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China Using Electron Beams to Treat Textile Wastewater
China Using Electron Beams to Treat Textile Wastewater
Published on March 17, 2017
About a 3 minute read

Textile dyeing accounts for one fifth of all industrial wastewater pollution generated worldwide and much of it, particularly in developing countries in Asia, goes untreated. Now, China is employing electron beams to treat effluent from textile dyein... View More

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Materials & PackagingMaterials & Packaging
Trending: Breakthroughs in EPS, PE, PP Recycling Bring Plastics Closer to Circularity
Trending: Breakthroughs in EPS, PE, PP Recycling Bring Plastics Closer to Circularity
Published on March 3, 2017
About a 4 minute read

According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, only 2 percent of the 78 million tons of plastic used each year for packaging is actually recycled. The remaining 98 percent finds its way into landfills, incineration plants and the environment. New innov... View More

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Materials & PackagingMaterials & Packaging
Circularity of Hazardous Chemicals Requires New Legal Framework, NGOs Say
Circularity of Hazardous Chemicals Requires New Legal Framework, NGOs Say
Published on March 3, 2017
About a 3 minute read

Policymakers must limit chemicals entering the material cycle and adapt existing legislation in order to protect human health and the environment from toxic substances in a circular economy, say ClientEarth and the European Environmental Bureau (EEB)... View More

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Materials & PackagingMaterials & Packaging
BASF Touts Sustainability, Efficiency Benefits of Construction Solutions in New Campaign
BASF Touts Sustainability, Efficiency Benefits of Construction Solutions in New Campaign
Published on February 22, 2017
About a 3 minute read

Increasing economic benefits while reducing global-warming potential: How products from BASF’s Master Builders Solutions® range help achieve this is the focus of the new Europe-wide campaign, “Quantified Sustainable Benefits – Reduce your Foot... View More

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Materials & PackagingMaterials & Packaging
Trending: New Tech Breakthroughs Design Impacts Out of Everyday Products
Trending: New Tech Breakthroughs Design Impacts Out of Everyday Products
Published on February 16, 2017
About a 6 minute read

While recycling most certainly plays an important role in the shift to the development of a more circular, sustainable economy, it largely focuses on a product or material’s end of life. But recent initiatives and technological breakthroughs are he... View More

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Materials & PackagingMaterials & Packaging
Trending: AkzoNobel, Startups Sustainably Solving Chemical, Packaging Challenges
Trending: AkzoNobel, Startups Sustainably Solving Chemical, Packaging Challenges
Published on January 30, 2017
About a 4 minute read

Finding new post-consumer uses and solutions for products is critical for making the shift towards a more circular economy, but more and more companies are turning their focus to the early stages of product production and development, effectively add... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Target to Remove Harmful Chemicals from Products, Invest in Green Chemistry
Target to Remove Harmful Chemicals from Products, Invest in Green Chemistry
Published on January 26, 2017
About a 3 minute read

Retail giant Target has announced its commitment to reducing harmful chemicals from its products and investing in green chemistry with the release of a new chemical strategy that covers its entire value chain, operations and products. The goal is to ... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
New EPA Regs Will Require Natural Gas Industry to Come Clean About Toxic Pollution
New EPA Regs Will Require Natural Gas Industry to Come Clean About Toxic Pollution
Published on January 6, 2017
About a 4 minute read

Today, in response to a petition by 19 environmental and open-government groups, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released proposed regulations that will require natural gas processing plants to start publicly reporting the toxic chemicals th... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Indian Chemical Firm Makes Carbon Capture Breakthrough Turning CO2 into Baking Soda
Indian Chemical Firm Makes Carbon Capture Breakthrough Turning CO2 into Baking Soda
Published on January 5, 2017
About a 2 minute read

Whether it be turning food scraps into cold-pressed juices or transforming PET waste into raw materials or converting beer waste water into batteries — just a few of the latest examples of the circular economy at work — companies are increasingly... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Cradle to Cradle Design – So Much More Than Recycling
Cradle to Cradle Design – So Much More Than Recycling
Published on December 20, 2016
About a 5 minute read

It’s easy for the concepts of Cradle to Cradle design and a circular economy to become shorthand for recycling, but both are much more complex than that. ... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
#BusinessCase: How Companies Are Redefining the Source of Business Value
#BusinessCase: How Companies Are Redefining the Source of Business Value
Published on December 15, 2016
About a 4 minute read

According to a new Pure Strategies study, several billion was earned in 2015 from the sustainability efforts of 153 survey respondents, signaling a new way of defining sources of business value. Taking inspiration from sustainability’s positive per... View More

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Materials & PackagingMaterials & Packaging
Columbia Recruits Macklemore to Help Raise Awareness of the Effects of PFCs
Columbia Recruits Macklemore to Help Raise Awareness of the Effects of PFCs
Published on December 8, 2016
About a 2 minute read

Columbia Sportswear says its new OutDry Extreme ECO Jacket, which hit shelves last week, marks a milestone in sustainability - as the first high-performance, environmentally friendly, breathable, waterproof jacket made without the use of a common syn... View More

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Eastman Tops Inaugural Just 100 List in the Chemical Industry
Eastman Tops Inaugural Just 100 List in the Chemical Industry
Published on December 6, 2016
About a 3 minute read

Eastman Chemical Company has been named America’s Most JUST Company in the chemical industry, according to JUST Capital and Forbes magazine’s inaugural “JUST 100 List,” which for the first time ranks the publicly traded companies in the U.S. ... View More

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Dow’s Energy Efficiency Innovations Support Advancement of Green Technology Development in China
Dow’s Energy Efficiency Innovations Support Advancement of Green Technology Development in China
Published on December 6, 2016
About a 3 minute read

Multiple technologies from The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) have been recommended for use in projects supported by the U.S.-China Building Efficiency and Green Development Fund. The Fund is a public-private partnership convened by the Paulson Ins... View More

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Circular EconomyMaterials & Packaging
ZDHC Wastewater Guidelines Streamline Industry Efforts to Eliminate Hazardous Chemicals
ZDHC Wastewater Guidelines Streamline Industry Efforts to Eliminate Hazardous Chemicals
Published on November 29, 2016
About a 3 minute read

On Friday, the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Programme - a collaboration of 22 leading brands, including Kering, Marks & Spencer, Primark, Coop Switzerland and New Balance, along with 13 value chain affiliates and 7 associates - re... View More

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Community Updates
Marketing Manager - Sustainability, Personal & Home Care, Florham Park, NJ
Marketing Manager - Sustainability, Personal & Home Care, Florham Park, NJ
Published on November 17, 2016
About a 4 minute read

Job Field: MARK - MarketingLocation:  ... View More

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Materials & Packaging
New ZDHC Platform to Provide 'Gateway' to Safer Chemicals in Textiles
New ZDHC Platform to Provide 'Gateway' to Safer Chemicals in Textiles
Published on November 2, 2016
About a 3 minute read

The issue of hazardous chemicals isn’t new in consumer products; the Romans knew lead was harmful over 2000 years ago. Scheele’s Green, a copper-arsenic-based pigment, was one of the first colourfast greens used for textiles in the early 1860s. H... View More

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Sustainability Goals Drive Switch to ‘Green’ Plastic Packaging
Sustainability Goals Drive Switch to ‘Green’ Plastic Packaging
Published on November 1, 2016
About a 1 minute read

Brazilian resin producer Braskem has announced that Polarbröd, Sweden’s third largest bakery, will be converting all of its flexible film requirements from fossil-based polyethylene to Braskem’s biobased I’m green drop-in bio-polyethylene. Po... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Industry Collaboration Critical for Sustainable Denim
Industry Collaboration Critical for Sustainable Denim
Published on October 31, 2016
About a 4 minute read

It’s no secret that "denim is a dirty business.” But does this mean our love affair with denim is over? To open the KingPins 2016 Amsterdam Show on October 24, 10 leaders transforming the denim industry were invited to answer one question: I... View More

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Materials & PackagingMaterials & Packaging
Trending: EPA, Olam Seeking Chemistry, Food Security Research that Can Change the World
Trending: EPA, Olam Seeking Chemistry, Food Security Research that Can Change the World
Published on October 19, 2016
About a 3 minute read

The hunt is on for potentially ground-breaking scientific research in food security and green chemistry. Entries and nominations are now open for the second global Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security (Olam Prize) and the 2017 Presidential Gree... View More

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