Sustainability
Sustainability
Grupo Antolin, a global supplier of technological solutions for car interiors, is studying the potential of carbon nanofibers to improve the efficiency, durability, and cost reduction of critical components in next-generation hydrogen fuel cells.
Covestro will continue as the main sponsor of Team Sonnenwagen Aachen, the team of students from RWTH Aachen University and Aachen University of Applied Sciences responsible for the development of the "Covestro Photon”, until 2023, the company has announced.
Consumer demands and government regulations have already led to packaging changes, but the time is now to build an innovation strategy, according to Lux Research.
Rieke, a subsidiary company packaging group TriMas, has announced the commercialisation of a new dispenser pump that, from the start, has been designed with recyclability in mind.
A collaborative effort by four companies across the packaging value chain has resulted in the development of a new tube laminate made with over 40% ISCC certified renewable content.
A polypropylene recycling firm, PureCycle Technologies, announced plans for its first cluster manufacturing site, a $440 million investment in Georgia.
For German packaging manufacturer Südpack, sustainability has become a guiding principle at all levels of the process chain.
South Korea's SK Global Chemical is contributing to a plastics recycling investment fund run by the Closed Loop Partners and three other resin makers.
Covestro, Advanced Polymer Technology and Polytan jointly developed the Poligras Tokyo GT field hockey surface. Used as a flooring in the hockey fields at this summer's major sporting event in Tokyo, it contains a polyurethane raw material from Covestro produced with up to 20 percent CO₂.
The project provides traceability during the production of plastic packaging
The beer brand's ‘Plastic Fishing Tournament' gave anglers added income for cleaning the seas.
The German Chemicals Industry Association (VCI) has described the latest EU climate protection package as “an enormous challenge for companies in Europe.”
In 2019, the DuPont Mobility & Materials production facility at Dordrecht, the Netherlands, was the first DuPont manufacturing site to receive ISCC certification - and was the first POM plant worldwide to be certified.
Said to be the world’s only continuous-filament cellulose non-woven, Bemiese, produced by Asahi Kasei from cotton linter, has further enhanced its sustainability credentials with its recent certification as OK biodegradable MARINE by TÜV AUSTRIA Belgium.