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Lucite partners with Agilyx to progress PMMA recycling

Lucite International (LI), A group company of Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo), together with Agilyx Corp. (Tigard, Ore.), is working to progress circular solutions in Europe for Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA). PMMA is one of the very few plastics that can…

Ozinga Energy and Ingevity announce adsorbed natural gas vehicle partnership

Ingevity Corp. (North Charleston, S.C.) and Ozinga Energy have announced a partnership to begin a field demonstration of adsorbed natural gas (ANG) bi-fuel pickup trucks. Developed by Adsorbed Natural Gas Products, Inc. and Ingevity, the ANG system is made possible…

Black & Veatch wins contract for biomass-recycling pilot project in Hong Kong

Hong Kong is embarking on a semi-research project to facilitate territory-wide recycling of woody waste material. The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has appointed Black & Veatch (BV; Overland Park, Kan.) to be…

Aker Solutions’ carbon capture technology gets DNV approval for installation at Norcem cement plant

Carbon capture technology from Aker Solutions ASA (Lysaker, Norway) has been approved for a full-scale demonstration project in Norway to remove carbon emissions at a cement plant. The technology was qualified by DNV GL, the technical advisor to the oil…

Black & Veatch expands environmental services offering

Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.) is expanding its global environmental capabilities and services as businesses respond to increasingly complex demands from regulators, shareholders and consumers. The expansion comes as companies, utilities and governments navigate a range of COVID-19 related…

Avantium awarded funding to produce lignin for the development of bio-based asphalt

Avantium N.V. (Amsterdam. The Netherlands) announced that the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland) has awarded the company €0.5 million for its participation in the CHAPLIN XL project. The CHAPLIN XL project is a collaboration between multiple industrial and…

Sekisui Chemical forms JV to commercialize waste-to-ethanol technology

Sekisui Chemical Co. (Osaka, Japan; www.sekisuichemical.com) and INCJ, Ltd. have established a joint venture (JV) called Sekisui Bio Refinery Co. Ltd. with the aim of verification and commercialization of the technology converting combustible waste into ethanol using the microbial catalyst…

Ineos and Plastic Energy to construct advanced recycling plant

Ineos (London; www.ineos.com) and Plastic Energy announced a collaboration on the construction of a new plant to convert waste plastic into raw materials to make new plastic. Production of the new facility would be targeted for the end of 2023.…

BASF and Security Matters to partner on traceability of recycled plastics

Security Matters, Ltd. and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) have signed a binding joint development agreement to develop solutions for plastics traceability and circularity. Plastics, with unique characteristics and when used properly, contribute to a more sustainable and resource efficient…

Michelin and Enviro partner to scale up tire-recycling technology

With a focus on recycling used tires, Michelin (Clermont-Ferrand, France; www.michelin.com) has announced a partnership with Swedish start-up company Enviro, which has developed a technology to modify the chemical composition and physical phase of the pneumatic material during the pyrolysis…