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Solvay (Brussels, Belgium), a leading global supplier of specialty materials, has announced that the production of its hydroquinone (HQ) and hydroquinone monomethylether (MeHQ) in Saint-Fons, France has been accredited to comply with the mass balance accounting regime of the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS system.

Teknor Apex (Pawtucket, RI, USA) is excited to announce the new Monprene® S3 CP-15170 BLK, an eco-conscious thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) made with 35% sustainable content that includes UBQ™ and post-consumer recycled material.

Avantium (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), a leading technology company in renewable chemistry, and Henkel (Düsseldorf, Germany), a global leader of adhesives, sealants, and functional coatings, and leading manufacturer of well-known consumer brands, have signed an offtake agreement for five years, under which Avantium will supply Henkel with FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid) produced in Avantium’s FDCA Flagship Plant, currently under construction in Delfzijl, the Netherlands.

Sustainability has long been at the core of the Hong Kong based company Wingram. With the development of the biobased and biodegradable BioAcetate S70, Wingram adds to its list of bioplastic products that aim to help reduce the plastic pollution crisis we often hear about in the news.

UBQ Materials (Tel Aviv, Israel), climate tech developer of advanced materials made from organic and unrecyclable waste, recently announced that Rimax (Yumbo, Colombia) has launched the first consumer pet line “Made with UBQ™”, which will initially be available in Colombia and then roll-out globally.

Green, Smart, Advance are the three keywords for most of the industries nowadays, including but not limited to plastics and rubber industries. Green is the commitment for circular economy and sustainability. At CHINAPLAS 2023, April 17-20, 2023 visitors will for sure immerse in these 3 hot technologies under one roof.

Environmental commitment is one of the hottest topics for 2023. Hyundai Motor Group and Hyundai America Technical Center showcased their respective activities at the Hyundai Open Innovation Lounge in Seoul, Korea. The Palisade concept vehicle features Lingrove’s innovative, high-performance, plant-based ekoa® for a luxury and interactive finish in the interior of the car.

Scallops are the shellfish that Japanese people eat the most. And most discarded shellfish shells are from these Scallops. Could these shells, which used to protect the animals from outside enemies, be transformed into something that protects people's lives? As a result of this question, Koushi Chemical Industry and Sarufutsu Village together developed Shellmet, a hard hat made from discarded scallop shells and recycled plastic.

On January 4, 2023, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company unveiled a demonstration tire comprised of 90% sustainable materials. This demonstration tire has passed all applicable regulatory testing as well as Goodyear’s internal testing.

Wood, the global consulting and engineering company, will work with CuanTec Ltd., a Scottish circular economy business, to develop cutting edge separation facilities that will process shellfish waste to extract chitin, a naturally occurring, 100% compostable biopolymer with a wide range of applications in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and food industries.

The Hamburg-based start-up traceless materials (Germany) has developed hooks made from their material innovation traceless®. During a pilot phase over the upcoming months, fashion retailer C&A (Vilvoorde, Belgium) uses the traceless® hooks as a replacement for conventional plastic hooks in its store in Hamburg Altona.

LanzaTech (Skokie, IL, USA), an innovative Carbon Capture and Transformation (“CCT”) company that transforms waste carbon into materials such as sustainable fuels, fabrics, packaging, and other products that people use in their daily lives, and Sumitomo Riko (Nagoya, Japan), recently announced they have entered into a joint-development agreement to reuse rubber, resin and urethane waste for the production of a key chemical intermediate, isoprene.

Formerra (Romeoville, IL, USA) recently announced a new relationship with Danimer Scientific (Bainbridge, GA, USA), a leading next-generation bioplastics company, to distribute sustainable polymer materials manufactured by Danimer.

TotalEnergies Corbion launches white paper about the recyclability of PLA bioplastic. Titled Stay in the cycle, rethinking recycling with PLA bioplastics, it summarizes the current PLA’s recycling market, regulations, and technologies.

Researchers from Biorizon (Bergen op Zoom, the Netherlands) co-initiator VITO (Mol, Belgium) and chemical company Kaneka Belgium (Westerlo) joined forces to conduct research to create a lignin-based polymer that outperformed its fossil-based counterpart in terms of thermal stability and UV-blocking properties.

Biowert (Brensbach, Germany) processes grass from the Odenwald (Germany) into biogas, fertilizer, and an extremely robust plastic. The company is thus a pioneer in the circular economy – and has know-how that is in demand nationwide.

All you want to know about advanced recycling technologies and renewable chemicals, building-blocks, monomers, and polymers based on recycling: 14–15 November 2022, Cologne, Germany (hybrid event)

Incorporating sustainability and provenance into branding has been key to changes being made at luxury drinking chocolate manufacturer Cocoa Canopy (Weybridge, UK), with the help of compostable packaging provider Futamura (Wigton, UK).

Heartland (Detroit, MI, USA) has completed its Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to determine the carbon footprint of Imperium Filler from cradle to gate. This research shows that every 1 kg of Imperium Filler removes 3 kg of CO2e.

UBQ Materials (Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel), climate tech developer of advanced materials made from organic and unrecyclable waste, recently announced its planned agenda for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP27, taking place November 6–18 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

Something not deemed possible has become a reality: fully biobased and biodegradable glass fibre reinforced compounds.

The launch of a new bioplastics pilot plant in the Flanders region in Belgium will enable a new bioplastics production technology, ready for implementation at industrial scale.

Biotechnologists from University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria receive Sustainability Award.

Recently, a Korea-Spain joint research team recreated bioplastic from wasted by-products from gas fermentation from steel mills.

Avantium (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), a leading technology company in renewable chemistry, has published Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) data for its plantMPG™ (plant-based mono-propylene glycol) from its Ray Technology™: a chemical intermediate used in a variety of applications including in functional fluids and unsaturated polyester resins.

K 2022 visitors can look forward to new Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland) additive solutions to progress more sustainable plastics and reduce resource use.

During the K’2022 Novamont (Novara, Italy) launched the first stick pack for a powdered multivitamin and multimineral supplement made of a paper laminate and Mater-Bi bioplastic film which is compostable and recyclable together with household food waste.

PADM Medical (Winnipeg, MB, Canada) PRECISION ECO™ plant-based procedural mask with ear loops receives emergency use authorization (EUA) from the US FDA – It is the world's first plant based procedural mask to receive EUA for use in medical and healthcare settings.

Today, Bugaboo (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), DSM Engineering Materials (Heerlen, the Netherlands), Fibrant (Urmond, the Netherlands), and Neste (Espoo, Finland) announce that their cross-value chain partnership has successfully enabled the launch of an entire Bugaboo stroller portfolio made with bio-attributed materials.

A new generation of Luminy® PLA based filaments has been launched by colorFabb.