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Chemical recycling: Towards a circular economy
Worldwide, there are many endeavours to recover and recycle plastics materials. The first phase of such recycling has involved thermoplastic polymers...
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Chemical Recycling: Towards a Circular Economy
Worldwide, there are many endeavours to recover and recycle plastics materials. The first phase of such recycling has involved thermoplastic polymers...
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Chlor-alkali webinar to draw on insight spanning five decades
Just as Tecnon OrbiChem consultants began preparing presentations for the Chlor-Alkali in 2022 webinar we are presenting in collaboration with ICIS,...
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A new boost to the push towards carbon neutrality: Free white paper
Just as Covid-19 ushered in social distancing and further digitised our world by making contactless payment mandatory, Russia’s war on Ukraine could...
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Sustainability Boost from Promising Profit: Concept to Reality Bio-PET
The largest PET producers reported extraordinary results in 2021 and Q1 2022. Along with improved profitability, all the companies provide extended...
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Polycarbonates from Renewable Hydrocarbons
It’s no secret that plant-based polycarbonate (PC) can be problematic. Not only does the plastic demonstrate complex technical properties, developing...
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Plastic Packaging Material That Is Both Sustainable and Biodegradable
Ideally, plastic packaging should be both biodegradable and produced in a sustainable way, but this is rarely the case. Bio-PET is partially...
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Biobased Monopropylene Glycol: The Bumpy Road to a Decarbonized World
Monopropylene glycol (MPG) – often called simply propylene glycol – is essential to a wide range of products across a variety of industries and...
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Biobased Succinic Acid: Is the Sustainable Route Becoming Economically Viable Once More?
A renewable technology hailed as revolutionary in the 2010s may emerge as a choice route to deliver key intermediate chemicals in the future. When...
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Sustainable Routes to Polyurethane
It could be considered one of the plastics world's most contradictory materials. Notoriously under-recycled due to technical difficulty, polyurethane...