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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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Sep 20, 2023 | Industry News

Evonik and REMONDIS to Recover Main Components of PU Foam via Recycling

Evonik is one step closer to its goal of closing the material cycle in the polyurethane industry. The company has joined forces with the REMONDIS Group, one of the world's leading recycling...

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Sep 19, 2023 | Industry News

Braskem and Vitol Collaborate to Transform Plastic Waste into Feedstock

Braskem and Vitol S.A. have announced an agreement for circular feedstock derived from plastic waste. Under the agreement, Vitol will start to supply Braskem Netherlands B.V. with pyrolysis oil...

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Sep 19, 2023 | Industry News

Orion Invests €12.8 Million In Climate-neutral Carbon Black Production Method

Orion is investing €12.8 million, including €6.4 million in funding from the German government and European Union to further develop and demonstrate a climate-neutral process for producing carbon...

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Sep 18, 2023 | Industry News

Continental to Utilize Recovered Carbon Black for Its New Super Elastic Solid Tires

Continental continues to step up its activities to ensure a circular economy by adding recovered carbon black (rCB) to its newly produced Super Elastic solid tires at its tire plant in Korbach...

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Sep 18, 2023 | Product News

Perstorp Launches 100% Renewable Carboxylic Acids Grades to Replace Polyol Esters

Perstorp launches new grades for carboxylic acids which are now available with 100% renewable, traceable mass balanced content and the market’s lowest product carbon footprint. The new products...

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Sep 15, 2023 | Industry News

OCSiAl to Establish New Production Facility for Graphene Nanotubes in Serbia

OCSiAl has been granted a construction permit for a nanotube production facility near Belgrade, Serbia. The new nanotube synthesis plant will be launched in 2024 and will have a planned annual...

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Sep 15, 2023 | Product News

Asahi Kasei to Showcase Bio-based Feedstock & New Recycling Technology at Fakuma

Japanese technology company Asahi Kasei will showcase diversified material solutions for safe and compact EV batteries, improved connectivity and lightweighting, as well as circular economy at...

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Sep 15, 2023 | Article

Green Additives Drive Plastics Sustainability!

By Donald Rosato

Discover the top 6 green additive innovations namely plasticizer, filler, color, stabilizer, flame retardant, and processing aid that contribute to plastics sustainability...

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Sep 14, 2023 | Product News

Birla Carbon to Present Its Conductive Additives at Battery Show North America 2023

Birla Carbon announces its participation at The Battery Show North America 2023, scheduled to take place from September 12-14, 2023, at Suburban Collection Showplace, Novi, Michigan, USA. Birla...

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Sep 13, 2023 | Industry News

Toray Strengthens Partnership with Thai Subsidiary for Cellulosic Sugar Production

Toray Industries announces that it has invested a further ¥1.2 billion in Cellulosic Biomass Technology Co, to lift its stake in that subsidiary from 67%, to 84.4%. Toray established that entity...

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