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Borealis, Systemiq Collaboration Expands Recycling, Waste Collection Efforts in Indonesia
Project STOP and its partners have reached significant milestones and successes in demonstrating a model for expanding
affordable waste management and recycling solutions to help address the plastic waste challenge in Indonesia. By the end
of 2022, the program has provided access to waste management services to more than 300,000 people across three cities in
Indonesia - to most for the first time - built five waste processing facilities and enabled the collection of more than 40,000
tons of waste (including more than 5,000 tons of plastics). Project STOP is co-funded by Borealis and Systemiq, who share
the same vision: to permanently stop waste leaking into the environment by supporting the establishment of low-cost waste
management solutions, creating real impact through action on the ground. The key objectives of the program include reducing
waste leakage into the environment by providing affordable, reliable and formal waste collection to all citizens; promoting
resource efficiency and circularity that transform waste into feedstock for recycling; achieving economic sustainability; and
benefitting the communities through improved public health and creating permanent job opportunities in waste and material
sorting sectors. The program's first city partnership started in 2017 in Muncar, a coastal fishing community in Banyuwangi
Regency, East Java, Indonesia. Active support from Project STOP for the Muncar waste management system ended in February
2022 and to date, the local government authorities are continuing to operate the system successfully. Source: Borealis,
3/20/2023.
Chevron Lummus Global Licenses
Process Technology to Mumbai Refinery
Chevron Lummus Global LLC (CLG) announces that
Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (BPCL) has selected its
ISOFINISHING technology for a catalytic processing
unit at the Mumbai Refinery in Mumbai, India. Once
complete, the unit will have a capacity of 200,000 metric
tons per year and will be the first catalytic process unit
to manufacture de-aromatized solvents and white oil in
India. These specialty products will meet India's domestic
standards as well as international standards, and will
serve as a substitute for these types of products that
are currently being imported into India. CLG's project
scope includes the technology license, engineering
services, proprietary equipment and catalyst supply.
ISOFINISHING is CLG's proprietary hydrofinishing
technology. CLG's noble-metal catalysts provide higher
activity at lower temperatures than base-metal catalysts
to produce quality de-aromatized solvents and white
oils of high aromatic and color specifications. Source:
Chevron Lummus Global, 3/23/2023.
NOVA Commercializes SYNDIGO™
Toray Affiliate Greenerity to Build
Catalyst-coated Membrane Plant in
Germany
Toray Industries says its affiliate Greenerity (Alzenau, Germany)
will build a plant at Alzenau to produce catalyst-coated
membranes (CCM). The company indicates it will install facilities
that add more than 1 gigawatt (GW) of water electrolyzer
capacity, and that the planned expansion will triple CCM
production capacity for these electrolyzers. The new facility is
scheduled to go online in fall 2023; financial details of the project
have not been disclosed. Greenerity is reportedly considering
further expansion. Toray says that CCMs are key components
of solid polymer electrolyte (PEM) water electrolyzers for green
hydrogen production. Greenerity develops components for
hydrogen fuel cells. Demand for green hydrogen should surge
in the coming years, and fuel cells are steadily gaining popularity
in using hydrogen and should see significant growth, according
to the company. Toray manufactures key materials for all aspects
of hydrogen production, transportation, storage, and usage.
Source: Chemical Week, 3/17/2023.
FDA-Compliant Mechanically Recycled Polyethylene
NOVA Chemicals Corporation announces that it delivered a commercialized FDA-compliant high-density recycled polyethylene
(rPE) resin to market. The new grade is its first mechanically recycled food-contact resin and is part of the Company's recently
announced SYNDIGO rPE portfolio. The resin, SYNDIGO rPE-0860-FC, is a lower-emission option compared to virgin
polyethylene and enables converters and brand owners to incorporate rPE into food packaging products. It is sourced from
natural high-density polyethylene (HDPE) milk jugs and is ideal for various types of flexible and rigid food packaging. SYNDIGO
rPE-0860-FC resin is an ideal option for converters and brand owners who are transitioning toward more sustainable products
and packaging. Three additional resins are commercially available in the SYNDIGO portfolio, which can be used in a variety of
non-food contact applications from e-commerce mailers to shrink to industrial films. Source: NOVA Chemicals, 3/7/2023.
It shall also facilitate production of niche chemicals and petrochemicals like phenol and iso propyl alcohol. This mega
project is projected to significantly improve the Petrochemical Intensity Index of IndianOil, and to catalyze the growth of
Petroleum, Chemicals, and Petrochemicals Investment Region (PCPIR) and Plastic Park at Paradip. On commissioning of this
project, domestically available petrochemicals are expected to provide feed and vitalize industrial growth in key downstream
industries including plastic, pharma, agrochemical, personal care, paints, etc. It is also expected to create employment
opportunities in eastern India, especially Odisha. Source: IndianOil, 3/21/2023.
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