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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 10, 2023 | Industry News

Scientists Pinpoint Harmful Chemicals in Recycled Plastics Posing Recycling Challenges

Scientists from the University of Gothenburg examined pellets from recycled plastic collected in 13 countries, and found hundreds of toxic chemicals, including pesticides and pharmaceuticals...

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Nov 10, 2023 | Industry News

Bridgestone and Michelin Reveal Joint Findings on Recovered Carbon Black

Bridgestone Corporation and Michelin Group have published a joint technical white paper to share the results of their work with stakeholders in the rCB community to develop a proposed global...

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Nov 9, 2023 | Industry News

Global Bio Plasticizer Market to Grow at CAGR of 7.2% for period 2023-2030: DMI

Bio plasticizers are bio-based plasticizers which act as an additive to determine the physical properties of polymers and materials. The biodegradability and compostability of bio plasticizers...

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Nov 9, 2023 | Industry News

Carbios Receives Authorization for PET Bio Recycling Plant in Longlaville, France

Carbios announces that it has been granted the building permit and operating authorization for the world’s first PET bio recycling plant, allowing construction to start. The plant will be built in...

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Nov 8, 2023 | Industry News

Braskem and Oxiteno Announces Partnership to Supply Bio-attributed Ethylene

Brazilian petrochemical companies Braskem and Indorama Ventures IOD - Oxiteno announce a partnership to supply bio-attributed ethylene from renewable sources to support the circular economy and...

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Nov 7, 2023 | Industry News

Hankook Tire Launches 'Tire-to-Tire Circular Economy Model' Consortium

Hankook Tire & Technology (Hankook Tire) hosted the official kick-off meeting for the ’Tire-to-Tire Circular Economy Model’ consortium in Daejeon, South Korea. Held at the Hankook Technodome, the...

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Nov 6, 2023 | Industry News

AI-powered Tool Discovers Innovative Polymers by Predicting Material Properties

An National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) machine learning tool, PolyID- Polymer Inverse Design™, makes it easier to strike the balance between sustainability and high-performance polymers...

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Nov 6, 2023 | Industry News

Re Sustainability Limited & Polycycl Collaborate to Develop Feedstock from Plastic Waste

Re Sustainability Limited and Polycycl have announced a business collaboration for development of a network of feedstock facilities in India for chemical recycling of plastics. The collaboration...

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Nov 3, 2023 | Product News

Scandinavian Enviro Systems Announces New Type of Recovered Carbon Black

Scandinavian Enviro Systems has developed a new type of recovered carbon black with improved dispersion properties. The new type of carbon black has been developed to meet demand from the tire and...

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Nov 3, 2023 | Industry News

Researchers Discover Plastic Eating Bacteria to Convert PET Bottles into Adipic Acid

Mountains of used plastic bottles get thrown away every day, but microbes could potentially tackle this problem. Now, researchers in ACS Central Science report that they’ve developed a...

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