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ACC released guidance for mass balance certification standards
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The American Chemistry Council’s Plastics Division announced a set of principles for mass balance certification standards that will trace and help increase plastics recycling and support markets for the outputs from advanced plastics recycling. A mass balance approach measures the…
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Biofuel, Bioplastic, Biorefinery, Clean technology, Energy, Environment, Government, Investments, Press Release, Processing, R&D, Recycle, Regulation, studies and reportsThe European Green Deal Roadmap
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The European Commission recently announced The European Green Deal – a roadmap for making the EU’s economy sustainable by turning climate and environmental challenges into opportunities across all policy areas and making the transition just and inclusive for all. The…
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Coca-Cola launches marine plastic bottle samples
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Coca-Cola announced its first-ever sample bottle made using recovered and recycled marine plastics. This sample is the first-ever plastic bottle made using marine litter that has been successfully recycled and reused in food and drink packaging. About 300 sample bottles…
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A Circular Google
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Google reported in June its goal to be part of a circular economy by operating every part of its business in an environmentally sustainable way and disrupting the waste economy. According to the Google report, transitioning to a circular economy…
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Growing bio-based solvent market
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While the bio-based solvent market might have a set-back with the closing of Green Biologics bio-based n-butanol facility in Little Falls, Minnesota (I wrote a more comprehensive report about this in Tecnon OrbiChem’s July Biomaterials issue), consumers for these specialty…
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Prada’s new collection uses recycled nylon
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The blog has been reporting the lag in sustainability initiatives within the textiles and fashion industries for years but that seems to be changing. Prada announced last month that it has launched a new line of its iconic Prada bags…
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Growing plastic waste problems lead to more chemical recycling tech commercialisation
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Announcements of investment and partnerships from several plastic producers, energy companies, major consumer brand owners and recycling technology companies have accelerated just within the past six months as media coverage of growing global plastic waste problems intensify at the same…