Keyword: Recycling

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Solids and Recycling-Technik Have the Wind in Their Sails

08.10.2015 - On 4-5 November 2015, the economic powerhouse in the Ruhr area will live and breathe process engineering. This is when the doors to Solids and Recycling-Technik in Dortmund will...

Strategy & Management

How to Run a Circular Economy in Europe

03.09.2015 - Since the industrial revolution in Europe the amount of waste in the region has been constantly increasing. This is because its economies have been based on a “take-make-consume...

News

European Parliament Urges Circular Economy Move

22.06.2015 - In a move to bring the topic of circular economy back to the EU table, the European Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) has urged the Commission to finally address issues of...

News

BASF Realigns European Precious Metal Recycling

27.06.2014 - BASF has announced plans to consolidate manufacturing operations at its Cinderford, Gloucestershire, precious metals recycling plant in the UK, exiting its "non-strategic"...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Chemistry is ... In the Name of Sustainability

06.06.2014 - Controversy And Competition - The Soccer World Cup from June 12 to July 13 in Brazil will captivate millions of people. However, such a big event is not without controversy...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

New Horizons in R&D for Bio-Based Plastics

04.02.2014 - Versatile Materials - Going beyond natural polymers, the use of bio-based monomers from biorefineries and "renewable oil," gained from plastics' and bio wastes, renders synthetic...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Innovative Process Enables Up-Cycling of Perfluorinated Polymers

31.01.2014 - Precious Material - Without fluoropolymers many environmental regulation performance specifications for numerous industries would be unachievable. Until now, however, the effective...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Bioplastics Commercialization in Asia

24.10.2013 - Going Green, Going East - Developing more sustainable materials and meeting demand patterns in Asian growth markets are two of today's major challenges for European chemical...