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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 11, 2023 | Industry News

Pyrum Innovations to Build Pyrolysis Plant for Tire Recycling in the Czech Republic

Pyrum Innovations AG is planning to build a Pyrum pyrolysis plant in the Czech Republic together with a Czech energy company. A corresponding consulting contract was signed with a subsidiary of...

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Oct 10, 2023 | Product News

LyondellBasell Launches Low-carbon Solutions with ISCC Plus Certification

LyondellBasell announces the expansion of its sustainable offerings with the launch of its +LC (Low Carbon) solutions, a new range of Intermediates and Derivatives (I&D) chemicals produced under an...

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Oct 10, 2023 | Industry News

LG Chem and Eni Sustainable Mobility to Develop Biorefinery Utilizing Bio-feedstock

LG Chem and Eni Sustainable Mobility jointly announce that they are exploring the possibility to develop and operate a new biorefinery at LG Chem’s Daesan chemical complex, 80 kilometers southwest...

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Oct 9, 2023 | Industry News

EPA Finalizes Rule to Require Reporting of PFAS Data by Manufacturers

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalize a rule that will provide EPA, its partners, and the public with the largest-ever dataset of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)...

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Oct 9, 2023 | Industry News

Graphite One to Develop Graphite-based PFAS-free Fire Suppressant for U.S. DOD

Graphite One planning a complete domestic U.S. supply chain for advanced graphite materials, announces that it has received a US$4.7 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense...

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Oct 6, 2023 | Industry News

UPM Biochemicals Selects Brenntag as Distributor for Bio-monoethylene Glycol in Europe

UPM Biochemicals announces that it has selected Brenntag SE, the global market leader in chemicals and ingredients distribution, as sole distributor of its sustainable bio-monoethylene glycol...

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Oct 6, 2023 | Industry News

Pyrowave's Nanopurification Technology to Remove Toxic Contaminants from Plastics

Pyrowave to introduce its revolutionary Nano purification Technology. Applied to plastic waste, this technology operates at the molecular level to remove contaminants from polymers with perfect...

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Oct 5, 2023 | Product News

Nordmann and Partners to Exhibit Latest Innovations for Plastics at Fakuma 2023

Nordmann to exhibit latest innovations together with partners Marfran, Polytechs, Repol, UBE and Voelpker from October 17-21, at Fakuma 2023. The Fakuma expo is an important gathering for...

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Oct 5, 2023 | Industry News

Toray to Expand Production Capacity of Carbon Fibers at Its French Subsidiary

Toray Industries announces that it has decided to expand French subsidiary Toray Carbon Fibers Europe S.A.’s production facilities for regular tow medium- and high-modulus carbon fibers. This move...

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Oct 4, 2023 | Product News

Imerys to Showcase Its Innovative Portfolio for Plastics and Rubber at Fakuma 2023

Imerys will be promoting its latest innovations for Plastics and Rubber as well as its offer of innovative mineral solutions designed to make everyday polymers more durable, environment friendly...

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