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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 27, 2022 | Industry News

CHINAPLAS 2022 to Focus on Carbon Neutrality & Sustainable Development

CHINAPLAS 2022, to be held from April 25 to 28, will bring together more than 4,000 prominent exhibitors from all over the world to launch innovative green solutions. A lot of can't-miss concurrent...

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Jan 25, 2022 | Industry News

Origin & Mitsui Collaborate to Industrialize Carbon Negative Materials

Origin Materials, Inc. (“Origin” or “Origin Materials”) and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (“Mitsui”) announces a strategic partnership to industrialize advanced carbon negative materials...

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Jan 25, 2022 | Industry News

Agilyx and Partners to Build Chemical Recycling Facility in Japan

Agilyx, Toyo Styrene Co., LTD (“Toyo Styrene”), an affiliate of Denka Company Limited, Nippon Steel Chemical & Material Co., Ltd. and Daicel Co., Ltd., announce that they are entering into the...

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Jan 21, 2022 | Industry News

Perstorp Buys GEO’s Di-Methylolpropionic Acid Business

Perstorp has acquired GEO’s Di-Methylolpropionic Acid [DMPA®] business, further emphasizing its commitment as the sustainable specialty solution provider within the resins and coatings segment...

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Jan 21, 2022 | Industry News

Solvay & Trillium Collaborate on Bio-ACN Supply for Carbon Fiber Production

Solvay and Trillium Renewable Chemicals have signed a letter of intent to develop the supply chain for bio-based acrylonitrile (bio-ACN). Trillium will supply Solvay with bio-ACN from Trillium’s...

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Jan 20, 2022 | Industry News

Covestro & Genomatica Produce Bio-based HMDA for Nylon

Covestro and Genomatica advance sustainability by producing significant volumes of a plant-based version of the chemical raw material HMDA (hexamethylene diamine) using biotechnology. HMDA, with a...

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Jan 20, 2022 | Industry News

TOYO Signs MOU to Obtain Recycled Feedstock for Petrochemical Business

Toyo Engineering Corporation and SCG Chemicals in Thailand entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) relating to the joint collaboration of improving the process, which is owned by Circular...

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Jan 20, 2022 | Industry News

ExxonMobil Targets Net Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050

ExxonMobil announces its ambition to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions for operated assets by 2050, backed by a comprehensive approach to develop detailed emission-reduction roadmaps for...

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Jan 18, 2022 | Industry News

Wastefront & Partner to Build Tyre Recycling Plant in Sunderland

Wastefront AS announces Technip Energies as its engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) partner for the build of its £100 million tyre recycling plant in Sunderland...

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Jan 18, 2022 | Industry News

SKGC Partners With PureCycle to Start PP Recycling Plant in South Korea

SK geo centric (SKGC) and PureCycle Technologies, Inc., signed a non-binding head of agreement (“HOA” or “term sheet”) to open Asia’s first recycled polypropylene (PP) plant in Ulsan, South Korea...

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