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Nov 27, 20242 min read
There's More to Aluminum Recycling than You May Think
We'd guess that aluminum used in beverage cans would differ from that used in automotive and aerospace applications but iut turns out...
Oct 8, 20242 min read
Dextrose Will Feed Bio-MEG Facility in Indiana
Sustainea and Primient have announced a co-location partnership for the supply of corn dextrose from Primient’s facility in Lafayette,...
Sep 24, 20245 min read
California Sues ExxonMobil for Deceiving Public on Plastic Product Recyclability
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has announced the filing of a lawsuit against ExxonMobil for allegedly engaging in a decades-long...
Sep 17, 20242 min read
Braskem America Introduces Bio-Circular Polypropylene
Biopolymers pioneer Braskem has launched a bio-circular polypropylene (PP) under the brand name WENEW. WENEW is said to be a...
Sep 11, 20242 min read
Braskem Opens Renewable Innovation Center in U.S.
Braskem, the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas, as well as a market leader and pioneer producer of biopolymers on an...
Sep 5, 20242 min read
LanzaTech Licenses Waste-to-Ethanol Process in Japan
LanzaTech Global has signed a master license agreement with Sekisui Chemical to deploy at commercial scale a jointly developed platform...
Sep 3, 20241 min read
Dow-Mitsui Goes Bio, Idemitsu Opts for CR
Effective September 1, 2024, Mitsui & Dow Polychemicals has started marketing biomass-based ethylene-vinyl-acetate copolymer (EVA) and...
Aug 22, 20241 min read
Mitsubishi Chemical Investigates End-of-life-tire Conversion to Carbon Black
The Mitsubishi Chemical Group (MCG) has launched a study chemically recycle of end-of-life tires (ELTs) by utilizing the coke ovens at...
Aug 22, 20242 min read
Carbon Emissions Converted to Plastics
eFuels leader Infinium and Borealis, a leading supplier of advanced and sustainable plastic solutions, have entered into an agreement to...
Aug 13, 20242 min read
LG Chem Adds Eco-friendliness to Flame-Retardant Plastics
Korea’s LG Chem has revealed that its PFAS*-free flame-retardant polycarbonate/acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (PC/ABS) material...
Aug 7, 20241 min read
Bio-based Material Mushrooms into EPS Alternative
Mushroom Materials, a New Zealand-based startup, is seeking to upend the expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam market with an innovative...
Jul 19, 20242 min read
Shell Pulls Back on Advanced Recycling
Shell's 2023 sustainability report came out in March but is only now that reports are emerging regarding the oil major's inability to...
Jul 10, 20242 min read
Lord of the Rings Lightweight Chainmail Transformed into Architectural Plastic Mesh
Born out of the need for lightweight and wearable chainmail for The Lord of the Rings trilogy of films, Kaynemaile (paywall-protected...
Jun 28, 20241 min read
Trinseo Opens Next-Gen Depolymerization Facility in Italy
Trinseo has opened a polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) depolymerization facility in Rho, Italy. The pilot facility represents a significant...
Jun 26, 20241 min read
SCG, Toyo to Jointly Develop Chemical Recycling Technology
SCG Chemicals affiliate Circular Plas and Japan's Toyo Engineering are collaborating to expand capacity and business opportunities for...
Jun 22, 20241 min read
Vynova Announces PVC Recycling R&D Program
Vynova has announced a research & development program to further advance PVC recycling and help the PVC value chain accelerate towards...
May 17, 20243 min read
Dow SCGC Sign MOU for Circular Plastics
First in the Asia Pacific market to seek a holistic value chain solution for circular plastic. 200,000 tonnes/year of plastic waste will...
May 3, 20242 min read
Project Using AI to Develop Sustainable Materials
Officially launched on May 2nd, the four-year FAVIA (Adaptative Formulation Through Artificial Intelligence) project aims to predict and...
Apr 1, 20241 min read
Idemitsu Mulls Bio-naphtha-based Ethylene Production in Japan
Hidden away in a joint press release announcing that Idemitsu Kosan and Mitsui Chemicals would further optimize ethylene production at...
Mar 7, 20242 min read
ASEAN Circular Plastics Summit Slated for Malaysia in June
Apex Events is convening the ASEAN Circular Plastics Summit 2024 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on June 27–28. The organizer recently unveiled...
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