Who Will Lead the Plastics Revolution?
Europe’s chemical recycling requires over €400 billion in cumulative capex to compete with virgin plastics production – who will lead?
Despite impending mandates and ambitious...
Measurement holds key to leaner, cleaner performance in chemical industry
Producing many of the everyday products that we take for granted, the chemical industry is a major contributor to air and water emissions, as...
New lab and pilot plant for feedstock renewables firm
Bedford-based C-Source Renewables is celebrating a major milestone with the opening of its new microbiology and waste valorisation laboratory and pilot plant.
The company –...
INEOS Invests £30m to slash emissions at Hull site by 75%
INEOS has completed a major £30 million investment at its Hull manufacturing site, converting the facility to run on clean-burning hydrogen instead of natural...
Turning emissions into valuable products
Many processes which were once considered waste can now be valorised. Dr Alexander Krajete, CEO of emissions treatment specialist Krajete, explores how waste gases...
Mass-spectrometry technique boosts enzyme screening speed by up to 1000 times
Scientists have developed a new technique to screen engineered enzyme reactions, which could lead to faster and more efficient creation of medicines and sustainable...
Reduce and remove: The two-pronged approach to the PFAS problem
The discussion surrounding per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), driven by the persistence and bioaccumulation of these “forever chemicals” in ecosystems and human bodies, has...
Worm Slime Could Revolutionise the Future of Sustainable Bioplastics
McGill researchers aim to harness the natural process that lets slime shift from liquid to fibre.
A new discovery about the slime ejected by velvet...
e-methanol plans for CO2-reduced supply chains
The HyLion network in Scotland plans to produce CO2-reduced hydrogen from renewable energies and convert it into e-methanol
The network’s overarching aim is to establish...
Spotlight on Scottish ABE biorefining champions
A Scottish company is poised to lead a new era in chemicals manufacturing after its core technology was cited as key to the country’s...
