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Chemical Industry Digest | February 15, 2020

BASF has recently launched its pilot platform recichain in the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada, as a response to one of the most pressing environmental challenges – plastic waste. The pilot project will introduce a more sustainable alternative to the linear economic model, reducing plastic waste, maximising its value and enhancing resource efficiency. “There is a clear global challenge around the economics of recycling plastic. Much of the collection and sorting activities ...

Bloomberglaw | June 18, 2020

The EPA has agreed to grant petitions dating as far back as 2010 to add a commonly used degreaser to the list of regulated hazardous air pollutants—the first time in 30 years that it has agreed to add a chemical to the list. With this action (RIN 2060-AS26), the Environmental Protection Agency has agreed with petitioners that the chemical commonly known as 1-bromopropane (1-BP) poses a public health risk when members of the public or any workers involved in its use inhale it. Manufacturers...

Chemical Engineering | February 17, 2020

Versalis signed a joint development agreement with Italian engineering company, Servizi di Ricerche e Sviluppo (S.R.S.), which owns a pyrolysis technology that will be further developed to transform mixed plastic waste, which cannot be mechanically recycled, into raw material to produce new virgin polymers. Versalis will leverage its technological and industrial expertise to build a first plant with a capacity of 6,000 tons per year at its Mantova. Italy site, with a view to progressively...

Policy and Perspectives, Chemical Management

Marathon Oil Corporation | January 10, 2023

Marathon Oil Corporation announced the completion of its acquisition of Ensign Natural Resources' Eagle Ford assets for a total cash consideration of $3.0 billion. The acquisition was announced earlier, on November 2, 2022. Lee Tillman, Chairman, President, and CEO, said, "We are pleased to announce the close of our acquisition of Ensign's high-quality assets in the core of the Eagle Ford Shale." He further added, "This acquisition satisfies every element of...