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Aug 24, 2021 | Industry News
Sumitomo Chemical has decided to construct a pilot facility for chemical recycling of acrylic resin (PMMA, poly-methyl-methacrylate) at its Ehime Works in Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. The...
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Aug 23, 2021 | Industry News
Mitsui Chemicals, IBM Japan and Nomura Research Institute have agreed to establish a consortium to realize a resource circulation society. Planned activities at the consortium include supporting...
Aug 20, 2021 | Industry News
Asahi Beverages and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form a joint venture that will build and operate a new PET recycling facility. Under the...
Aug 18, 2021 | Industry News
SK Global Chemical has signed an MoU with PureCycle Technologies to establish a joint venture (JV). PureCycle recycles polypropylene (PP) and has solved the challenges faced in its recycling with a...
Aug 18, 2021 | Article
By Belén Monje Martínez
Understand the key challenges and opportunities associated with lignocellulose biomass to produce high value-added bioproducts and bioplastics supporting the global bioeconomy...
Aug 16, 2021 | Industry News
Cornell researchers took a middling monomer and, by using a special catalyst, they created a tougher polymer that can form long chains. The polymer can then be easily depolymerized back to the...
Aug 13, 2021 | Industry News
Mitsubishi Chemical has decided to develop its first HydroPRS™ project in Japan. HydroPRS™, the process which is licensed by Mura and KBR, is capable of recycling end-of-life plastic that would...
Aug 12, 2021 | Industry News
Scientists studying the biochemistry of plant cell walls have identified an enzyme that could turn woody poplar trees into a source for producing a major industrial chemical. The research, just...
Aug 11, 2021 | Industry News
Researchers from RIKEN have engineered bacteria to convert glucose into 1,3-butadiene, paving path for a sustainable approach to rubber and plastic production. The future environmental footprint of...
Aug 11, 2021 | Product News
Origin Materials has earned the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Certified Biobased Product label. The products, chloromethyl furfural (CMF) and hydrothermal carbon (HTC), are now able to...