to develop a novel technology to produce eco-friendly plastics. Scientists strives to work out options to replace the fossil-based...

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Jul 7, 2020 | Industry News

Researchers Simplify Catalytic Process for PEF's Building Blocks Production

Researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis, LIKAT, in Rostock have developed a catalytic process to produce HMF. HMF is the building blocks of the plastic PEF, a sustainable alternative to...

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Jun 26, 2020 | Product News

Clariant’s Biobased Additives Obtain Certification for Industrial Compostability

Clariant’s biobased processing & dispersing additives for biopolymers are awarded the “OK compost INDUSTRIAL” certificate. The certificate is given to the additives Licocare® RBW Vita range...

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Jun 25, 2020 | Industry News

Researchers Develop Eco-friendly Sulfur Polymer with Versatile Properties

Researchers from the University of Liverpool have developed a new sulfur polymer that provides an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional petrochemical based plastics...

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Jun 19, 2020 | Article

Innovation Review: Unique Feedstock Alternatives to Fossil Fuels

By Payal Ahuja

The depletion of fossil feedstock reserves, in addition to increasing CO2 emission impact on the environment, has necessitated a search for alternative feedstocks long back. The research and...

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