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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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Oct 27, 2023 | Product News

Orion Launches Conductive Additive for EV Batteries & Consumer Applications

Orion announces the launch of PRINTEX® kappa 10, a high-quality conductive additive that will supply surging demand from producers of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, energy storage...

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Oct 27, 2023 | Industry News

Apply Carbon Commissions World's First Fully Automated Carbon Fiber Recycling Plant

The production and disposal of carbon fibers and composites have long posed environmental challenges. To address this, a recent capacity expansion by Apply Carbon has ushered in a new era in fiber...

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Oct 26, 2023 | Industry News

Researchers Detect Ultra Short Chain PFAS Compounds in People and Their Homes

PFAS have become ubiquitous throughout the environment, and increasing evidence has demonstrated their deleterious effects. A group of smaller, fluorinated compounds are becoming replacements for...

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Oct 25, 2023 | Industry News

Sumitomo Chemical Sets Up New Facility to Produce Propylene Directly from Ethanol

Sumitomo Chemical begins construction of a pilot facility to establish a process for producing propylene directly from ethanol, which is attracting attention as a sustainable chemical raw...

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Oct 24, 2023 | Industry News

Carbon Recycling International & Jiangsu Sailboat Set Up CO₂-to-methanol Plant

Carbon Recycling International (CRI) and Jiangsu Sailboat have successfully started up one of the world's most efficient CO2-to-methanol plants. An opening ceremony took place on September 25th at...

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Oct 24, 2023 | Industry News

Perstorp Earns EcoVadis Gold Medal for Its Sustainability Initiatives in 2023

Perstorp announces that it has advanced to a gold medal by EcoVadis for the year 2023. This means that Perstorp is in the top 5 percent within our industry. Since its founding in 2007, EcoVadis has...

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Oct 23, 2023 | Industry News

Scientist Design New Organocatalyst to Deconstruct Mixed Plastics into Monomers

Little of the mixed consumer plastics thrown away or placed in recycle bins actually ends up being recycled. Nearly 90% is buried in landfills or incinerated at commercial facilities that generate...

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Oct 20, 2023 | Article

FlatFiber: Advancing Polymer Reinforcement with Cutting-edge Technology

By SpecialChem

Discover the features of Nittobo's FlatFibers technology along with its benefits that qualify them as the top choice over conventional fibers for the future of reinforced plastics...

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Oct 20, 2023 | Industry News

Cabot Corporation Receives ISCC PLUS Certification for Six of Its Global Sites

Cabot Corporation announces it has achieved International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certification at six of its facilities. Cabot currently has more ISCC PLUS certified...

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Oct 20, 2023 | Product News

Milliken to Display Circular Economy-boosting Additive Solutions at ArabPlast 2023

Milliken & Company, a diversified global manufacturer with specialty chemicals expertise, will showcase a range of transformative solutions that enhance the plastics circular economy at ArabPlast...

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