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SDG 13: Climate Action
4 ways the circular economy can help heavy industry reduce emissions
The majority of industry emissions comes from four material groups: Steel, cement, aluminum, chemicals. Circular economy solutions focused on these materials can help industry reduce emis...
Chemical and Materials Industry
COVID-19 is challenging the way we think of chemical industry trends. This is how
The growing instability of the world means long-term strategy based on trends forecasting has become difficult. The chemical industry must adopt new management practices in response.
Plastics and the Environment
Could this be the future for our disused plastic bags?
MIT engineers have spun polyethylene, used for plastic wrap and grocery bags, into fibers and yarns allowing it to be an effective material for clothing.
Chemical and Materials Industry
How symbiosis can help industrial clusters reach net-zero
Industrial symbiosis can drive down emissions from industrial clusters while boosting wider economic growth and innovation. Here's how it works in practice
Climate Change
Why industrial clusters can be the heart of the green revolution
Decarbonizing the Humber industrial cluster will play a big role in the UK's climate goals – and can light the way for clusters around the world, too.
Decarbonizing Energy
4 solutions for reducing emissions from industrial clusters
Reducing emissions from industrial clusters can play a major role in helping countries achieve net-zero – and this new 4-step framework can show the way.
Chemical and Materials Industry
Why the global trade of chemicals is key to COVID-19 recovery
Many countries began preventing the export of chemicals during the pandemic – but future success rests on a flexible and equitable trade of supplies.
Plastics and the Environment
This giant South African 'vacuum cleaner' leaves beaches microplastic-free
A giant beach-friendly vacuum cleaner is removing microplastics and waste from South African beaches. Wildlife can get entangled in waste or even eat it.
Sustainable Development
Trash for cash: South Africans fight hunger with digital currency
South Africa is using recycling charities to support those out of a job in the COVID-19 pandemic. Love Our City Klean is one of the incentives supporting those in need.
Air Pollution
This is how coronavirus compares to the world's smallest particles
For one of the biggest threats facing the world, coronavirus is very small. This is how the germ compares for size with other diseases and particles like air pollution.
Climate Change
Ozone hole over Antarctica is one of the biggest in 15 years
According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) the ozone layer hole over Antarctica is one of the largest and deepest in the past 15 years.
Chemical and Materials Industry
Genetic 'scissors' win Nobel Prize in Chemistry in historic first for women
Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna have been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry after their breakthrough development of 'genetic scissors'.
Chemical and Materials Industry
The chemical and materials industry can boost the impact of stimulus packages. Here’s how
Here are three steps the chemical and materials sector's leaders can take to enhance the reach and impact of COVID-19 stimulus packages around the world.
Plastics and the Environment
Paint: the big source of ocean microplastics you didn’t know about
The volume of microplastics from paint on steel surfaces that enters the ocean every year could be equivalent to 150-225 billion empty plastic bottles.
Plastics and the Environment
There’s a single-use plastic you’ll throw away today without realising
Microplastics the size of a grain of sand are hidden in everyday products like detergent and cosmetics. Could a new plant-based material be the answer?