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EU reduces #emissions without slowing economic growth and projects like CATCO2NVERS drive this trend by transforming waste #CO2 into high-value products, promoting a #CircularEconomy in sectors like #chemicals and #cosmetics.

💚💚Pioneer Group Presents | The Great Carbon Challenge: Redefining the Chemical Industry with Sustainable Feedstocks | October 10 at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm💚💚 ➡️➡️REGISTER NOW: https://lnkd.in/eHCw2_yU Join (myself!) Dr Jen Vanderhoven from FREY and Adrian Higson from NNFCC The Bioeconomy Consultants online to hear about the outputs of the Innovate UK project we worked on in partnership with senior leaders from industry and academia to create a #Sustainable #Carbon Ambition for the UK Chemicals Industry - and the role that 'Best Available Carbon' plays in this. ⚗️⚗️#Chemicals are integral to our lives and bring major benefits to society. They are found in almost everything that we buy, use, eat and drink, and are a vital part of the manufacturing base, with more than 96% of all manufactured products in the UK containing inputs from the chemicals industry.⚗️⚗️ You'll hear about how: 🌍By 2050, the UK chemicals industry will have doubled economic output, but will significantly lower its GHG emissions, sourcing 80% of its carbon requirements from non-virgin #fossil, sustainable carbon sources. 🧪Sustainable chemicals, manufactured using sustainable carbon, displace gas- and oil-derived chemicals, helping to reduce the carbon footprint of everyday essentials like skin creams, nail polish, household cleaners, paints, medications, vitamins, and more. ⚗️If we want to continue living our lives in the same way, but in a more sustainable manner, then we must completely change the way chemicals are produced and/ or ensure that the inputs used in their production are more sustainable. Both approaches are difficult and costly. 󠁂🌍The role of best available carbon (BAC) as feedstock for the chemical industry. ➡️➡️Read the report https://lnkd.in/edBDb3NF Peter Clark Dana Heldt ☀️ Chemical Industries Association Lee Beniston FRSB BBSRC Paul Bello CPI Kris Wadrop Dan Noakes Yvonne Armitage Toby Reid Wilton Centre David Bott Alastair Sanderson Richard L. Aline Miller Biorenewables Development Centre Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Catalyst Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre BioYorkshire Tony Heslop Afsaneh Nabifar Mark Corbett Sophie Mason Anju Massey Brooker Matthew G. Davidson Mia Kett Liam Hardy Green Alliance UKRI CircularChem

🌍𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆! 🌍 Let’s celebrate the power of sustainable #chemistry to drive #green #growth, #resilience, and #innovation across the UK. ♻️𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆♻️ #Chemicals are in everything we use in our daily lives. Pivotal to the manufacture of #plastics, #food, #textiles, #fuels, #renewable energy, #batteries for cars, #defence products, #mobile phones and #medicines, they ensure our food security, provide the clothes we wear, #heat our homes, afford #nationalsecurity, enable #communications and deliver #treatments for #diseases. 🧪𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲🧪 Today almost all chemicals are made from #fossil resources and are responsible for 10% of all #greenhousegasemissions. 🌳𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱🌳 Chemicals require carbon; circular sources like #biomass, #recycling, and #capturedcarbon are key to a sustainable future. 📈𝗢𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆📈 The UK sustainable chemicals sector could generate £544 billion annually by 2050, creating thousands of jobs. Government support is essential to creating a competitive, sustainable chemicals industry, with a roadmap for investment. 𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿—𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗞 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀. 👉 https://lnkd.in/ePK4Qh2b #SCM2024 #SustainableFuture #GreenChemistry BBIA CPI Royal Society of Chemistry UKRI CircularChem Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Catalyst iCAST (Innovation Centre for Applied Sustainable Technologies) Innovate UK Green Alliance Biorenewables Development Centre BBNet Phase II NIBB The Sustainable Chemicals and Materials Manufacturing Hub (SCHEMA) ScotChem

Researchers at the University of Manchester have optimized cyanobacteria to produce citramalate, a key component for sustainable plastics like Perspex. This process transforms CO2 into valuable materials, offering an eco-friendly alternative to plastics made from fossil fuels. By enhancing the efficiency of cyanobacteria, the team achieved a 23-fold increase in citramalate production, reaching 6.35 grams per liter in photobioreactors. Their breakthrough could also be applied to create other bio-based products, including biofuels and pharmaceuticals. This advancement contributes to a circular bioeconomy, reducing waste and carbon emissions by turning CO2 into sustainable materials.

Today is, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials Awareness Day. More than 96% of all manufactured products in the UK contain inputs from the chemicals industry. While chemicals are integral to our lives and are the building blocks of a modern and resilient economy, the chemicals industry is inherently carbon and energy intensive. We are running a number of Programmes which are helping the chemicals industry – and other industry’s - to transition to a more resource efficient future: - Sustainable bio-based Materials and Manufacture (SusBioMM) This programme seeks to address the challenge of developing innovations in sustainable and scalable biomanufacturing processes. Read more - https://ow.ly/cFH950U6W6k - Resource Efficiency for Materials and Manufacturing (REforMM) This programme aims for the UK to be a leader in resource efficiency with organisations understanding the environmental, social and economic impact of the full lifecycle and thriving from adoption of resource efficient solutions which are fundamental to UK and global Net Zero ambitions. Read more - https://ow.ly/96XM50U6W6m - Reimagining materials and manufacturing together Innovate UK’s 2050 vision document is a re-imagination of materials and manufacturing together. It delves into the challenges and opportunities that lie in front of the UK materials and manufacturing sectors in the coming decades. Read more: https://ow.ly/EfSb50U6W6j

Meet Patrick Gloeckner, Head of the Global Circular Economy Program, at the Renewable Materials Conference 2024, 11-13 June 2024 in Siegburg/Cologne. He will discuss Evonik's ambitious strategy to generate at least €1 billion in additional annual sales with circular products and technologies by 2030. His presentation, ‘Collaboration now! Towards a Circular Economy’, will cover the levers Evonik is pulling to transform the specialty chemicals industry. Key discussion points include: - Enhancing efficiency in plastic recycling - High-value recycling routes for challenging waste streams - Designing products with circularity in mind - Biodegradable solutions for difficult-to-recycle applications - Defossilization of materials - Collaboration is at the heart of Evonik's approach, emphasizing the importance of partnerships to drive innovation and accelerate market solutions. Find more information about the conference and an abstract about his presentation here: https://lnkd.in/eyTc2zRQ #Evonik #CircularEconomy #Sustainability #RenewableMaterials #Innovation #LeadingBeyondChemistry

Here is a question for you! **Biodiversity Net Gain UK** is here to stay, where the focus for suppliers is on carbon footprint. When you consider biodegradability and utilisation of bioplastics, have you considered that China produces roughly 75% of the global bioplastic output. Apart from that countries questionable carbon output, location alone, means that you could conceivably have a situation where a biodegradable plastic solution has a higher carbon footprint than a standard non degradable polypropylene type produced in your own country. Given the potential for fines and the focus on BNG scoring, you could have a situation where the 'wrong?' thing gets put in the ground. (That those from the future will dig up and examine as examples of historical folly?) **What would you do?**

Going plastic waste free, designing circular plastic solutions and implementing solutions in the market requires partnerships across sectors and value chains. Check out some of the recent success stories we compiled here: Scion is working in partnerships towards solutions that allow us to avoid plastics or packaging, make them differently, recycle and reuse, test and design compostable plastics and packaging, and design products differently. #circulareconomy #bioeconomy #circularbioeconomy #designthinking #plastics #bioplastics #science #technology #innovation #packaging #cleantechnology #biotechnology

"De-follilize" is the new buzz word, but what does it really mean? As the energy transition unfolds and industries are electrified, we will see the supply of fossil-based raw material inputs dwindle. However, the world will still need carbon to make chemicals, plastics, and other physical goods. Progress has been slow to date: Companies fear that if they scale renewable routes too early, they will be at a disadvantage, especially if there are no supporting policies in place nor markets developed for more novel products. However, if companies act too late, they could miss out on the growing demand for more sustainable products or an alternative pathway that proves superior. Ultimately, how should companies be thinking about these different pathways to chemicals? If the raw material inputs change, will the product outputs change as well? And when should companies engage with emerging solutions?  This event will address these questions and provide a framework for making decisions around a defossilized future. Attendees will walk away understanding how Lux can help them be agile in meeting growing product demand and how to defossilize their value chain. https://lnkd.in/g76qHrEu Lux Research Kristin Marshall Yuki Takashima Shingo Nishioka Kazuki Seki

🌱Why WASTE2H2? 🌍 At Waste2H2, we are driven by a profound commitment to combat the pressing issues of #plasticWaste 🚮 #pollution and the urgent need for sustainable #hydrogen production. Every day, the world grapples with the staggering consequences of plastic waste, with millions of tons ending up in landfills or polluting our oceans. This not only harms our #environment 🌊 but also poses significant threats to #biodiversity 🌿 and #humanHealth 👩🔬. Despite efforts, the majority of plastics are not properly recycled, exacerbating the problem further. Simultaneously, the global imperative for decarbonization has never been clearer. Hydrogen stands as a promising solution, offering clean energy and serving as a vital feedstock for various industries. However, the challenge lies in making hydrogen production economically competitive while ensuring minimal environmental impact. 💧 This is where WASTE2H2 steps in with a pioneering approach. We will developed a novel method that utilizes Ionic Liquid-based catalytic systems and microwave irradiation to transform plastic waste into highly pure hydrogen and valuable decarbonized chemicals, such as solid carbon. ♻️ Our innovative process not only addresses the urgent need for plastic waste remediation but also contributes to global #climateChange mitigation. By effectively converting plastic waste into #cleanHydrogen and valuable resources, we are paving the way for a more #sustainable future! 🌟 -- CIC energiGUNE | FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg | ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DE CHIMIE DE PARIS | IoLiTec Ionic Liquids Technologies GmbH | Sener | European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) | European Commission | Darina Botsova