EU project seeks to make microalgae mainstream
A consortium of researchers and industries is betting on an underdog they hope will become a sustainability hero of the future: microalgae.
Funded by the...
Homogeneous Catalyst Recycling in Practice
Florence Luyten, Account Manager at Indaver for precious metal recycling from liquids, explains how advances in recycling technologies are enabling a circular economy for...
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...
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...
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...
Red tape, green chemistry: Turning sustainability regs into a growth catalyst
Sustainability regulations are a make-or-break moment for the industry. However, instead of treating regulation as a cost center, what if chemical firms could use...
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...
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...
