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Japan’s new technology-development project focused on green hydrogen

Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba ESS; Kawasaki, Japan), Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc., Tohoku Electric Power Network Co., Inc., Iwatani and Asahi Kasei Corp. will work together to develop green hydrogen technologies, with focus on further heightening system…

Fashion for Good consortium kicks off chemical-recycling initiative

The Fashion for Good consortium has initiated “Full Circle Textiles Project: Scaling Innovations in Cellulosic Recycling” – a first-of-its-kind consortium project. As much as 73% of clothing produced is sent to landfill or is incinerated, and of all new clothing…

Mitsui Chemicals launches joint research with Nagaoka University of Technology to propel plastic-waste recycling

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) announced that it has launched a joint research project in pursuit of innovative technology to promote the recycling of plastic waste, working with Professor Takahashi Tsutomu, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagaoka…

Loop Industries and SUEZ to build advanced plastics-recycling facility in Europe

Loop Industries (Montreal, Canada) and SUEZ (Paris, France) have announced plans to build the first Infinite Loop recycling facility in Europe. Based on enhanced recycling, the partnership will combine the resource management expertise of SUEZ and Loop’s unique breakthrough technology…

Milliken joins Polypropylene Recycling Coalition

Milliken & Co. (Spartanburg, S.C.) has joined the Polypropylene Recycling Coalition, an industry collaboration established by The Recycling Partnership to improve polypropylene (PP) recovery and recycling in the United States. Milliken will help fund the coalition’s efforts to enhance the…

LyondellBasell starts up molecular-recycling plant in Italy

LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced the successful startup of its MoReTec molecular recycling facility at its Ferrara, Italy, site. LyondellBasell's proprietary MoReTec advanced recycling technology aims to return post-consumer plastic waste to its molecular form for use as a feedstock…

Siemens Gamesa and GHS embarking on wind-to-hydrogen project in Denmark

Wind energy provider Siemens Gamesa (Zamudio, Spain) is establishing a pioneering wind-to-hydrogen project in Denmark and has chosen Green Hydrogen Systems (GHS; Kolding, Denmark) as its electrolysis partner.  The project will involve a 3 MW Siemens Gamesa wind turbine that…

MOL Group to cooperate with Meraxis on recycled plastic manufacturing

The Swiss trading group Meraxis and the integrated oil, gas and petrochemical company MOL Group (Budapest, Hungary; www.mol.hu) are entering into a strategic partnership involving the development and production of recycled polyolefin compounds. The aim is to develop and produce…

Johnson Matthey and partners launch sustainability laboratory in Israel

In partnership with Bazan and EDF Renewables, Johnson Matthey (JM; London, U.K.) has announced the launch of the Environmental Sustainability Innovation Lab (ESIL). Based in Israel, ESIL will support startups focusing on environmental protection and sustainability. Connecting industries looking for green…

Axens, IFPEN and JEPLAN to demonstrate and commercialize a process for the recycling waste PET

Axens, IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN; both Rueil-Malmaison, France) and Jeplan, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) have recently signed a joint development and commercialization agreement in order to develop, demonstrate and commercialize an innovative polyethylene terephthalate (PET) monomer recycling process for all types…