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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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Nov 3, 2021 | Industry News

Greenback and PolyCycl to Generate Feedstock from Waste Plastics

Greenback Recycling Technologies announces that it has entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with PolyCycl, an India based chemical recycling technology company working to generate circular...

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Nov 2, 2021 | Industry News

SABIC and Partners to Upscale Low Carbon Emission Technologies

SABIC has entered an agreement with the World Economic Forum and other global chemical sector companies targeted at formalizing the Low-Carbon Emitting Technologies (LCET) initiative into a...

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Nov 2, 2021 | Industry News

Milliken Acquires Encapsys to Enhance Specialty Chemicals Portfolio

Milliken & Company has formally acquired Encapsys. The transaction officially closed October 18, 2021...

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Nov 1, 2021 | Industry News

Hexion Joins UN Global Compact to Boost Sustainability

Hexion, a producer of adhesives, has joined the United Nations (UN) Global Compact, a voluntary corporate sustainability initiative to accelerate sustainability efforts. The UN Global Compact...

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Nov 1, 2021 | Product News

UPM Launches Functional Fillers to Reduce CO₂ Emission of Plastics

UPM launches UPM BioMotion™ Renewable Functional Fillers (RFF) that represent latest revolutionary development in sustainable solutions. They address the urgent need to reduce CO₂ emissions of...

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Oct 29, 2021 | Industry News

TotalEnergies to Expand Mechanically Recycled Polymers' Facility at Synova

With the expansion of the Synova facility in Tillières-sur-Avre, TotalEnergies is doubling its production capacity for mechanically recycled polymers...

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Oct 29, 2021 | Industry News

Dow Announces Advancements for Circular Polymers' Supply

Dow announced several advancements in its efforts to prevent plastic waste, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide customers with recycled plastic products that provide the same performance as...

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Oct 28, 2021 | Industry News

Dow to Build Ethylene Cracker & Derivative Site for Reduced Carbon Emissions

Dow announced plan to build the world's first net-zero carbon emissions integrated ethylene cracker and derivatives site with respect to scope 1 and 2 carbon dioxide emissions. The project would...

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Oct 28, 2021 | Industry News

Kraton to Offer Performance Additives to Plastiship for PCR Applications

Kraton Corporation to partner with Plastship by offering CirKular+™ performance enhancement and compatibilization additives on Plastship Additives Selector platform. Plastship, leverages its...

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Oct 27, 2021 | Industry News

VOELPKER Gets EcoVadis Silver Medal for Sustainability Efforts

VOELPKER announces that the company has been awarded the EcoVadis Silver Medal for its sustainability efforts, making it one of the best 11 percent of the rated companies. The VOELPKER® Plastic...

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