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Materials: Upcycling – Making Plastic Waste Valuable
Amanda Jasi speaks to researchers working to realise novel chemical upcycling methods
Type: Feature
Lego building for a greener future as it increases sustainable feedstocks
THOSE LEGO bricks you buy for your children (or sometimes yourself) are on their way to becoming more sustainable with the toymaker announcing that 22% of all its plastics are now made from sustainable materials. Though like the upturned unseen Lego in your carpet, the journey towards making billions of bricks sustainable has not come without some painful steps along the way.
Type: News
RESEARCHERS at the Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea have developed a wearable sensor that can detect volatile gases and immediately notify users through a holographic image. The inexpensive, ultracompact device could help avoid gas accidents.
Type: News
BP joins effort to make paraxylene from biological sources
BP has formed a partnership with Virent and Johnson Matthey to commercialise a process that produces paraxylene from biological sources, rather than traditional fossil fuels.
Type: News
Not All Plastics Are Made Equally Recyclable
Aniqah Majid looks at the multiple plastics clogging up the waste management system and whether the UK has the infrastructure to get them back into the circular economy
Type: Feature
New way to clean water in developing world
A MULTIDISCIPLINARY team at the University of Bath, UK, is developing a new portable, cheap and efficient device to treat contaminated drinking water for poor communities in the developing world.
Type: News
Top ten bio-based chemicals for UK economic growth
A REPORT from the Lignocellulosic Biorefinery Network (LBNet) has identified ten biochemicals where the UK is primed to go from demonstration to industrial-level production.
Type: News
Avantium commercialising PEF production
CHEMICALS company Avantium is commercialising production of polyethylene furanoate (PEF), a 100% renewable and fully recyclable polymer.
Type: News
UNIVERSITY of Birmingham Enterprise has launched EvoPhase, AI-led technology that optimises the design of equipment, including mixers, dryers, roasters, and blenders, for processing granular materials.
Type: News
Plastics: Biodegradable, Bio-based, or Compostable?
Conventional plastics are widely recognised as harmful to the environment, but are the alternatives any more eco-friendly?
Type: Feature
Plastic Recycling: A Crosslinking Approach for Managing Mixed Waste
Amanda Jasi talks to Eugene Chen, Sanat Kumar, and Tomislav Rovis about the crosslinking solution they are developing to produce higher-value products from recycled mixed plastic waste
Type: Feature
AI’s Journey to Becoming the Best Process Safety Engineer in the Room
David Jamieson believes AI can revolutionise process safety, but says there is still some way to go before it can be trusted for HAZOPs
Type: Feature
Plastics: Towards a Circular Economy
Using chemical recycling to tackle the problem of plastics waste
Type: Feature
Microbes, Microwaves, and Mixes: Eco-friendly Plastics Solutions
Amanda Jasi speaks to innovators striving to improve plastics sustainability and reduce their environmental impact
Type: Feature
Axens wins work on giant paraxylene project
Hengli continues push for superlative island complex
Type: News
New technique for recycling multi-layer packaging
CRISP packets, chocolate wrappers, and blister packets for pills are all extremely difficult to recycle as they are comprised of multiple layers, but a new technique can separate each layer and recycle 99% of the materials.
Type: News
BP exits petrochemicals, sells plants to Ineos
BP is selling its petrochemicals business, including interests in 14 production sites, to Ineos for US$5bn.
Type: News
Book Review: Recycling of Plastics
Norbert Niessner; ISBN: 9781569908563; Hanser Publications; 2022; US$249.99
Type: Feature
