Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) and thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers GmbH (Dortmund, Germany) today announced the signing of a Strategic Cooperation Agreement (SCA). The two companies will collaborate exclusively in key regions, using their complementary technology, engineering and project execution…
ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.) and Princeton University’s Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment have renewed their collaboration to research lower-emission technologies and energy solutions. The new, five-year agreement builds on ExxonMobil’s participation in Princeton’s E-filliates Partnership, which began in…
Anellotech, Inc. (Pearl, River, N.Y.) has announced that R Plus Japan Ltd., a new joint venture company, will invest in the development of Anellotech’s Plas-TCat technology for recycling used plastics. R Plus Japan was established by 12 cross-industry partners within…
Equinor ASA (Stavanger, Norway) is leading a project to develop one of the U.K.’s – and the world’s – first at-scale facilities to produce hydrogen from natural gas in combination with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The project, called Hydrogen…
Carbios (Saint-Beauzire, France) announced the launch of the construction of its industrial demonstration plant for the enzymatic recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic. The demonstration plant is located near Lyon, in France’s Chemistry Valley, the French hub of innovation and…
Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy), Versalis S.p.A. (San Donato Milaese, Italy) and COREPLA (the National Consortium for the Collection, Recycling and Recovery of Plastic Packaging) have signed an agreement that will see them pool their expertise to collect and recycle plastic…
One important challenge that continues to receive the attention of scientists and engineers worldwide is the creation of a more sustainable environment. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA; www.epa.gov) recognizes achievements in this area through the Green Chemistry Challenge Awards,…
A recently announced joint development agreement (JDA) between Enerkem Inc. (Montreal, Que.) and NOVA Chemicals (Calgary, Alta.) is aimed at developing recycling technology to allow difficult-to-recycle plastics (specifically #3–7 polymers), as well as other municipal solid waste (MSW), household waste…
Waste algae from municipal wastewater-treatment plants is typically sent to landfills, but a new process offered by Gen3Bio, Inc. (West Lafayette, Ind.; www.gen3bio.com) aims to convert it into specialty chemicals using a proprietary blend of enzymes to break open —…
Fats, oil and grease (FOG) waste can create environmental problems for water-treatment and sewage systems, but can be a potential resource if collected and separated efficiently. A technology originally developed by Downey Ridge Environmental Co. (Lansing, W.Va.; www.greasezilla.com) to separate…