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THE MAERSK shipping family are funding a new company producing fossil-free plastics from green methanol. Launched by Maersk’s holding company AP Moller Holding and headed by chemicals executives, Vioneo plans to spend €1.5bn (US$1.64bn) building a 300,000 t/y plant in Belgium that could start operations in 2028.

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As part of the planned takeover of Covestro, the state oil company Adnoc from the United Arab Emirates has now secured 8.5 percent of the German plastics manufacturer. This emerges…

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Researchers have long observed that a common family of environmental bacteria, Comamonadacae, grow on plastics littered throughout urban rivers and wastewater systems.

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Ashford Borough Council and Canterbury City Council have teamed up to create a new nutrient neutrality company with an aim to delivering 2,000 new homes.  When you hear the words ‘plastic’ and ‘homes’ in the same sentence the mind might wonder to a new edition of Barbie’s dream house or the cast of Mean Girls creating a new neighbourhood, but the idea Ashford and Canterbury have come up with is arguably better.  Already named Stour Environmental…

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Calhoun, Ga.—Mohawk unveiled its latest PVC-free offering, SolidTech R, made with recycled single-use plastic and natural stone. SolidTech R is built for people, pets and the planet with sustainable high performance from bottle to floor. “Single-use plastic is now universally recognized as a global crisis with 80% of all plastic bottles ending up in landfills and eight to 10 metric tons of plastic ending up in the ocean each year,” said Seth Arn…

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— Courtesy PhotoAdviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Monday said that single-use plastic will be banned on St Martin’s island. Besides, she said measures would be taken to limit the number of tourists and restrict overnight stays on the island, reports UNB. She came up with the announcement at a press briefing in the Secretariat on eco-friendly tourism management and the conservation of biodiv…

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Black-colored plastic used in children’s toys, takeout containers, kitchen utensils, grocery meat and produce trays may contain alarming levels of toxic flame retardants that may be leaching from electronic products during recycling, a new study found. 

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Comamonadacae is a family of bacteria often found growing on plastics in water. A new study finds a bacterium in this family can break down the plastic for food. Researchers also identified the enzyme the bacterium use to degrade plastic. The discovery opens new possibilities for developing bacteria-based engineering solutions to help clean up difficult-to-remove plastic waste.

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