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LyondellBasell Joins AEWP as Global Effort to Find Solutions to Eliminate Plastic Waste

LyondellBasell has announced that its CEO Bob Patel has joined with Procter & Gamble CEO David Taylor and Veolia CEO Antoine Frérot in leading the newly announced global Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW).

25 Jan 2019

Nestlé Accelerates Actions to Meet its Sustainable Packaging Goals by 2025

Nestlé has announced its broader vision to achieve a waste-free future and announced a series of specific actions towards meeting its April 2018 commitment to make 100% of its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025, with a particular focus on avoiding plastic-waste.

25 Jan 2019

Global Efforts to Eliminate Plastic Waste in the Environment: New Alliance Launched

An alliance of global companies from the plastics and consumer goods value chain has launched a new organization to advance solutions to eliminate plastic waste in the environment, especially in the ocean.

23 Jan 2019

Applying Physics to Design Comfortable and Energy-Efficient Buildings

Christoph Reinhart is internationally known for using natural light to illuminate interiors and his lab's design tools are used by architects and urban planners worldwide.

17 Jan 2019

Study: Can Artificial Photosynthesis Limit Global Warming?

CO2 emissions have to be reduced as soon as possible. If not, CO2 will have to be removed from the atmosphere in the future to lower global warming. Planting new forests and biomass, as well as new technologies for artificial photosynthesis, could be contributing factors to this.

17 Jan 2019

A Sustainable Way to Convert Forestry Waste into Chemicals and Transport Fuels

A new method based on gasification has been formulated by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.

16 Jan 2019

Researchers Formulate Green Ammonia Production Process

Nearly a century ago a compound called ammonia was first synthesized. Today, it has dozens of uses and has become vital in making the fertilizer that currently sustains most of the worldwide food production.

14 Jan 2019

Natural Membrane Adapted to Create Renewable Fuels

A chemical reaction pathway key to plant biology has been adapted to become the backbone of a new process that changes water into hydrogen fuel with the aid of energy from the sun.

11 Jan 2019

Unique, Affordable CO2 Capture Materials Identified for Coal Power Factories

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering have formulated a computational modeling technique that may help to accelerate the identification and design of new carbon capture and storage materials for use by the country’s coal-fired power factories.

9 Jan 2019

University-Industry Partnership to Promote Eco-Friendly and Sustainable Food Processing and Packaging

Fraser and Neave, Limited (F&N) has collaborated with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and set up a laboratory in Singapore to create novel products and recipes for its array of beverage products.

8 Jan 2019