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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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Nov 4, 2020 | Industry News

Novel Biomass-derived Aromatic Polymers with High-heat Resistant Properties

Researchers from JAIST and U-Tokyo have successfully developed the white-biotechnological conversion from cellulosic biomass into aromatic polymers having the highest thermodegradation of all the...

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Nov 3, 2020 | Industry News

Bioplastics Undergo Tests as Conventional Plastics to Access EU Market

Products made from bio-based plastics must undergo the same testing procedures as conventional plastic products to access the market of the European Union (EU). Plastics intended to be certified as...

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Oct 29, 2020 | Industry News

Nordmann to Distribute Biofibre’s Product Portfolio in Europe

Nordmann assumes responsibility for sales and marketing of the Biofibre product range in a large number of European countries. Biofibre was founded in 2011 and produces Biofibre® granules. The...

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Oct 27, 2020 | Industry News

New EU Project to Focus on Creating Safer Alternative to Fossil-based Solvents

ReSolute, the Flagship EU project focused on creating a new, sustainably-sourced, safer alternative to traditional, fossil-based solvents is launched. The project will build a flagship plant to...

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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

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 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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