Environment
EU nations back chemical recycling for plastic bottles
European nations voted on Friday, February 6, to allow for chemical recycling to play a larger role in the production of plastic bottles,...
Health threat of global plastics projected to soar, researchers warn
The threat posed by plastic production, usage and disposal to human health will skyrocket in the coming years unless the world does...
Plastics everywhere, and the myth that made it possible
If there’s one material that defines modern life more than any other, it’s plastic: present from the moment we’re born in newborn stool,...
Thirteen companies join, L’Oréal’s sustainable innovation accelerator
L’Oréal has announced the first companies selected to join L’AcceleratOR, the group’s sustainable innovation program. The inaugural...
“LCA has finally become an everyday tool”, Éric Lesage, EcoDesignCloud
Launched in 2023, the platform EcoDesignCloud is aimed to help companies assess the environmental impact of their products throughout...
Carbon border tax: Has the EU successfully exported its adjustment mechanism?
The EU’s carbon border tax was designed to do more than clean up its own economy: it hoped to encourage trading partners to put a price...
European Union looks to boost plastic recycling as Chinese imports rise
The EU on Tuesday, December 23, unveiled proposals to help the European plastic recycling sector, which is struggling against competition...
Mibelle Group and LanzaTech pioneer palm oil alternatives from captured CO₂
Mibelle Group, LanzaTech and the Fraunhofer Institute for Interface and Bioprocess Engineering IGB have developed a palm oil substitute...
Egyptian jasmine under strain: A new warning for the perfume industry
The challenges facing Egyptian jasmine producers highlight the growing pressures that climate change is placing on the perfume industry....
Comoros: Push to turn ylang-ylang distillation to greener practices
Strips of bare land scar the lush and green mountainsides towering above Mutsamudu, the capital of the Indian Ocean island of Anjouan. On...
