Sustainability
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UV absorbers out of cashew nut shells
A team of international scientists has found an environmentally friendly way of producing potential UVA and UVB absorbers by using cashew nut shells, a waste material.
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Superhydrophobic cotton for oil–water separation
In a recently published investigation, researchers developed a superhydrophobic cotton by silica nanoparticles treatment followed by surface functionalisation with methyltrichlorosilane.
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Multifunctional polyurethane coatings derived from undecylenic acid
Renewable resource based polyol derived from undecylenic acid, a by-product of castor oil, was successfully synthesised by three consecutive reactions: methylation, thiol-ene addition, and amidation.
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Perstorp drives forward project to produce recycled methanol
Perstorp will investigate the potential production of recycled methanol, using carbon dioxide and residual streams, at its Swedish facility in Stenungsund.
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Additives to give a new life to plastics and textiles with coatings that are difficult to recycle
The Decoat project will allow to avoid landfilling 75% of the volume of textiles and plastics with coatings that until now were difficult to recycle – thanks to the incorporation of smart additives....
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Beckers Group publishes its 2018 sustainability report
Industrial coatings company Beckers has published its 2018 sustainability report, giving a comprehensive picture of last year’s activities.
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Hydrothermal synthesis and application of adsorbent coating for adsorption chillers
A recent study focuses on the improvement of adsorption chillers. FAPO4-5 adsorbents were synthesised and characterised.
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Towards a circular economy
The European Commission adopted an ambitious Circular Economy Package in 2015 to boost global competitiveness, create jobs and generate sustainable growth. The adhesive and sealant industry continues to...
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Developing insecticidal coatings to help preventing the spread of pests in freight transport
The Bio-Vectors project will help develop a functional coating with insecticidal and repellent properties against flies and mosquitos for cardboard containers and packaging suitable for food contact.
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DSM wants to eliminate NMP from its product portfolio
Royal DSM announced that it will phase out NMP from its resins product portfolio. In this way, DSM aims to strengthen its leadership in sustainable and innovative resins.
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Dow and Menshen bring sustainable design to spouted pouches
Innovative sealing technology to enable the manufacture of mono-material spouted pouches that are designed for recyclability and help advance plastic circularity goals.
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RoadToBio”: Roadmap for the chemical industry towards bioeconomy published
The RoadToBio consortium presents a roadmap to the (chemical) industry as well as many other stakeholders to inspire them to take relevant actions on the way towards a more bio-based future.
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Plasma polymerisation using d-limonene as a renewable precursor
A current work describes the deposition of thin films derived from d-limonene, a product extracted from waste orange peels, using plasma polymerisation technique.
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UV-curable cardanol-based acrylate oligomers with cyclotriphosphazene core
Researchers recently studied the synthesis and properties of UV-curable cardanol-based acrylate oligomers with cyclotriphosphazene core.