Green Chemicals Blog
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Plastic recycling takes centre stage for consumer brands
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Ongoing coverage of plastic pollution has pressured well-known consumer brands manufacturers to increase their commitment to sustainable packaging, and recycling has been one of the items near the top of their agendas. In April, Unilever announced a partnership with start-up…
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Phillips 66, REG to build Renewable Diesel Plant
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Production of renewable diesel (processed via hydrocracking of fats and oils) continues to expand here in the USA as well as in Europe where large traditional oil and energy companies such as Neste, Valero, Total, Eni and now Phillips 66…
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VERBIO acquires DuPont’s cellulosic ethanol plant
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Good news for the cellulosic ethanol industry in the USA. VERBIO North America Corporation, based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, a 51% subsidiary of VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG, has signed a contract yesterday with DuPont to purchase its cellulosic ethanol…
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Thailand to ban plastic waste imports from 2021
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Thailand will ban all imports of plastic scrap and waste from 2021, the Thai government recently announced, noting that although it had announced a halt to those imports in June it will take two years before existing import licenses expire…
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BASF, Avantium in Synvina dispute
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I hate posting this kind of news but I’m still a reporter at heart so I just hope that these two companies will resolve their issues about Synvina, the joint venture formed by BASF and Avantium. The JV aims to…
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Updated: EU Bioeconomy Strategy
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An updated EU Bioeconomy Strategy was recently released by the European Commission, which according to EuropaBio, signals the EU’s continued commitment towards establishing itself as a world leader in renewable resource efficiency, catalyzed by transformative industrial biotechnology. The 2018 update…
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VIDEO: Meet Nouryon and the New DuPont
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There had been so many M&As and spin-offs in the chemical industry that it is hard to keep track of them. However, I am particularly interested in these two companies, the new Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) and the new DuPont as…