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Phillips 66 signs MOU with Southwest Airlines to commercialize sustainable aviation fuel

Phillips 66 (Houston) and Southwest Airlines have signed a memorandum of understanding to advance the commercialization of sustainable aviation fuel, focusing on public awareness and research and development. The memorandum of understanding also sets the framework to explore a future…

Teijin, JGC and Itochu to collaborate on chemical recycling of polyester textiles

Teijin Ltd. (Toyko) , JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan) and Itochu Corp. (Tokyo) have signed a joint agreement on the license of polyester chemical recycling technology from discarded polyester textile products. In the fiber and textile industry, there is an urgent…

Ineos advanced recycling units in Texas and California awarded ISCC PLUS certification

INEOS (London, U.K.) announced that its manufacturing sites in Texas and California have been awarded ISCC PLUS certification from ISCC (International Sustainability & Carbon Certification). This certification supports recent successful, commercial-scale trials of Advanced Recycling technology for the production of…

Dow and Mura Technology form partnership to scale up advanced plastics recycling

Dow (Midland, Mich.) and Mura Technology, Ltd., the global pioneer of an advanced plastic recycling solution, announced a partnership to help keep plastic waste out of the environment. The collaboration will support the rapid scaling of Mura’s new HydroPRS (Hydrothermal…

ACC issues policy recommendations on GHG emissions

The American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) today issued a set of policy recommendations to enable dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The plan is built around three imperatives – developing and deploying clean manufacturing technologies, pricing carbon,…

Kick-off to decarbonizing ammonia production: thyssenkrupp awarded green hydrogen plant by CF Industries

Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany) has entered into an engineering and supply contract with CF Industries, Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.; www.cfindustries.com) to deliver a green hydrogen plant for the production of green ammonia at the Donaldsonville manufacturing complex in Louisiana.…

Braskem joins Cyclyx plastics-recycling consortium

Cyclyx International LLC., a consortium-based feedstock management company with a mission to increase the recyclability of plastic from 10% to 90%, and Braskem have announced that Braskem S.A. (Philadelphia, Pa.) has joined Cyclyx as a member and has appointed Geoffrey…

Styrolution and Trinseo partner with Recycling Technologies on commercial polystyrene recycling

INEOS Styrolution (Frankfurt, Germany), Recycling Technologies (London, U.K.) and Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.) have reached a significant milestone in their plans to build commercial polystyrene (PS) recycling plants in Europe. Recycling Technologies has been selected as the technology partner. These three…

Tidewater chooses Haldor Topsoe technologies for renewable diesel production in Canada

Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) has signed a contract with Tidewater for the delivery of Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology in Canada. The technology will be utilized in a new 3,000 barrels per day (bbl/d) renewable diesel facility that, subject to receipt…

Borealis begins feasibility study for new chemical-recycling plant in Sweden

Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria) has commenced a new project to secure an increased supply of chemically recycled feedstock for the production of more circular base chemicals and polyolefin-based products. A feasibility study for a chemical recycling unit to be…