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Startup turns captured CO2 into everyday cleaning ingredients

A UK firm has announced the world’s first commercial anionic surfactant1 produced using captured CO2 as a principal feedstock. Announced on 30 September, Viridi’s new surfactant seems a significant breakthrough in advancing the sustainability credentials of this class of chemicals, used in most soaps, shampoos, and cleaners. Surfactants are the active ingredient that lets water lift

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

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