Enzymatic Recycling: could revolutionary enzyme ease PET packaging pressure?
A consortium of UK universities has been awarded £11.2 million to develop enzymatic recycling and help reduce plastic pollution, with a particular focus on...
‘Overwhelming enthusiasm’ for green utility provision in petrochemicals
A new report and survey into utility provision in the petrochemical industry has identified overwhelming enthusiasm for sustainable practices, with almost all process engineers...
Making polyurethane and nylon ‘infinitely recyclable
Protein Evolution, Inc. and Basecamp Research are developing novel enzymes to break down difficult-to-recycle plastic and textile waste and solve a major bottleneck in...
New reactor could save millions when making plastics and rubber ingredients from natural gas
With oil production dropping, a process using natural gas is needed to avert a shortage of a workhorse chemical used for automotive parts, cleaning...
Green startup’s mission to decarbonise ammonia production
A nanotechnology climate-tech start-up eliminating emissions from ammonia production has relocated to Milton Park science park in Oxfordshire.
Following £2.3m of seed funding in 2023,...
Successful energy management with high-performance lubricants
Every manufacturer and operator want their machinery to run reliably and efficiently, but in all moving machines and motors friction is generated, the consequences...
Take 4 steps to keep drinking water, waterways safe from ‘forever chemicals’
Removing PFAS is not enough; destruction is required, says Dr Elvin Hossen, research and development engineer at Claros Technologies.
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) can...
Naphtha breakthrough paves way for zero-carbon steam cracking
Coolbrook’s achievements in pilot testing reinforce their position as leader in electric steam cracking, enabling CO2 emission reductions of 300 million tons per annum.
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Efficient treatment of hexavalent chromium-containing wastewater
New technology using a vortex layer of ferromagnetic particles is a quicker, safer, more cost-effective way to decontaminate wastewater, say Stanislav Mykytenko, Oleg Kryvokhyzha...
Renewable hydrogen and propane fuel gases made from glycerol
Pioneering Aston University research has shown the way forward for making renewable hydrogen and propane fuel gases from glycerol.
This organic compound is produced mainly...
