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Biobased Solutions Channel

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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Aug 18, 2023 | Industry News

Braskem & SCG Chemicals to Produce Bio-ethylene from Renewable Feedstock

Braskem and SCG Chemicals sign a joint venture agreement to create Braskem Siam Company. The joint venture aims to produce bio-ethylene from bio-ethanol dehydration and to commercialize I'm green™...

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Aug 17, 2023 | Product News

Tosaf to Exhibit Masterbatches for Agricultural Films & Packaging at Fakuma 2023

Tosaf will be presenting their latest developments in masterbatches for applications ranging from agricultural films to rigid and soft packaging and technical parts at Fakuma 2023 in hall B4...

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Aug 14, 2023 | Industry News

Teknor Apex Joins Forces with Cyclyx International for Recycling Post-Use Plastics

Cyclyx International, a consortium- based post-use plastic innovation company with a mission to increase the recyclability of plastic from 10% to 90%, announces Teknor Apex as its newest...

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Aug 17, 2023 | Industry News

New Renewable Energy Dependent Recycling Method Recovers Monomer from POM

A group of researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign demonstrated a way to use the renewable energy source of electricity to recycle a form of plastic that’s growing in use but more...

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Aug 16, 2023 | Industry News

Engineers Develop New Recycling Technique to Turn Low-value Waste Plastic into Olefins

University of Wisconsin-Madison’s chemical engineers discover new technique to turn low-value waste plastic into high-value products. The new method could increase the economic incentives for...

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Aug 14, 2023 | Industry News

Researchers Found PFAS Indicator in Some Menstrual Products of USA

Researchers have analyzed over 100 period products for fluorinated compounds, an indicator of potentially harmful per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. Their results show that while PFAS are...

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Aug 10, 2023 | Industry News

Resonac Receives ISCC PLUS Certification for its Ethylene Plant in Oita

Resonac Corporation announces that its Oita Complex has acquired ISCC PLUS certification, one of the international certification systems for sustainable products. The company takes a step toward...

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Aug 9, 2023 | Industry News

Origin Materials to Supply Bio-based Raw Materials to Sustainea Bioglycols

Origin Materials and Sustainea Bioglycols, a joint venture between Braskem and Sojitz Corporation, announce a strategic partnership centered on advanced bio-based materials produced using Origin’s...

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Aug 9, 2023 | Industry News

Evonik to Supply Catalyst for Röhm’s New Methyl Methacrylate Production Plant

Evonik signs an agreement to scale up and produce custom catalyst for Röhm’s new methyl methacrylate (MMA) production plant in Bay City, Texas, USA, which is due to be opened in 2024. Methacrylate...

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Aug 8, 2023 | Industry News

Researchers Discover Low-energy Plastic Recycling Method to Yield Monomers

A team of researchers from the University of Florida, led by Brent Sumerlin, the George B. Butler Professor in the Department of Chemistry, has made a breakthrough with the potential to transform...

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