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Poland to Launch First Direct Air Capture Facility in Kielce

Poland Steps Into Carbon Removal Kielce, a city in southeastern Poland, is preparing to host the country’s first direct air capture (DAC) installation, a pilot facility designed to remove carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere. The project, a collaboration between the Kielce municipal government and Warsaw-based technology firm Oraquel S.A., is framed as both an

ION Clean Energy Announces ICE Blocks™, Modular Carbon Capture for Smaller Emission Sources

Today, ION Clean Energy (ION), a leading provider of innovative post-combustion carbon capture solutions, announced a new offering called ICE Blocks™. These standardized modular units provide customers with a cost-effective option to address smaller scale post-combustion carbon capture from natural gas and other hard to abate flue gas emissions. ICE Blocks™ are self-contained, fully modular

Turning CO₂ Waste into a Resource: The ICO2NIC Project

ICO2NIC is part of the EU’s Horizon Europe Process4Planet partnership, a programme focused on decarbonising energy-intensive and hard-to-abate industries. The project not only develops and demonstrates new methods to capture CO2 from industrial processes and convert it into formic acid, a versatile chemical building block, but also takes this a step further by showcasing these technologies

Turning Waste CO₂ into High-Performance Foam for Sustainable Fashion

Borealis, Infinium and Fullstride Ventures introduce a new sustainable material for the apparel industry: a high-performance foam made using captured carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions. One of the first applications of this innovative material is in Fullstride’s carboncup™ bra cup, marking a major step toward circularity in intimate apparel. The foam is produced through a multi-step process

Sustainability gains through enzymatic recycling – ARC 2025 Interview Series: Innovators at work

On 19-20 November 2025, the Advanced Recycling Conference (ARC) in Cologne, Germany, once more unites industry leaders, technology providers, researchers, innovators, and policy-makers to address urgent recycling challenges in various waste-streams. Alongside core-topics like plastics and polymer recycling, this year’s event places strong emphasis on pollution-intensive sectors like textile and automotive, that pose significant environmental problems

From CO2 to plastic: NG Nordic and ABB targets to make electrical accessories products from carbon dioxide-based plastic

NG Nordic and ABB Oy, Wiring Accessories, Porvoo have partnered to bring electrical accessories products made from carbon dioxide-based plastic to market as a first in the world. The companies will focus on the product development of carbon dioxide-based INGA plastic for the manufacture of light switches and sockets, for example. The aim is to

From pollution to fuel: Advances in electrocatalytic conversion of CO2 and CO to propanol

As the world faces the urgent challenges of climate change and the transition to sustainable energy, a new critical review provides a comprehensive roadmap for converting waste carbon dioxide (CO2) and carbon monoxide (CO) into propanol, a valuable fuel and industrial chemical. Published by researchers from Korea University and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology

Low-Cost Catalyst Converts CO2 Emissions into Feedstock

A team of Canadian researchers has developed a low-cost catalyst that could help manufacturers convert industrial carbon emissions into valuable chemical feedstocks – without relying on expensive precious metals. The innovation, led by Dr. Drew Higgins at McMaster University, combines nickel-zinc carbide particles with nickel-nitrogen-carbon compounds. Higgins explains: “The types of materials that we’re looking at are relatively

Scientists transform plastic waste into efficient CO2 capture materials

From waste to valuable resource: Chemists at the University of Copenhagen have developed a method to convert plastic waste into a climate solution for efficient and sustainable CO2 capture. This is killing two birds with one stone as they address two of the world’s biggest challenges: plastic pollution and the climate crisis. As CO2 concentrations in

Direct Ocean Capture: A Potential Pathway to Certified Low-Carbon CO2 for E-Fuels

As marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) technologies continue to advance, there’s emerging interest in using CO2 from direct ocean capture (DOC) as a feedstock for E-fuels. Direct Ocean Capture and the Path to Low-Carbon E-Fuels E-fuels are synthetic fuels produced by combining captured CO2 with green hydrogen, creating a drop-in replacement for fossil fuels in sectors that

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