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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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Jun 2, 2021 | Industry News

Synthos Forms Partnership for Bio-butadiene Technology Development

Synthos has started cooperation with Lummus Green Circle in the further development of bio-butadiene technology. The Parties launched a Feasibility Study for a bio-butadiene plant with a production...

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May 26, 2021 | Industry News

Yokohama Rubber Develops Technology to Produce Biomass-derived Butadiene

Yokohama Rubber has developed the first technology capable of efficiently producing butadiene from a biomass. The breakthrough was achieved by the “Bio-monomer Production Laboratory” jointly...

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May 24, 2021 | Industry News

Neste Forms Partnership to Produce Plastics from Bio-based Hydrocarbons

Neste, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. and Toyota Tsusho Corp. are joining forces to enable Japan’s first industrial-scale production of renewable plastics and chemicals from 100% bio-based hydrocarbons...

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May 11, 2021 | Industry News

Sulzer to Commercialize AVA Biochem’s Technology to Produce Sustainable Chemicals

Sulzer and AVA Biochem have entered into an exclusive license agreement to commercialize AVA Biochem’s technology to produce sustainable chemicals from biomass. These are renewable and non-toxic...

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May 5, 2021 | Industry News

Trinseo and ETB to Partner for Bio-based 1,3-butadiene Development

Trinseo and ETB have signed a letter of intent to collaborate on the development of purified bio-based 1,3-butadiene. This will see the two companies combine their respective technology and process...

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May 5, 2021 | Industry News

Researchers Discover New Enzyme to Upscale Renewable Chemicals’ Production

The discovery of a novel enzyme that releases a valuable chemical from agricultural waste could provide an important breakthrough in the upscaling of renewable fuels and chemicals, a new study...

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May 3, 2021 | Product News

Emery Oleochemicals Unveils Bio-based Alternative to Castor-based PVC Lubricants

Emery Oleochemicals has developed a new combination lubricant suitable for various rigid PVC applications. LOXIOL® G 19 is a bio-based functional alternative to 12-HSA with very similar processing...

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Apr 27, 2021 | Industry News

Cosun Beet Company & Avantium to Build Plant-based Glycols Production Plant

Cosun Beet Company and Avantium announce their ambition to jointly construct and operate the first commercial plant for the production of plant-based glycols using Avantium’s Ray Technology™...

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Apr 27, 2021 | Product News

Cardolite Unveils Polyether Diol Derived from Cashew Nutshell Liquid

Cardolite has launched NX-9212 which is a new polyether diol derived from cashew nutshell liquid. NX-9212 is low in viscosity enabling low or zero VOC polyurethanes and ease of handling...

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Apr 21, 2021 | Industry News

Scientists Create Plant-based Polymers with Recyclable Properties

Researchers at the Laboratory of Cluster Catalysis at St Petersburg University have synthesized polymers from biomass. What makes them different is that they can be easily recycled. The new polymers...

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