The Chemical Industry Compostable, Biodegradable Polymer Found Suitable for Bottle Caps Is PHA the ideal alternative to the fossil fuel-based plastics used to make bottle caps?
The Chemical Industry The Troubles Caused by China’s Aromatics Boom How China’s surge in aromatic chemical production is hurting Europe and Japan.
The Chemical Industry Chemical Recycling: Sustainable, Profitable, or Just Green-Washing? Is the advanced chemical recycling of plastics the best route for dealing with plastic waste?
The Chemical Industry What Brainstorming for Sustainable Polymer Raw Materials Found How blue-sky thinking on the challenge of a circular plastics industry led to some surprising and some not-so-surprising conclusions.
The Chemical Industry Playmobil Toys Act on New Plant-Based Industrial Feedstock Playmobil figures step towards the sustainability that Lego failed to achieve.
The Plastics Industry Recycled Feedstock Projects Manufacture Clothing and Carbon Fibres Reduced costs and improved sustainability made possible with recycled raw materials for manufacturing textiles and carbon fibre.
The Chemical Industry Is this the Year of the Bioplastic? Technology, politics, and public opinion are all changing to support the development, investment, and expansion of European bioplastics.
The Chemical Industry Polymer Researchers Renew Analysis of Tara Gum as a Feedstock Will the modification of this sustainable, bio-degradable polymer feedstock find improvements and greater versatility in the food packaging sector?
The Chemical Industry 9 Chemical Industry Factors to Watch in 2024 What 2024 will bring industrial chemical suppliers, manufacturers, and consumers?
The Chemical Industry Start-Up Finds Success with Carbon-Negative Industrial Chemicals Has this chemical manufacturer found the right process and a winning business model for the green chemical sector?
The Chemical Industry Mixed Polymer Recycling Made Simple Polymer researchers create a ‘one-pot’ solution for breaking down a mixture of conventional and bio-based plastics.
The Chemical Industry Brussels Ponders REACH Overhaul and Chemical Sector Priorities EU Commission again delays revising chemical industry legislation, as economic growth is put ahead of environmental health.
The Chemical Industry A Cheaper Process for Using C02 as an Industrial Chemical Feedstock The challenges of using CO2 as a raw material may now have been overcome by an up-scalable process using nanomaterials.
The Plastics Industry How Chemical Recycling Looks to Blend with Mechanical Technology and economics are helping chemical recyclers to find a role that cooperates with the already well-established mechanical plastic recyclers.
Raw Materials Can CO2 Become the Ultimate Polymer Feedstock? “I don’t expect that science and economics will support the concept of CO2 polymerization.” Are the experts wrong again?
The Chemical Industry The New Economic Value of Sustainable Plastic Feedstock Has the balance of economics finally shifted in favour of chemical recycling?
The Chemical Industry Will Lego’s Discovery De-Rail the Recycled Plastics Industry? Lego has cancelled plans to use recycled PET feedstock for its bricks after finding that it doesn’t reduce carbon emissions.
The Chemical Industry How the Chemical Industry is Moving Away from Fossil Fuels A look at the slow and steady shift towards biopolymers and chemical recycling.
Raw Materials Price Hedging Raw Material Supply Costs Can price hedging for raw materials protect a manufacturer’s profit?
The Chemical Industry The Chemical Industry’s Three Biggest Challenges A chemical industry insider speaks out on sustainability, geopolitics, and the post-pandemic world.
Raw Materials How the War in Ukraine has Changed the World Energy Markets Who has gained and who has lost in the global energy pricing drama?
Raw Materials Is the EU Right to Consider a Full PFAS Ban? The EU begins a long look into the overall benefits and safety concerns of using per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Raw Materials Are Chinese Plastics Actually Cheaper? A new report questions the long-held belief that fabricating plastic products is cheaper in China than the US.
The Plastics Industry Novel Raw Material for Easy to Recycle Plastic Discover how a natural molecule can make a plastic feedstock for simpler recycling.
The Chemical Industry The Chemical Industry’s COVID Recovery: How Long Until Healthy? How long will it take chemical markets to recover from the economic lockdown?