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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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Dec 20, 2023 | Industry News

Trinseo to Commission PMMA Depolymerization Plant in Rho, Italy

Trinseo is helping advance the potential of sustainable plastics with the inauguration of its next generation, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) depolymerization plant in Rho, Italy. Scheduled to be...

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Dec 19, 2023 | Industry News

Viridis Chemical's Ethyl Acetate Wins Best Product at Platts Global Energy Awards

Viridis Chemical, a manufacturer of renewable, biobased, low-carbon chemicals, announced that its commercial-scale ethyl acetate has been named a winner at the 25th Annual Platts Global Energy...

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Dec 19, 2023 | Industry News

Sumitomo Chemical to Establish Methanol Producing Pilot Facility from CO₂

Sumitomo Chemical has completed the construction of a pilot facility to establish a highly efficient process for producing methanol from CO2 at its Ehime Works, located in Niihama City, Ehime...

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Dec 18, 2023 | Industry News

EPA Targets New Chemicals for Potential Regulation Under Chemical Safety Law

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces that it is beginning the process to prioritize five additional toxic chemicals for risk evaluation under the nation’s premier chemical safety...

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Dec 18, 2023 | Industry News

Toray and Lenovo Partner to Integrate Recycled Carbon Fiber in ThinkPad Products

Toray Industries announces the successful development of recycled carbon fiber (rCF) derived from the production process of the Boeing 787 components using Toray’s advanced carbon fiber, TORAYCA™...

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Dec 15, 2023 | Industry News

LyondellBasell Secures €40 Million EU Grant for Advanced Recycling Demonstration Plant

LyondellBasell (LYB) has been selected to receive a €40 million grant from the European Union (EU) Innovation Fund. The grant will support the fully electrified, industrial-scale advanced...

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Dec 15, 2023 | Industry News

BASF Completes Capacity Expansion for Key Specialty Amines at Louisiana Site

BASF has completed its capacity expansion for key specialty amines manufactured at its Geismar, Louisiana site. As a result, BASF will be able to produce more of its key polyetheramines and amine...

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Dec 14, 2023 | Industry News

Sabic, Scientific Design and Linde Partner to Decarbonize Ethylene Glycol Process

SABIC, Scientific Design (SD), an affiliate company licensing leader in Ethylene Glycol Technology and Linde Engineering, a subsidiary of Linde, have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to...

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Dec 13, 2023 | Industry News

Synthos and OMV Join Forces for Sustainable Butadiene Supply for Rubber in Tires

Synthos announces signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with OMV, an Austrian multinational integrated oil, gas, and petrochemicals company. Under the MOU, the two companies will...

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Dec 12, 2023 | Product News

BASF to Offer Butanediol and Polytetrahydrofuran with Reduced Carbon Footprints

From early 2024 onward, BASF will offer its products 1,4-butanediol (BDO) and polytetrahydrofuran (PolyTHF®) as ‘LowPCF’ products. BASF has calculated the individual product carbon footprints...

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