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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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Aug 24, 2021 | Industry News

Sumitomo Chemical to Build Chemical Recycling Pilot Facility for Acrylic Resin

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 & Partners to Establish Plastic Recycling Blockchain Consortium

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...

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Aug 20, 2021 | Industry News

Coca-Cola and Asahi Beverages to Build PET Recycling Facility in Australia

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...

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Aug 18, 2021 | Industry News

SK Global Chemical and PureCycle to Establish JV for PP Recycling

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...

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Aug 18, 2021 | Article

Bioplastics and High Value-added Bioproducts Derived from Lignocellulosic Biomass

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...

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Aug 16, 2021 | Industry News

Researchers Develop Tougher Thermoplastics that can be Easily Depolymerized

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...

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Aug 13, 2021 | Industry News

Mitsubishi Chemical to Develop Recycling Project Using Mura and KBR’s Technology

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...

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Aug 12, 2021 | Industry News

Scientists Identify Enzyme to Make Chemical Raw Material in Plants

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...

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Aug 11, 2021 | Industry News

Researchers Engineer Bacteria to Convert Glucose into 1,3-Butadiene

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...

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Aug 11, 2021 | Product News

Origin Materials’ Products Earn USDA Certified Biobased Product Label

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...

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