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Biomarket insights | August 24, 2020

Plastic polymers comprise about 40% of the output of the global chemical recycling sector1. As we use and make plastic today, for each kilogram that is not reused or recycled, another kilogram is produced from non-renewable, fossil-based raw materials. Recycling of plastics waste into new plastics is an approach to increase the circularity of supply chains. According to the ‘Accelerating circular supply chains for plastics’ report by Closed Loop Partners, the demand for recycled plas...

CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY

Styrenics Circular Solutions | June 25, 2021

Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS), a value chain initiative to increase the circularity of styrenic polymers, welcomed European Plastics Converters (EuPC) as a new member today. EuPC is the professional representing the organization of 55.000 European plastics converters, whose activities span all areas of the plastics converting industry, including recycling. In addition, national plastics organizations and sector organizations in the plastics converting industry are among its m...

Ndtv | May 09, 2020

A day after three industrial disasters rocked the country amid the COVID-19 lockdown, the central pollution watchdog on Friday directed states to ensure that all units, manufacturing or storing hazardous chemicals, undertake a proper safety and hazard audit before resuming operations. The Central Pollution Control Board in its letter to state pollution control boards (SPCB) and pollution control committees (PCC) directed that all such units should resume operations only after the COVID-19...

CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT

Occidental | March 23, 2022

Occidental announced an agreement with an affiliate of SK Trading International, a subsidiary of SK Innovation Co. Ltd. for the first net-zero oil created by combining crude oil together with environmental attributes generated from the sequestration of atmospheric carbon dioxide captured via 1PointFive’s planned large-scale Direct Air Capture facility and sequestered in Occidental’s enhanced oil recovery reservoirs in the U.S. Permian Basin. SK Trading International expects to conver...