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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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Jan 25, 2023 | Industry News

Arkema Signs Agreement for Renewable Biomethane Supply in France

Arkema signs a long-term agreement with ENGIE for the supply of 300 GWh/year of renewable biomethane in France. This represents one of the largest private biomethane deals in Europe to date...

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Jan 25, 2023 | Industry News

Evonik Integrates Alkoxides Business Into Catalysts Business Line

Evonik is pooling its expertise and integrating its alkoxides business into the Catalysts Business Line. The extensive portfolio of heterogeneous catalysts is thus now complemented by homogeneous...

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Jan 24, 2023 | Industry News

BASF’s Monomers Division to Expand Product Portfolio with Lower CO₂ Footprint

BASF’s Monomers division announces sustainability roadmap: It will expand its portfolio of products with a lower CO2 footprint and is committed to providing a circular option in every major product...

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Jan 24, 2023 | Industry News

Borealis Acquires Renasci N.V., to Drive Circular Transformation

Borealis acquires a majority stake in Renasci N.V., a Belgium-based provider of innovative recycling solutions and the creator of the novel Smart Chain Processing (SCP) concept. Borealis announces...

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Jan 20, 2023 | Industry News

SI Group Releases ESG Report to Demonstrate Its Sustainability Efforts

SI Group releases its inaugural Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report. The report demonstrates SI Group’s commitment to sustainability and defines its future targets as it elevates...

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Jan 19, 2023 | Industry News

Chevron Phillips Enters Partnership for New Ethane Cracker Facility in Qatar

QatarEnergy and Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC announce that they will proceed on construction of a $6 billion integrated polymers complex in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar. The 435-acre...

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Jan 19, 2023 | Industry News

Lamor’s Chemical Recycling Facility for Plastics Progresses to Next Phase

Lamor´s project to build a facility for chemical recycling of plastics together with Resiclo Oy is progressing to its next phase. Lamor’s first phase investment in the Kilpilahti project company has...

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Jan 18, 2023 | Industry News

Solvay to Launch Its First Circular Highly Dispersible Silica Unit in Italy

Solvay is investing at its Livorno site, in Italy, to launch the company’s first unit of circular highly dispersible silica (HDS), made with bio-based sodium silicate derived from rice husk ash...

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Jan 18, 2023 | Industry News

SK Geo Centric & Plastic Energy Partner to Build Pyrolysis Plant in South Korea

SK Geo Centric, a subsidiary of SK Innovation’s, signs a contract with British company Plastic Energy, which specializes in chemical recycling of plastic waste, completing the “last puzzle” of the...

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Jan 17, 2023 | Industry News

Carbios & Partner Ensure Industrial Scale Production of PET-degrading Enzymes

Carbios and Novozymes announce an exclusive long-term global strategic partnership. This major agreement ensures the long-term production and supply of Carbios’ proprietary PET-degrading enzymes at...

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