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Impurities in plastics are no problem with chemical PET recycling
Plastic household waste contains all sorts of contaminants that make it unsuitable for the mechanical recycling of PET. Think of…
Oleon opens new factory in Ertvelde
The chemical giant Oleon from Ghent opened a new factory for sustainable cosmetics, lubricants and car paints this month. The…
Government needs to be a launching customer, rather than subsidy provider
The bio-based economy is just slowly getting off the ground, despite hundreds of millions of investments and government subsidies. 'The…
Incentive for the development of a biobased industry in Eastern and Central Europe
The development of the bio-based industry in Central and Eastern European countries is lagging behind, despite the large availability of…
European-wide sustainability criteria for biomass
New European sustainability criteria for solid biomass offer member states the freedom to draw up additional national rules. There is…
Avantium starts construction of bio-MEG demoplant
Avantium has started construction of a new demonstration plant that will help advance the production of bio-based mono-ethylene glycol (MEG)…
BIC welcomes Horizon Europe
The Bio-Based Industries Consortium (BIC) is pleased with the plans of the European Commission for Horizon Europe, successor of the…
‘Acrylate is becoming greener’
Water-based paint based on acrylates is not necessarily sustainable, since the chemical building blocks for this are based on petroleum.…
Reducing sound and vibrations in railway systems
In order to limit vibrations and noise pollution, train and tram rails at level crossings are often poured into a…