North West chemical company earns EcoVadis gold rating for global sustainability
Bury’s Maker Industrial, part of leading chemical supplier and manufacturer The Rakem Group, has been awarded EcoVadis Gold for being in the top five percent of businesses globally for environmentally sustainability and...
Plastics made to order – thanks to level and pressure measurement technology from VEGA
Optimisation of production processes is an ongoing task in plastics manufacturing, and this is also the case at RENOLIT. Traceability and reproducibility of processes...
Microplastics Removal Technologies: Are We There Yet?
Microplastics have long been in the spotlight because of their environmental impact. But talks on a global plastics treaty recently stalled, highlighting the urgent...
UK partners advance sustainable shipping with first digital shipment of green chemicals
Grangemouth-based Scottish green chemical producer Celtic Renewables has partnered with digital supply chain and logistics software developer LogChain to make international shipping more sustainable...
Green ammonia plant prototype powers up, Turning Unused Wind Energy into Zero-Carbon Fuel
A prototype facility designed to manufacture ammonia using renewable electricity is now operational.
ngineers at the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Energy Research Unit...
CCUS: powering our industrial regeneration?
With £9.4 billion earmarked in funding, Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage (CCUS) has been positioned as a critical net zero tool, and a driver...
Green chemistry, grey areas – understanding patent protection for sustainable materials
Peter Youle, Senior Associate at Marks & Clerk, explains what green materials, production processes and formulations are (and aren’t) protectable under current IP law...
From boardroom scepticism to c-suite priority: the evolution of bio-based chemicals
Over the past three decades, sustainability in chemicals has gone from being a side note to a fundamental boardroom issue, says Bettina Brierly, Chief...
enaDyne plans to transform chemical production with non-thermal plasma catalysis technology
The Leipzig-based company pioneers fully electric, modular, non-thermal plasma catalysis reactors that convert CO2 into valuable chemicals while abating hard-to-treat emissions, offering a sustainable...
Pyrolysis oil: decarbonising petrochemicals one drop at a time
Nirav Shah, Global Director (Growth Fields, Re-refining, LNG/Gas processing) at Evonik, explores the integration of pyrolysis oil into refining and petrochemical processes, the hurdles...
