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INDAVER, DOCKWATER | June 01, 2021

AVAIO Capital announced that its subsidiary DOCKWATER BV has signed memorandums of understanding with INDAVER NV and MONUMENT CHEMICAL BV. It would provide them with sustainable process water from its DOCKWATER desalination facility in the Port of Antwerp for an 18-year term. DOCKWATER presently has agreements with five companies (Covestro, Evonik, Ashland, INDAVER, and MONUMENT) that have decided to seek a sustainable solution for their water requirements, reducing their expenses...

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PureCycle | August 06, 2021

PureCycle Technologies, Inc. announces a strategic partnership with Gulfspan Industrial, LLC to build and reserve construction space in Beaumont, Texas for the fabrication of modular processing lines. Gulfspan's expanded capacity will help PureCycle's mission to grow its ability to recycle polypropylene (PP) into ultra-pure, sustainable plastic resin. This collaboration will also centralize and streamline PureCycle's module construction process, allowing the modules to be built and t...

NEWS 1130 | February 17, 2020

The Environmental Protection Agency reported Alaska led the nation in 2018 toxic chemical releases. But a state commissioner contends a large portion should not be categorized as toxic. Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Jason Brune argued that releases caused by unearthed rocks moved at mining sites do not have a significant effect on public health, The Juneau Empire reported Friday. More than 99% of Alaska’s releases, 970.6 million pounds (440.3 million kilogram...

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 ...