Keyword: waste

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Moving from a Linear Economy to a Circular Economy

10.06.2020 - We have all heard the adage: one man‘s trash is another man‘s trea­sure. Flea markets, rummage sales and even today’s online materials exchanges are all based on the trash-to...

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Plastic-eating Enzyme May Solve Waste Problem

20.04.2018 - An incidental find by a joint UK and US research team could have the potential to revolutionize plastics recycling and possibly ease the increasing burden of waste in the...

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Covestro Leads CO2 Feedstock Research Project

19.10.2017 - German engineering plastics producer Covestro is spearheading a European research project to explore the use of carbon dioxide and other waste gases as a new source of raw...

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GreenMantra and Sun Recycle PS for Inks Use

16.10.2017 - GreenMantra Technologies and leading inks producer Sun Chemical have agreed to jointly develop polymers from recycled polystyrene (PS) waste for use in ink formulations. As part of...

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EP Committee Wants 70% of Waste to be Recycled

30.01.2017 - In a proposed amendment to the EU’s packaging directive, the Environment Committee (ENVI) of the European Parliament (EP) has come out in favor of increasing the share by weight of...

Strategy & Management

How to Run a Circular Economy in Europe

03.09.2015 - Since the industrial revolution in Europe the amount of waste in the region has been constantly increasing. This is because its economies have been based on a “take-make-consume...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Reinventing Sustainable Value Creation

06.05.2015 - In the last several years, we have witnessed global trends that are changing the way global chemical companies operate. These trends include a consolidation of suppliers...

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AkzoNobel to Explore Use of Waste as Feedstock

26.11.2014 - AkzoNobel and a number of other Dutch partners from industry, along with government-linked organizations, have entered an R&D partnership with Enerkem, a Canadian firm...