Carbios: plastic recycling breakthrough?
Carbios is a French company, founded in 2011 and listed on Euronext, Growth Paris, with €430M market cap (Jun-21) and c40 employees. It has developed an enyzmatic process to recycle…
Next-generation plastics: bioplastic, biodegradable, recycled?
…by 50% and cost less than virgin plastic. But only c25% of plastic is well-suited to mechanical recycling. All of our recycling research is linked here. Next-generation plastic recycling is…
Alterra Energy: technology review?
Alterra Energy built the US’s first larger-scale plastic pyrolysis facility, in Akron, Ohio, and has steadily been refining its plastic recycling technology. The company recently signed license agreements with Neste…
Global plastic demand: breakdown by product, region and use?
…Plastic recycling. We also see potential for plastic-recycling technologies to displace 8-15Mbpd of potential oil demand growth (i.e., naphtha, LPGs and ethane) by 2060, compared to a business-as-usual scenario of…
Turn the Plastic Back into Oil
Due to the limitations of mechanical recycling, 85% of the world’s plastic is incinerated, dumped into landfill, or worst of all, ends up in the oceans. An alternative, plastic pyrolysis,…
Turn the Plastic Back into Oil
Due to the limitations of mechanical recycling, 85% of the world’s plastic is incinerated, dumped into landfill, or worst of all, ends up in the oceans. An alternative, plastic pyrolysis,…
Plastic pyrolysis delivers strong economics?
>30% IRRs should be attainable converting waste-plastic back into oil, based on disclosures from technology-leaders in the sector. This economic model allows for stress-testing of product prices, input costs, gate…
Demand shifting: electrical flexibility by industry?
…potential and economic potential. An electric arc furnace for steel recycling might typically have a low utilization as it is constrained by the ability to source scrap. A cement plant…
Indium producers: companies and market outlook?
…decision makers to explore. Many are also exposed to metal value chains such as silver and battery recycling, which matter in the energy transition. For each indium producing company in…
Solvay: lithium ion battery binders and additives?
…Chemicals business produces soda-ash, peroxides, silica, et al; and its Solutions business produces specialty chemicals, aromas, coatings, Rare Earths, mining solutions and battery recycling. For the energy transition, Solvay is…