Circular Economy

 

Circular Economy

Researchers Achieve 100% Breakdown of PFAS, Promising Sustainable Fluorine Recovery
- Researchers at Ritsumeikan University achieved a 100% breakdown of perfluorooctanesulfonate (a type of PFAS) in just eight hours and an 81% breakdown of Nafion (a fluoropolymer) in 24 hours. This...
GREENPLAST 2025 - Registration opening - Amaplast
11/06/2024 - Registrations officially open for the second edition of GREENPLAST - the exhibition-convention dedicated to materials, technologies and transformation processes for plastics and rubber, with focus...
Hitachi & ASCO to supply CO2 liquefaction plant for innovative Swiss energy project
31/05/2024 - CO2 Energie AG, a subsidiary of Swiss energy company “Regionalwerke Baden” and “Recycling Energie AG” has joined forces with Hitachi Zosen Inova and ASCO Carbon...
Can-Eng commissions mesh belt furnace overseas
- Can-Eng Furnaces, Niagara, Ontario,  has commissioned a continuous mesh belt heat-treat system for the production of high-quality automotive fasteners in Italy.This project in the Piedmont...
AIMPLAS To Give Second Life To Plant Waste Through Bio-Based Adhesives
09/02/2024 - Key Highlights:The FUSTARISE Project maintains sustainable solutions for managing lignocellulosic waste from agriculture and forestry by repurposing it into bio-based...
DOE announces phase one prize winners to boost recycling for a circular wind energy economy
- The $5.1 million, two-phase competition funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law helps develop a cost-effective and...
Compostable capsules most sustainable option for single serve coffee units
- Wageningen University & Research has assessed the environmental impacts and circularity of different materials for single serve coffee capsules, when subjected to various end-of-life...
Commission approves €5.7 billion Italian State aid scheme under the Recovery and Resilience Facility to support renewable energy communities and self-consumers
21/11/2023 - European Commission Press release Brussels, 22 Nov 2023 The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €5.7 billion Italian scheme made available in part through the Recovery and...
CAFIPLA project develops innovative biomass pretreatment process for the bioeconomy
06/11/2023 - The use of biomass for the bioeconomy has so far focused primarily on sugar- or starch-based raw materials, which are associated with high environmental costs in terms of land use and...
Teijin undergoes new steps in its journey to sustainability after the COVID-19 pandemic
- Shukei “Daniel” Inui, Teijin Group Corporate Officer, General Manager, Carbon Fibers Business Unit, Teijin Limited details herein strategic axes followed by the group to...
Suez and Pyrum sign deal to develop new UK pyrolysis plant
27/06/2023 - Suez and Pyrum sign deal to develop new UK pyrolysis plantGerman pyrolysis specialist Pyrum Innovations (Dillingen; www.pyrum.net) has teamed...
New report urges packaging producers to act quickly on sustainability
27/06/2023 - While the focus of the plastic packaging sector remains strongly directed at sustainability, recycling rates have not kept pace with ambitions, according to a new report from Rabobank, a Dutch...
Ohio site picked for Thailand-based PTTGC's PET recycling facility
12/06/2023 - The U.S. subsidiary of Thailand's PTT Global Chemical Public Co. Ltd. (GC), PTTGC America (GCA), has selected a site near Columbus, Ohio, for a new mechanical recycling facility that will turn PET...
Zeta Polimeri becomes Radici EcoMaterials
29/03/2023 -  A little over three years have passed since RadiciGroup announced the acquisition of Zeta Polimeri, an Italian company headquartered in Buronzo (Vercelli) with over 30 years'...
IFTH, CETIM and IPC publish a guide for the recycling and ecodesign of composites
- Six years later, to keep pace with ongoing industrial developments and environmental responsibility issues, IFTH, Cetim and
Hexpol Compounding Americas expects 'mixed outlook' for 2023 demand
22/03/2023 - BURTON, Ohio—Hexpol Compounding Americas, a division of Malmo, Sweden-based