Tag: Sweden
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Gaia Biomaterials secure $5 million rights issue
Gaia Biomaterials secure $5 million rights issue
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Sweden’s chemical recycling plant Site Zero (Update)
Update on Sweden’s chemical recycling plant Site Zero
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Microalgae from Umeå can be used to produce bioplastic
Microalgae from Umeå can be used to produce bioplastic
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Renewcell is bankrupt
Stockholm District Court approves Re:NewCell’s bankruptcy application — EU circular economy is crumbling down due to unsound EU macroeconomic policies.
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Ursula Von der Leyen and Sweden PM visit Stora Enso
Well done by Stora Enso. It seems that Stora Enso did a great marketing trick. Ursula is literally promoting the company
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Researchers use wood materials to create reliable organic solar cells
One of nature’s most common organic materials – lignin – can be used to create stable and environmentally friendly organic solar cells
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Sweden opens state-of-the-art plant for sorting plastics for recycling
A new plastics sorting facility inaugurated in Sweden on Wednesday is being billed as the largest of its kind, and one designed to double the amount of plastic packaging materials being recycled in the Nordic country.
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Joint Statement of Forestry Ministers: Austria, Finland, Slovenia, Sweden
Joint Statement of Forestry Ministers: Comprehensive sustainability of forest management requires that local conditions are taken into account
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Coca-Cola partners with Blue Ocean Closures
Blue Ocean Closures, the Swedish start-up developing fiber-based screw caps, has announced a partnership with Coca-Cola’s EMEA R&D Center in Brussels.
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Sweden’s right-wing government says it will turn its back on plastic bag tax
The country’s climate and environment minister says he’s convinced Swedes “use plastic bags wisely in their daily lives” amid warnings over a potential increase in plastic waste in nature.
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The world’s first wood transistor
Researchers at Linköping University and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology have developed the world’s first transistor made of wood.
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Swedish Startup Wants to Replace Metal Jar Lids with Biobased Materials
Would it be possible to replace metal lids for consumer products such as jams and spreads with a lid made of biobased fibers?
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AFRY project partner in TreeToTextile sustainable textile fiber demo plant in Sweden
TreeToTextile, owned by H&M Group, Inter IKEA Group, Stora Enso, and LSCS Invest, invested €35 million in constructing a textile fiber process technology demonstration plant in Sweden
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KTH Develops New Biodegradable Plastics
Wood-based plastic may enable circular home furnishings and building materials
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Swedish Restaurant Goes for Biocomposites Furniture
The first recyclable restaurant in Sweden has kelp chairs
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Borealis and Axens Partner on Chemical Recycling
Borealis selects Axens Rewind® Mix Process for its Plastics Pyrolysis Oil Upgrading Unit in Stenungsund, Sweden
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Renewcell and Daiwabo Rayon Partner on Circular Textiles
Renewcell and fiber producer Daiwabo sign Letter of Intent for circular textile fiber collaboration
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Odourless Lignin Production in Sweden
World-leading test facility for odorless lignin is being built in Bäckhammar
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Sweden Goes Textile Recycling
BioInnovation: New research will contribute to a more sustainable textile industry
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New Lignin Based Material Made in Sweden
Researchers at Stockholm University have developed a resource-efficient method to produce new lignin-based materials that can be thermally reprocessed and used to substitute thermosetting resins and adhesives.
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EU Member States to Ban All PFAS Consultation
Update: The submission period was extended from the 19th of September to the 17th of October 2021! Five EU Member States (Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and Denmark) want to ban all PFAS.
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First Swedish Pyrolysis Plant
Production is now underway at Pyrocell’s plant in Gävle. The new and groundbreaking factory is turning sawdust into bio-oil.
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Worlds Largest Chemical Recycling Plant
The world’s largest and most modern facility for plastic recycling
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Challenges on Industrial Bio Transformation
Challenges of sustainable industrial transformation: Swedish biorefinery development and incumbents in the emerging biofuels industry
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Citrus Derivative Makes Transparent Wood Renewable
Citrus derivative makes transparent wood 100 percent renewable
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Nouryon and Renewcell Partner on Textile Recycling
Nouryon and Renewcell partner on sustainable textile recycling
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Borealis Starts Feasibility Study Chemical Recycling in Sweden
True to its EverMinds™ mind-set, Borealis drives collaborative project in Sweden to increase supply of chemically recycled feedstock for the manufacture of more circular base chemicals and plastic products
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Sweden Converts Cotton into Sugar
Researchers have developed a method that converts cotton into sugar, that in turn can be turned into spandex, nylon or ethanol
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RenCom Starts Producing Lignin Based Renol
RenCom starts production of lignin-based material Renol®, to replace fossil-based plastics, with a capacity of more than 1000 tonnes/year
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Swedish Wooden Wind Power
Leading global wind turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems invests in Swedish wood technology company Modvion
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Renewcell and Valmet Partner on Textile Recycling in Sweden
Renewcell selects Valmet as the main equipment supplier for Sundsvall textile recycling plant in Sweden
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Swedish Research Facility Goes Biocomposites
AP&T’s servohydraulic press is the heart of the testbed for sustainable composite manufacturing
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Sweden Tests Lignin Asphalt
The project uses lignin extracted from black liquor, a residual product from the pulp industry.
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Sweden Textile Recycling Scaling Up
Behind the Sweden-based Partnership Scaling Up Textile Recycling
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Wood Based PVC Pipes in Sweden
INOVYN supplies its next generation of sustainable PVC to ‘The Hope Project’
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Store Sets Prices Based on Carbon Emissions
New store in Sweden prices goods based on carbon emissions.
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Rencom and Stora Enso Partner on Lignin Biopolymer
RenCom secures the supply of lignin for the start of production of more sustainable and bio-degradable polymers.
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Swedish Energy Agency Invests in Lignin Bioplastics
The Swedish Energy Agency has granted SEK 14 million to RenCom – an innovation company active in making forest-based materials to replace fossil plastics. The support goes to a demonstration unit that will convert lignin from pulp mills in the size of 1000 tonnes per year in an industrially relevant scale.
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New Coke Labels To Promote Recycling
With Coca-Cola set to roll out its new range of plastic bottles made entirely from rPET in Sweden, the beverage giant is unveiling new labels that sacrifice its iconic red and white-cursive branding for a powerful recycling message.
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Coca-Cola Switches to Recycled PET Bottles in Sweden
Drinks group Coca-Cola (KO.N) said on Tuesday it would start using PET bottles in Sweden made only of recycled plastic in a first step towards expanding its use of recycled plastic in western Europe.
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Swedish Algae Startup Wins the Jackpot
Swedish Algae Factory has been named the 2019 winner of the Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge.
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Scotland Plan To Send Biodegradable Waste to Swedish Incinerator Creates Scandal
A row has erupted over a council’s plans to ship biodegradable waste from Scotland to a Swedish incinerator.
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Swedish Government To Ban Plastic Cups
Sweden’s government wants to look into a ban on plastic cups and food containers, going a step further the EU directive on single-use plastics, the Minister for the Environment has said.
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A&R Carton Launches New Small-Sized Sustainable Boardio Composite Cans
AR Packaging member A&R Carton has introduced new small-sized fiber content composite cans to better meet the requirements of the customers. A&R Carton is providing Boardio composite can in new sizes, which includes fiber content of 90%.
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Sweden Accelarates Transition To Fossil-Free Packaging
Swedish researchers, packaging manufacturers, printing companies and brand owners are investing in a joint test bed for fossil-free packaging solutions to make the packaging of tomorrow more environmentally friendly.
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Sweden Converts Sewage into Bioplastics
Sweden develops new sustainable plastic based on indole, a substance produced by several bacteria and known for its heavy faecal stench, the new bio-polyester is completely odourless.
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Another Bioplastics Toothbrush
Tepe launches bioplastic toothbrushes made from sugar cane and castor oil.
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Bioplastics Made from Potatoes
The James Dyson Award is a worldwide competition for students who have designed solutions to modern-day problems and bioplastics is on the shortlist.
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NESTE and IKEA Take Leadership in Bio-based Home Furniture
NESTE and IKEA join forces to industrialize and lead the trend of renewable bio-based materials for home furnishing plastic products.
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