Ungerer & Company

MLive | January 30, 2020

Michigan will allow US Ecology to expand its hazardous waste facility in northeast Detroit, a move resulting from a proposal that neighbors had challenged over several years. The 10-year permit was approved on January 29 by the state Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE). It allows US Ecology, formerly Dynecol, Inc., to “continue existing operations, construct and operate two new buildings for storage and treatment, and repurpose an existing building,” according to...

Chemical Technology, Raw Materials

Webwire | July 05, 2023

NOVA Chemicals Corporation (“NOVA Chemicals”) and Plastic Energy have entered into an agreement to explore the feasibility of developing a pyrolysis-driven advanced recycling facility in the Sarnia, Ontario region. If constructed, the facility would be the largest of its kind in Canada with a potential initial capacity of 66kt per annum. “Post-use plastics offer tremendous value to furthering the circular economy, and our teams at NOVA Chemicals work daily to i...

Chemicalwatch | May 06, 2020

The new chair of a UK parliamentary committee has expressed his concerns over the government's post-Brexit chemicals strategy, after its development was suspended due to the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. In a letter to minister of state George Eustice, Environmental Audit Committee chair Philip Dunne said that given the delays already incurred, the decision to pause work on it in order to prioritise the government's response to the pandemic was "regrettable". The Department fo...

Prnewswire | August 20, 2020

Chemetry, a technology innovation company dedicated to the development of environmentally sustainable chemical processes with superior economics, and Braskem, the leading producer of thermoplastic resins in the Americas, will construct and operate a Demonstration Plant using Chemetry's eShuttle® technology for the production of ethylene dichloride (EDC) in Brazil. The eShuttle® EDC Process uses a unique metal halide ion process to produce high purity EDC, a commodity chemical u...