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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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Dec 21, 2021 | Industry News

Covestro and Partner to Obtain Raw Materials from PU Foam Recycling

Covestro and Eco-mobilier aspire to generate enhanced value aiming at mattresses and upholsteries. Both parties want to further develop waste markets for foam used in such applications, to enable...

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Dec 21, 2021 | Industry News

Arkema to Increase Capacity for Bio-based Oleochemicals

Arkema announces a 50% global capacity expansion for its Oleris® advanced bio-materials, expected to start mid-2022. It includes C7, C11 and C18 materials, comprising n-heptanoic acid...

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Dec 20, 2021 | Product News

INOVYN Launches Bio-attributed Epichlorohydrin for Composites

INOVYN launches its latest product featuring enhanced sustainability credentials under the brand name REODRINTM, becoming the commercial producer of bio-attributed epichlorohydrin from renewable...

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Dec 17, 2021 | Industry News

Cabot Aims to Achieve Net Zero Carbon Emissions Globally by 2050

Cabot Corporation has announced it is joining other companies in the global movement to align its sustainability agenda with the paris climate agreement to achieve net zero emissions by 2050...

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Dec 17, 2021 | Industry News

Nouryon Starts Production at Organic Peroxide Greenfield Site in Asia

Nouryon has started full-scale production at its innovative organic peroxide greenfield site in Tianjin, China to support the increasing demand from Packaging and Construction, Paints and Coatings...

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Dec 16, 2021 | Industry News

Cabot Enters into MoU to Develop Reinforcing Additives for Rubber

Cabot Corporation announces that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IFF Health and Biosciences for the development and commercialization of sustainable reinforcing additives for...

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Dec 14, 2021 | Industry News

BASF Uses Clariant's Ammonia Synthesis Catalyst at its Antwerp Plant

Clariant's new AmoMax 10 Plus ammonia synthesis catalyst is successfully started up at the BASF ammonia plant in Antwerp, Belgium. The reduction of the catalyst was accomplished quickly and safely...

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Dec 10, 2021 | Industry News

Clariant Offers N₂O Removal Catalyst for Sustainable Production Process

Clariant launches a major global campaign to reduce the climate change impact of nitrous oxide (N2O). Drawing on decades of catalyst research expertise, the company has developed the EnviCat® N2O-S...

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Dec 10, 2021 | Industry News

SABIC to Set-up New PET Recycling Plant at Rabigh

SABIC’s wholly owned subsidiary, Nusaned Investment™ that operates as an autonomous investment company, has signed an investment agreement through Nusaned Fund, managed by Al-Bilad Capital, with...

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Dec 9, 2021 | Industry News

Bridgestone & Partner Outline Recovered Carbon Black Utilization in Tires

Bridgestone Corporation and Michelin Group deliver a shared perspective regarding material circularity and the ambition to increase the utilization of recovered carbon black material in tires...

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