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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 8, 2023 | Product News

Birla Carbon Showcases Its Wide Range of Solutions for Plastics at Plastivision 2023

Birla Carbon will be participating at Plastivision India 2023, from December 07 – 11, 2023, at the Bombay Exhibition Center, Goregaon, Mumbai. Birla Carbon will showcase its plastics solutions at...

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Dec 7, 2023 | Product News

FRX Innovations' Green Flame Retardants Drive New Product Launches Globally

FRX Innovations announces commercial product launches of new Nofia® based products by two globally recognized chemical companies, and one important regional producer, this quarter. Each...

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Dec 7, 2023 | Industry News

New Research Highlights Potential of Bentonite Clay Filters for PFAS Elimination

PFAS filters available for industrial waste usually consist of activated carbon (PFAS-per- and polyfluorinated alkyl compounds). Since this is comparatively expensive, research is looking for...

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Dec 5, 2023 | Industry News

Dow to Build World's First Net-zero Integrated Ethylene Cracker Facility in Alberta

DOW announces that its board of directors has declared Final Investment Decision on the Company's Fort Saskatchewan Path2Zero investment to build the world's first net-zero Scope 1 and 2 emissions...

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Dec 4, 2023 | Industry News

Clariant Partners with Conser, a MAIRE Group Company for Maleic Anhydride Catalysts

Clariant announces that it has signed an agreement with Conser, part of MAIRE Group, for the supply of maleic anhydride catalysts. The partners will develop next-generation catalysts based on...

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Dec 1, 2023 | Industry News

Cepsa Converts Single-use Plastics into Circular Raw Material

Cepsa, in its commitment to the circular economy, has successfully completed the first operation in Spain for the co-processing of recycled plastic pyrolysis oil. This project, carried out at the...

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Nov 30, 2023 | Industry News

Chemours, DuPont, and Corteva Reach $110 Million Settlement for PFAS Claims

The Chemours Company, a global chemistry company with leading market positions in Titanium Technologies, Thermal & Specialized Solutions, and Advanced Performance Materials, announces that it, along...

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Nov 29, 2023 | Industry News

Evonik's Alabama Site Achieves ISCC Plus Certification for Isophorone-based Products

Evonik’s site in Mobile, Alabama, has been awarded the ISCC PLUS sustainability certificate for its use of renewable acetone in the production of isophorone-based products. The accreditation of...

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Nov 29, 2023 | Product News

ChengDU Silike Launches Hyperdispersant for Uniform Dispersion of Flame Retardants

ChengDU Silike announces the launch of its modified silicone additive SILIMER hyperdispersant in order to promote the uniform dispersion of flame retardants or flame retardant masterbatch in the...

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Nov 24, 2023 | Industry News

Clariant's Catalyst Selected for Shenghong Petrochemical's MA Production in China

Clariant, a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, announced that it has been awarded a major contract by Jiangsu Shenghong Petrochemical Co., Ltd, to use Clariant’s SynDane 3142 LA...

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