Case studies and articles

The wax worm, a caterpillar typically used for fishing bait and known for damaging beehives by eating their wax comb, has now been observed munching on a differe

During 2015, Unliever organised training sessions on the circular economy approach, covering a wide range of internal functions and categories.

Tjeerd Veenhoven has created innovative uses for discarded tulip petals from the 800,000 flower heads that are discarded annually per hectare.

Enviro-Grow is a green, social enterprise committed to creating innovative eco-friendly products, packaging and promotional concepts that make a tangible, sustainable difference to our planet and o

BASF and Philips have achieved a practical breakthrough in the development of OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) technology that allows it to be integrated in c

Proprietary anti-reflective coating from DSM boosts the transmission, output and durability of solar modules. The anti-reflective coating was inspired by work in the picture framing glass industry.

Polymers containing microencapsulated healing agents have been a focal point of self-healing materials over the past decade.

A report by RLI argues that the logistics industry can become a key enabler of circular economy, particularly focusing on the agri/food, chemical, high-tech sectors.

Ecover produces natural cleaning products that use fermentation to turn sugars into alcohols that can be used as solvents in their cleaning agents to dissolve oils and other stains, minimising use

POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels is a cooperative effort between DSM and Poet.

Food Ink. is a specially designed, one of a kind 3D food printing popup restaurant. The 3D-pop-up was hosted by byFlow in collaboration with Food Ink and 3D Samba.

Green4Print focuses on the production of organic printing inks for the sheet-fed offset industry. These are bio-based and easy to fit into the commercial and printing process.

Loop delivers products to your door in reusable containers at prices that are comparable to your local store.

Splosh is a new way to buy home cleaning, dishwashing and laundry essentials. The product first comes with a starter box which contains up to eight bottles with some product.

Viscolube specialises in waste oil regeneration. Viscolube has developed and patented a re-raffinating process of waste oils which is among the most widespread in the world.

Crown Beverages Limited decided to integrate Chemical Leasing in its operations, closely cooperating with one of its main suppliers, the American chemicals producer Diversey Eastern and Central Afr

Agilyx converts previously non-recyclable and low value waste plastics into crude oil through a patented system. With Gen 7, Agilyx expands its product portfolio

Arkema, Inc. develops a variety of polymers from bio-based sources, making up 30% of its technical polymer business and 66% of its R&D activity.

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Ioniqa is a high tech chemical company developing, customizing, and producing bespoke Magnetic Smart Materials & Separation Processes.

A new class of superhydrophobic materials mimics one of the planet’s most water-repelling surfaces: the lotus leaf.

Niaga® Technology offers a completely new way of making carpet, using pure materials only. Niaga® Technology gives carpet designers and users full freedom to make any carpet mono-material or separa

COMIVO is a smart industrial chemical marketplace.

The BE-Basic Foundation (Biotechnology based Ecologically Balanced Sustainable Industrial Consortium) is an international public-private partnership originally coordinated by Delft University of Te

Celtic Renewables is a Scottish company that produces bio-based fuels and chemicals from industry waste products.

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Two scientists working at Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering are looking to replace plastic with a new material based on the hard shells of insects.

Ambercycle is developing chemical technology to produce conventional polymers, such as polyesters, from a variety of fibrous waste streams.

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Ashland's formaldehyde-free Soyad adhesives are a cost-competitive alternative to other substitutes for

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One of the largest Egyptian manufacturers of electric equipment, ABB ARAB, signed a chemical leasing agreement with Akzo Nobel Powder Coatings.

Black Bear has developed a highly innovative process enabling the recovery of high quality carbon black from waste tires, thereby providing a sustainable solution for a problematic waste stream and

Using innovative technology, the company developed a new formulation that reduces carbon dioxide emissions by 600 tonnes, saved 15,000 litres of water and prevented 77 tonnes of waste from be

The Chemelot Institute for Science and Technology (InSciTe) is a public-private institute for biomedical materials and bio-based materials founded by DSM, Maastricht University and University Medic

FeyeCon offers a biobased alternative to scrubbing agents that comes from eggshell waste.

In the Canadian province of British Columbia, the Paint Care Association (PCA) was formed by the 52 brand owners operating in the Province which represents more than 90% of the paint industry.

France has now become the first country in the world to ban plastic plates, cups and utensils.

The Californian city of San Francisco has unanimously voted to outlaw a huge variety of plastic products, one of the most extensive plastic bans in the USA.

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For a Serbian confectionary client, Henkel proposed the usage of a new adhesive as it would enable the user to reduce packaging costs and improve environmental performance at the same time.

Dissolvine GL (GLDA) is a chelating agent that is phosphorous free and replaces phosphates, phosphonates, EDTA and NTA.

A team of chemists from George Washington University have developed a technology to economically convert atmospheric CO₂ directly into highly valued carbon nanofibers

Bin2Barrel converts plastic back into oil. The company takes plastic feedstock that is polluted and unable to be recycled and transforms them into a low-sulphur diesel.