Leopoldina-Präsidentin Bettina Rockenbach gratuliert Leopoldina-Mitglied Omar M. Yaghi zum Nobelpreis für Chemie

Für die Entwicklung metallorganischer Gerüstverbindungen wurde der Preis gemeinsam mit den Chemikern Susumu Kitagawa von der Kyoto University/Japan und Richard Robson von der University of Melbourne/Australien verliehen


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Germany Unveils $7B Program To Decarbonize Industry With Carbon Capture

Economy Minister Katherina Reiche will offer 15-year climate protection contracts for firms, who must meet binding reduction milestones over the contract term to ensure measurable impact


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Reiche will bei Klimaschutzverträgen auch CO₂-Speicherung fördern

Bundeswirtschaftsministerin Katherina Reiche plant, Klimaschutzverträge für Unternehmen auszuweiten. Dabei setzt sie auch auf CO₂-Speicherung


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Mercedes-Benz is the first automotive company to drive forward the “Renewable Carbon Initiative”

Together with partners such as BASF, Covestro, Michelin, Continental and WWF, the brand aims to develop innovative solutions for a carbon-based circular economy while eliminating the use of fossil resources


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Mercedes-Benz treibt als erstes Automobilunternehmen die „Renewable Carbon Initiative“ voran

Gemeinsam mit Partnern wie BASF, Covestro, Michelin, Continental und WWF will die Marke innovative Lösungen für eine kohlenstoffbasierte Kreislaufwirtschaft entwickeln und dabei auf fossile Rohstoffe verzichten


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Researchers turn coffee and plastic waste into climate solution

The patent from Sharjah University outlines a novel and highly detailed method with promising potential to reduce environmental pollution, industrial emissions, and anthropogenic CO₂


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Plastik im Fokus: Weltleitmesse zur Zukunft der Kreislaufwirtschaft

Mit der Sonderschau "Plastics Shape the Future" hat Plastics Europe Deutschland auf der K 2025 gezeigt, dass Kreislaufwirtschaft nur gelingt, wenn Erzeuger, Verarbeiter, Maschinenbauer und Recycler an einem Strang ziehen


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FENC develops recycled PET-based materials for bio-driven footwear

FENC leverages its expertise to develop various recycled polyester (rPET) components, including shoe uppers, laces, linings, insoles, shanks, and toe caps


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Skytree Validates DAC System to Generate Pure, Beverage-Grade Liquid CO₂ On-Site

Liquefying captured CO₂ provides crucial logistical and operational flexibility, enables easy storage and transport


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Special offer from The Renewable Carbon Initiative – profit from free membership in 2025

The Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) unites more than 80 companies leading the shift toward renewable carbon in chemicals and materials – and it is time for your organisation to take its place at our table!


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Turning ocean carbon into biodegradable plastic

System is first to pull carbon dioxide from the ocean and convert it to valuable product


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ECOFUNC pioneers eco-friendly, functional and circular building materials for sustainable construction and beyond

Funded by the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) under the European Union’s Horizon Europe Framework ECOFUNC will drive market adoption and mainstream new bio-based materials


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Brineworks Raises €6.8M to Scale Breakthrough Direct Air Capture for e-Fuels, Aiming for Sub-€100/ton CO₂ Capture

Amsterdam-based startup unlocks ultra-low-cost carbon feedstocks using renewables-only electrolyzer


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Towards a new future: The role of Power-to-X in ARRRA’s chemical transformation

A new TNO VoltaChem white paper explores a bold move forward: developing and implementing Power-to-X technology for a sustainable, CO2-based production of chemicals


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A global first launches in Rakkestad

The country’s first operational carbon capture plant is also the world’s first waste incineration plant equipped with the capacity for full carbon capture


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Prometheus Just Changed Energy and Fuels Forever

The young company had to achieve a number of difficult technical goals, which poised them to enter a time of unprecedented prosperity toward a circular economy


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RESET-CO2: scaling up electrochemical CO2 conversion for renewable production of ethylene

TNO has recently started a new project to render ethylene production sustainable, starting from CO2 and using renewable electricity


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Origen Commissions Multi-Fuel Limestone Kiln With Built-In Direct Air Capture

The technology leverages limestone’s natural chemistry: reversing calcination, a high-temperature process that releases CO2 by enabling lime to reabsorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere


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Startup turns captured CO2 into everyday cleaning ingredients

Vireya™ offers a new path: instead of relying on palm kernel oil or fossil feedstocks, it uses upcycled CO2 captured directly from a manufacturer’s own emissions as a raw material


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