Lummus, RWDC to Accelerate and Scale PHA Production
Technology licensor Lummus Technology, and biopolymer material solutions developer RWDC Industries have signed what’s called a binding...
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- Aug 18
- 2 min
Verde Bioresin Gears up for Biodegradable Polyethylene Production
Renewables-based biodegradable plastics developer Verde Bioresin is a step closer to NASDAQ listing via a special purpose acquisition...
- Aug 14
- 2 min
Indonesia Welcomes Indo Pacific Circular Plastics Summit 2023 in October
Mark you calendars for October 26-27, 2023, when the Holiday Inn Jakarta Kemayoran, Indonesia, will welcome the Indo Pacific Circular...
- Jun 14
- 2 min
Mitsui Chemicals' Carbon Neutral Vision for Osaka
Methane is currently used to fuel crackers that pyrolyze naphtha at temperatures in the region of 850°C. Under Mitsui Chemicals' vision,...
- Apr 28
- 2 min
Microwaves Depolymerize Polyamide in Energy-efficient Chemical Recycling Process
Asahi Kasei and Microwave Chemical launched a joint demonstration project in April 2023 with the objective of commercializing a chemical...
- Mar 6
- 2 min
Unpacking the Complexity of Designing Paper Packaging
The headline cited verbatim here is from a blog posting by leading global electronic manufacturing services (EMS) provider Jabil authored...
- Feb 8
- 2 min
The Leaders and Laggards in the Quest to Reach a Circular Economy
As the world continues to grapple with its plastic waste crisis, BloombergNEF’s annual Circular Economy Ranking reveals the companies...
- Jan 26
- 2 min
Braskem Taps Nexus Circular for Chemically-recycled Feedstocks
Nexus Circular and Braskem have signed a 10-year definitive commercial agreement for the supply of circular feedstocks from a new...
- Dec 7, 2022
- 3 min
Global Bioplastics Production to Exceed 2.2m Tonnes This Year
After a stagnation in overall plastics production in 2020, mainly due to challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, there is now a new...
- Nov 21, 2022
- 1 min
The challenge of raising recycling rates in the U.S.
It took me a little while to get my head around this McKinsey graphic but what it is saying is that typically in the U.S. post-use...
- Jul 15, 2022
- 2 min
EU Innovation Fund Bankrolls Neste Advanced Recycling Project in Porvoo
Neste has received a positive grant decision for up to €135 million from the EU Innovation Fund for the its project to establish chemical...
- Jun 21, 2022
- 2 min
Asia Pacific to Welcome Renewable Polyurethane Feedstock Source
Covestro, SK geo centric and Neste to cooperate to create value chain for renewable attributed methylene diphenyl diisocyanate. Covestro,...
- Apr 12, 2022
- 1 min
Sumitomo Chemical Completes Bio-ethylene Pilot Plant
Japan's Sumitomo Chemical has finished constructing a pilot facility in Chiba Prefecture for producing ethylene from ethanol and plans to...
- Apr 11, 2022
- 1 min
Repsol Takes Stake in Waste-to-renewable Fuels and Chemicals Firm Enerkem
Repsol has acquired a minority stake in the Canadian company Enerkem, a technological world leader in the production of renewable fuels...
- Oct 28, 2021
- 3 min
Plastics is the new coal? Really?
An interesting report from Beyond Plastics appeared on our computer screens recently espousing plastics as the new coal in terms of...
- Sep 20, 2021
- 2 min
Korea is really going green
The spate of green-tinged announcements from South Korea's petrochemical sector continues. Following on from its rebranding, SK Geo...
- Sep 14, 2021
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Korean petchem firm rebrands to emphasize green credentials
SK Global Chemical has rebranded itself to SK Geo Centric effective August 2021 to highlight its strategic shift towards supporting a...
- Sep 8, 2021
- 2 min
US, South African Researchers in Separate Efforts to Develop CO2 Utilization Technologies
A team of researchers from Sasol and the Catalysis Institute at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa has made advancements...
- Jun 11, 2021
- 1 min
The significance of sustainability
The word is often uttered but what really does it mean? Sustainability could be one of the most overused and overhyped corporate slogans eve
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