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JULY 18, 2021

MIRUM is made with natural, biodegradable polymers. MIRUM is far less resource-intensive to produce than animal leather and synthetic leather. Synthetic polyurethane-based leathers require around 5 kg carbon dioxide equivalent per kg of synthetic polymer produced. waste’ cork powder).

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BMW Polymer Illinois Carbon 435

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AUGUST 24, 2010

New Zealand-based LanzaTech has successfully produced 2,3-Butanediol (2,3-BD), a key building block used to make polymers, plastics and hydrocarbon fuels, using the company’s gas fermentation technology. LanzaTech has shown 2,3-BD production from waste gas resources in an industrial setting.

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Polymer Waste Building Fuel 199

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JUNE 28, 2022

It also marks an important step in ensuring our future competitiveness and our renewables’ growth strategy execution as it will bring a substantial amount of renewable diesel, SAF and renewable feedstock for polymers and chemicals to our sustainability-focused customers. —Matti Lehmus, President and CEO of Neste. million tons annually.

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Renewable Production Finland Polymer 273

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JANUARY 27, 2014

Researchers in India have developed a relatively low-temperature process to convert low-density polyethylene (LDPE)—a common polymer used to make many types of container, medical and laboratory equipment, computer components and plastic bags—into liquid fuel over a kaolin catalyst. of Environment and Waste Management Vol.

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Waste Convert Fuel Polymer 218

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Whereas plastics of the same type can often be mechanically recycled, recycling of mixed plastic waste poses a major challenge. We want to establish smart circular systems in our supply chains and make efficient use of resources. We want to establish smart circular systems in our supply chains and make efficient use of resources.

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Kits Audi Oil Automobile 410

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MARCH 4, 2022

It’s also often produced using corn and other crop feedstocks, but this approach is dependent on crops that otherwise could be used to grow food or waste feedstocks. Our partnership with Twelve provides us with the feedstock needed to create critical resources like ethanol without adding CO 2 to the atmosphere.

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Convert CO2 Carbon Polymer 324

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

BASF SE is investing €16 million into Pyrum Innovations AG, a technology company specialized in the pyrolysis of waste tires, headquartered in Dillingen/Saar, Germany. The co-operation will thus serve to close the loop for post-consumer plastic waste. —Hartwig Michels, President of BASF’s Petrochemicals division.

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MARCH 26, 2021

The biocrude oil came from many different sources, including wastewater sludge from Detroit, and food waste collected from prison and an army base. The research showed that essentially any biocrude, regardless of wet-waste sources, could be used in the process and the catalyst remained robust during the entire run.

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JANUARY 6, 2023

A sustainable material is defined as a bio-based/renewable, recycled material or one that may be produced using or contributing to other sustainable practices for resource conservation and/or emissions reductions including mass-balance materials. Silica is an ingredient often used in tires to help improve grip and reduce fuel consumption.

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Oil Carbon Polymer Renewable 293

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APRIL 9, 2020

A consortium led by the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Materials Recycling and Resource Strategies IWKS and including Proton Motor Fuel Cell GmbH, MAIREC Edelmetallgesellschaft mbH, Electrocycling GmbH and KLEIN Anlagenbau AG, is developing a closed-loop recycling concept specifically for PEM fuel cells. Example of a fuel cell stack.

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Fuel Polymer Hydrogen Design 243

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

The hydrocarbons are then converted into ISCC Plus mass balance certified phenol by Borealis and finally used by Covestro to produce the high-performance plastic polycarbonate as a replacement for part of the phenol previously manufactured from purely fossil resources.

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Renewable Polymer Waste Convert 170

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FEBRUARY 8, 2015

The team, led by scientists from Harvard University and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, employed a microfluidic assembly technique to produce microcapsules that contain liquid sorbents encased in highly permeable polymer shells. The polymer microcapsules are then heated to release absorbed CO 2 for subsequent collection.

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Polymer Carbon Universal Gas-Electric 150

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AUGUST 1, 2020

These projects will improve the performance and lower the cost and risk of technologies that can be used to produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts from biomass and waste resources. Scale-up and Qualification of Net-Zero Sustainable Aviation Fuels from Wet Waste. Topic 2: Waste to Energy Strategies for the Bioeconomy.

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Waste Conversion Universal San Diego 186

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JULY 31, 2019

Australia-based biotechnology company Circa Group, which produces its bio-based solvent Cyrene from waste cellulose, is participating in a project to develop the first UK industrial scale capability to reclaim and reuse the most valuable components of end-of-life electrical vehicle (EV) batteries. straw, bagasse, sawdust). Sherwood, J.,

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Batteries Battery Polymer Li-ion 186

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) are developing a small-scale demonstration reactor that will process 40 tons of wood waste per year from the university into replacements for diesel fuel and gasoline. X1) from a biological feedstock, more specifically, from lignocellulosic biomass (also known as plant waste/residue).

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Waste Universal 2008 Diesel 218

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MAY 4, 2009

Researchers at Iowa State University are proposing dissolving waste polystyrene (PS) in biodiesel for use as a diesel engine fuel as a mechanism for energy recovery from the waste plastic. The US generated 251 million tons of municipal solid wastes in 2006, of which plastics accounted for 11.7 Credit: ACS. Click to enlarge.

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Waste Energy Iowa Diesel 207

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

Louisiana-based startup New Oil Resources (NOR) is commercializing a near-critical (i.e., New Oil Resources licensed the technology (US Patent 6,180,845 ) in 2009 from Louisiana State University (LSU); the original developers of the process are Drs. New Oil Resources was co-founded by Catallo and Dr. Gary Miller. Gary Miller.

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Oil Gasoline Commercial Conversion 199

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APRIL 30, 2022

The consortium will showcase these systems at both Damon and Moment Energy’s new facilities in Vancouver BC, demonstrating manufacturing scale-up of components, assembly systems and targeting design for a near zero waste production operation. Center of Excellence for High Volume Manufacturing of Hydrogen Fuel Cells. Lead: Cummins Inc.;

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Canada Li-ion Emissions Vehicles 304

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

By employing proprietary pretreatment and processing, researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Drexel University have produced flexible polymer carbon composite films from scrap tires for use as electrodes for supercapacitors. The first synthesized highly porous carbon (1625 m 2  g −1 ) using waste tires as the precursor.

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Polymer Waste Carbon Low Cost 150

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FEBRUARY 1, 2019

mm in engineering acrylate polymers, as well as printing soft structures with exceptionally smooth surfaces into a gelatin methacrylate hydrogel. The 3D printing resin is composed of liquid polymers mixed with photosensitive molecules and dissolved oxygen. We print features as small as 0.3 —Hossein Heidari, co-first author.

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Light Polymer Building Parts 379

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MAY 10, 2018

In order to tackle fundamental issues mentioned above, two main approaches have been intensively attempted by a) putting sulfur into meso-/microporous carbon, and b) optimizing carbon scaffold with functional polymers or hydrophilic functional groups. The next step for the team is fabricating a larger battery utilizing this concept.

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Lithium Sulfur Batteries Battery Engine 186

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

The US DOE national laboratories have some of the most significant high performance computing (HPC) resources available, including some of the fastest supercomputers in the world. DOE’s national labs will provide scientific support, computational resources and expertise, and data storage to close the current industrial computation gap.

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Manufacturer Batteries Battery Polymer 210

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JUNE 27, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $70 million for a new Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute focused on improving technologies and processes to achieve cost parity of recycled and waste materials with primary feedstocks, while improving material efficiency in manufacturing processes. Click to enlarge.

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Manufacturer Waste Energy Polymer 150

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MARCH 29, 2016

Researchers at Durham University in the UK have developed a new approach to breaking down the base rubber in materials such as used tires by the catalytic disassembly of polymer chains—eliminating the need for energy intensive mechanical processes. We anticipate that other polymers which contain carbon double bonds (e.g.

Polymer 150

Polymer Carbon Waste Green 150

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JUNE 16, 2017

University of British Columbia (UBC) engineers have used polymeric scrap tire fibers (STF) to develop a more resilient type of concrete that could be used for concrete structures such as buildings, roads, dams and bridges, while reducing landfill waste. The research has received support from IC-IMPACTS; Tire Stewardship B.C., Onuaguluchi, O.

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Engine Polymer India Canada 170

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JANUARY 13, 2021

This proposed project will significantly (1) reduce Si anode costs; (2) improve efficiency and reduce waste in production; (3) reduce engineering and cost risks; and (4) reduce EV battery costs and accelerate the move to clean transportation and renewable energy. 24M Technologies, Inc.

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Li-ion Batteries Battery Polymer 199

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NOVEMBER 6, 2010

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have constructed a low-cost, nanoscale composite hybrid thermoelectric material by wrapping a polymer that conducts electricity around a nanorod of tellurium—a metal coupled with cadmium in today’s most cost-effective solar cells. Earlier post.) See, Joseph P.

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Low Cost Hybrid Polymer Waste 210

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NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Global Biotechnologies’ technology could contribute to this strategy as isobutene can be directly converted to polymers and jet fuel relevant C-12 molecules. Global Bioenergies’ core technology consists in a proprietary artificial pathway allowing the direct fermentative production of isobutene from renewable resources.

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Carbon Global Waste New Zealand 199

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MARCH 21, 2011

In addition to catalyst manufacturing, the plant will house research, development, and technical service resources. Metathesis has been accepted as an emerging “green technology” platform and has been broadly adopted by the pharmaceutical, chemical, and polymer industries.

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Singapore Manufacturer Polymer Waste 186

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AUGUST 18, 2019

It’s an improvement over traditional processes, which require facilities with a large footprint, high capital and operating costs and a large amount of waste generated. Through the patented process, magnets are dissolved in nitric acid, and the solution is continuously fed through a module supporting polymer membranes. Delmau, Eric S.

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Energy Waste Idaho Lithium Ion 220

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MARCH 12, 2019

This wood passes through the beetle’s complex digestive tract and is finally excreted as its waste product, politely termed frass. In the midgut (MG), plant polymers are changed into simpler components, which are then fermented in the anterior hindgut (AHG), where nitrogen is fixed and methane and hydrogen produced. Filley, Timothy D.

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Production Fuel South Carolina Hydrogen 255

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DECEMBER 30, 2022

After successful conversion, we develop nanocomposites by dispersing AFG into a polymer effectively, which have superior mechanical, thermal, and corrosion-resistant properties compared to the bare polymer. —Saadi et al. 2022) “Sustainable valorization of asphaltenes via flash joule heating.”

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Waste Manufacturer Carbon Fiber Polymer 492

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

DSM’s EcoPaXX polyamide 410 is 70% derived from renewable resources, and the polymer is certified 100% carbon neutral from cradle to gate. This results in reduced energy consumption during production, as well as zero material waste. Bio-polymers Diesel Engines Weight reduction' No trimming is necessary at all.

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Diesel Polymer Engine Parts 218

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

LanzaTech uses proprietary bacteria to convert industrial waste gases or syngas from gasification into fuels and chemicals via a fermentation pathway; one product is 2,3-Butanediol (2,3-BD). LanzaTech has already shown 2,3-BD production from waste gas resources in an industrial setting. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Fuel New Zealand Waste Convert 186

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JANUARY 30, 2011

The final product is either a fine micro-fibrous polymer mat that resembles white tissue paper, or polymer micro-beads with a diameter of ~ 0.5 - 5µm, with the hydride material entrained in ~50 - 200nm pores within the polymer. It also protects the hydrides from oxygen and water, making it possible to handle it in air.

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Hydrogen Commercial Transportation Polymer 262

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JULY 8, 2011

The funds will be used to start the industrialization of the company’s process to convert renewable resources into isobutene, a gas which can be converted into liquid fuels and various polymers. straw) into isobutene, one of the key building blocks of the petrochemical industry.

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Industrial Industry Global Polymer 186

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AUGUST 22, 2016

Emergent Polymer Sensing Technologies for Gulf Coast Water Quality Monitoring This collaboration between Mississippi and Alabama develops advanced polymer-based sensing technologies to detect pollutants in Gulf Coast aquatic ecosystems. University of Southern Mississippi. Jason Azoulay. University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez.

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