(IN BRIEF) Researchers from the Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Circular Plastics Economy CCPE are developing new recycling and materials technologies within the Zirk-Tex project to convert previously unused plastic waste streams into high-quality fibers, films, and geosynthetics. Using solvent-based recycling, … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, Germany, Industrial, News, Science, Technology
Tagged biodegradable polymers, chemical recycling, circular plastics economy, controlled biodegradability, Fraunhofer CCPE, Fraunhofer CCPE Advances High-Quality Recycling of Plastics for Technical Textiles, geosynthetics, glycolysis, life cycle assessment, PBS, PET recyclates, PLA, plastic recycling, polypropylene recyclates, pyrolysis, roof underlayments, solvent based recycling, sustainable materials, technical textiles, waste valorization, Zirk Tex project
(IN BRIEF) Borealis is a key partner in Project ELECTRO, an EU-funded initiative developing electrified chemical recycling technologies to convert hard-to-recycle plastic waste into high-value olefins using renewable electricity. Drawing on its expertise in chemical recycling and polyolefins, Borealis leads … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Belgium, Chemicals, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, France, Industrial, Management, Technology
Tagged Borealis, Borealis Helps Drive Next Generation Circular Plastics Solutions Through Project ELECTRO, chemical recycling, circular economy, circular plastics, decarbonisation, electrified recycling, ethylene, EU funded project, Ghent University, Kevin Van Geem, Manjunath Patil, Olefins, polyolefins, Project ELECTRO, Project STOP, propylene, pyrolysis oil, renewable electricity, steam cracking, sustainability, SYSTEMIQ
(IN BRIEF) Eni has started the environmental authorisation process to redevelop its Priolo industrial site in Sicily into a biorefinery and a chemical recycling hub. The Italian Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security approved the initiative, which will replace … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Investment, Italy
Tagged AI optimisation, biorefinery, chemical recycling, circular economy, decarbonisation, Ecofining™, Eni, Eni Advances Redevelopment of Priolo Site with New Biorefinery and Hoop® Recycling Plant, Eni Strengthens Decarbonisation Drive with Priolo Biorefinery and Versalis Hoop® Plant, Eni to Transform Priolo Industrial Area into Renewable Fuel and Chemical Recycling Hub, Gela, Hoop®, HVO diesel, hydrogen production, Italy, Mantua, MIMIT, Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy, Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security, plastic waste, Priolo, pyrolysis, renewable fuels, S.R.S., SAF-biojet, Servizi di Ricerche e Sviluppo, Sicily, sustainability, Versalis
(IN BRIEF) Porsche AG and BASF SE, with partner BEST Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies GmbH, have shown that automotive shredder residue — once considered unrecyclable waste — can be turned into high-quality raw materials through chemical recycling. Using gasification, the … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged ASR, automotive shredder residue, Automotive waste once bound for incineration transformed into new components in Porsche and BASF project, BASF SE, BEST Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies GmbH, chemical recycling, circular economy, end-of-life vehicles, gasification, ISCC PLUS, polyurethane, Porsche advances sustainability goals as BASF recycling project turns automotive waste into new plastics, Porsche AG, Porsche and BASF give new life to end-of-life vehicle waste with chemical recycling breakthrough, Porsche and BASF push automotive recycling forward with new approach to waste once considered unusable, recycled plastics, REDcert², steering wheels, sustainability, synthesis gas
(IN BRIEF) MOL Group has successfully completed its first ISCC PLUS-certified production run using post-consumer plastic waste-based circular feedstock at its Tiszaújváros site. The pilot marks a breakthrough in the company’s SHAPE TOMORROW strategy, proving its ability to produce polyethylene … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Hungary, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged Bratislava, Central and Eastern Europe, chemical recycling, circular feedstock, ISCC PLUS certification, mass balance approach, MOL Group, MOL Group completes first ISCC PLUS-certified production run with circular feedstock in Hungary, MOL Petrochemicals, MOL Petrochemicals achieves breakthrough in sustainable production with ISCC PLUS-certified circular feedstock, Péter Császár, plastics recycling, polyethylene, polymers, polypropylene, SHAPE TOMORROW strategy, Slovnaft, steam cracker, sustainability, sustainable petrochemicals, Tiszaújváros, waste management
(IN BRIEF) Evonik has inaugurated a new world-scale alkoxides production facility on Jurong Island, Singapore, with a capacity of 100,000 metric tons per year. The investment strengthens regional supply security and supports industries including biodiesel, pharmaceuticals, and chemical recycling. Designed … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Technology
Tagged Alexander Weber, alkoxides, Asia supply chain, Bettina Fanghänel, biodiesel, catalysts, chemical recycling, circular economy, Claus Rettig, Custom Solutions, Evonik, Grace Fu, Hu Song, Jurong Island, Lauren Kjeldsen, Max Preisenberger, partnership, pharmaceuticals, renewable energy, Singapore, sustainability, sustainable chemistry
(IN BRIEF) Versalis and Acea Ambiente have signed an MoU to collaborate on recycling initiatives aimed at recovering value from post‑consumer and post‑industrial plastics. They will jointly identify waste streams at Acea Ambiente’s facilities suitable for Versalis’s mechanical and chemical … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Italy, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged Acea Ambiente, Adriano Alfani, chemical recycling, circular economy, decarbonisation, Eni, Gabriele Di Cintio, Hoop® technology, low‑carbon transition, Mantua demonstration facility, mechanical recycling, Memorandum of Understanding, partnership, Porto Marghera plant, post‑consumer plastics, post‑industrial plastics, Priolo industrial plant, recycling, secondary raw materials, sorting platforms, supply chain optimization, sustainability, Versalis, waste streams
(IN BRIEF) Sika and Sulzer have signed an MoU to establish a joint venture focused on plastics recycling in the construction industry. The venture aims to address the inefficiencies in current recycling methods by combining mechanical and chemical processes to … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Chemicals, Construction, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged Austria, chemical recycling, circular economy, construction industry, construction plastics, CO₂ emissions, ESG Standards, Germany, high-quality materials, joint venture, mechanical recycling, partnership, pilot projects, plastics recycling, Sika, Sulzer, sustainability, Switzerland, value chain
(IN BRIEF) Borealis is supporting Messe Düsseldorf’s K Fair 2025 by providing sustainable, reusable cups made from modified polypropylene and OMV’s ReOil® recycled feedstock. This initiative, aimed at reducing waste from single-use plastics, will be assessed through a pilot program … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Chemicals, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, Media, News, Technology
Tagged Arburg, Bockatech, Borealis, chemical recycling, circular economy, event sustainability, exhibition innovation, K Fair 2025, MCC Global IML, Messe Düsseldorf, Miko Pac, OMV ReOil®, packaging waste, partnership, plastics industry, polypropylene, recycling, reusable cups, single-use plastics reduction, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) Evonik and Oerlikon Barmag have formed a partnership to develop innovative chemical recycling solutions for Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste. The collaboration focuses on creating efficient processes for PET depolymerisation and purification, aiming to boost recycling rates from contaminated … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Technology
Tagged catalyst, chemical recycling, depolymerisation, EPC business models, Evonik, feedstock, Georg Stausberg, Max Preisenberger, mechanical recycling, Oerlikon Barmag, PET, PET recycling technology, plastics industry, process technologies, production, purification, repolymerisation, Scalability, sustainable circular economy, technology, waste
(IN BRIEF) Covestro, a global provider of polymer materials, emphasizes the need for innovative recycling technologies ahead of the UN conference on plastic pollution. The company has already achieved success with its chemical recycling method and plans to establish a … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Management, Science, Technology
Tagged chemical recycling, CIRCULAR FOAM, Covestro, Dr Markus Steilemann, INC-2, mattress foam recycling, novel chemical recycling, OECD, plastic recycling, plastic waste, plastic waste pollution, recycling technologies
(IN BRIEF) Neste, the Finnish renewable fuels and chemicals company, has completed its second series of industrial-scale processing runs with liquefied waste plastic at its Porvoo refinery, with the goal of further understanding how different types of waste plastics behave … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Finland, Industrial, Management, News
Tagged chemical recycling, Heikki Färkkilä, Neste, Neste RE™, polymers economy
(IN BRIEF) Neste and ILLIG have formed a strategic partnership to develop sustainable solutions for the production of thermoformed plastic packaging through demonstration cases. The partnership will combine Neste’s expertise in providing renewable and recycled materials for polymers production with … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Environment, Finland, Industrial, News, Technology
Tagged chemical recycling, Fernholz, ILLIG, Jeroen Verhoeven, LyondellBasell, Neste, Neste RE™, polypropylene, recycled materials, renewable, Susanna Sieppi, Sven Engelmann, thermoformed plastic packaging, value chain, “Pactivity® 360
(PRESS RELEASE) ESPOO, 20-Jan-2023 — /EuropaWire/ — Neste (HEL: NESTE), the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel and the 4th most sustainable company in the world, has signed a grant agreement with the European Commission and the … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) ESPOO, 2-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Neste (HEL: NESTE), the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel and the 4th most sustainable company in the world, has announced the release of its latest Market and Innovation … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Finland, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Science, Technology
Tagged carbon neutrality, CCUS, chemical recycling, chemicals, circular, circular economy, climate crisis, hydrogen, Lars Peter Lindfors, Market and Innovation Outlook, Minna Aila, Neste, plastic waste, polymers, renewable, renewable fuels, REPORT, Susanna Sieppi, sustainable mobility, The Change Book
(PRESS RELEASE) ESPOO, 9-Dec-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Neste (HEL: NESTE), the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel and the 4th most sustainable company in the world, has announced the resignation of its CEO Peter Vanacker in … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Finland, Industrial, Management, News
Tagged CEO, chemical recycling, circular economy, circular solutions, climate change, Matti Kähkönen, Neste, Neste Corporation, Peter Vanacker, President, renewable diesel, renewable fuels, renewables, resignation, sustainable aviation fuel
New product developments and technological concepts to reduce carbon footprint Energy-efficient and biobased materials for a fossil free future (PRESS RELEASE) LUGWIGSHAFEN, 12-Nov-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — BASF (ETR: BAS), world’s largest chemical producer, has announced it will present sustainable product … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Chemicals, Construction, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged alternative powertrains, BASF, BASF Biomass Balance, biobased materials, chemical recycling, Circularity, CO2 emissions, CosyPUR®, discontinuous block, Elastocool® F, Elastocool® iQ, Elastoflex® W, Elastopir®, Elastopor®, Elastopray®, emobility, EU Green Deal, Grupo Antolin, HFO, insulation, ISO, Lupragen®, LWP, mattresses, net zero, NVH performance, pillows, PolyTHF®, polyurethane, polyurethane catalysts, PU, PU rigid foam, PU solutions, renewable raw materials, sustainability, sustainable products, thermoplastic polyurethanes, UTECH Europe 2021, viscoelastic
The goal is a resource-efficient circular economy (PRESS RELEASE) LEVERKUSEN, 4-Oct-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Covestro (ETR: 1COV), a German company leader in polymer materials, has announced it signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Interseroh, an environmental service provider and … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) ESPOO, 21-May-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Neste (HEL: NESTE), an oil refining and marketing company as well as the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, has announced it is in the final phase of testing … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Finland, Industrial, News, Technology
Tagged biogas, Carl Nyberg, chemical recycling, circular economy, combating climate change, electric vehicle, electrification, fossil gasoline, greenhouse gas emissions, hybrid cars, hydrogen, Liquid biofuels, Michael Fleiss, Neste, plastic waste, Powertrain Engineering Sweden, Powertrain Engineering Sweden AB, renewable diesel, renewable gasoline, SAF, Susanna Sieppi, sustainability, sustainable aviation fuel, Volvo cars
(PRESS RELEASE) ESPOO, 21-Dec-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Neste announces that it has signed an agreement with DHL Express, the express service arm of Deutsche Post DHL Group, world’s leading mail and logistics company, for the supply of sustainable aviation fuel … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Finland, Germany, Industrial, News, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged chemical recycling, circular economy, climate protection, Deutsche Post DHL Group, DHL Express, green logistics, Jonathan Wood, logistics, Mike Parra, Neste, Neste MY Sustainable Aviation FuelTM, plastic waste, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, renewable diesel, renewable fuels, SAF, San Francisco International Airport, Susanna Sieppi, sustainable aviation fuel, zero logistics-related emissions
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