Lead removal at trace concentrations via biosorption

Baker’s Yeast Used to Remove Lead from Water

New PET Hydrolase
Enzyme in salivary microbes decomposes PET-based plastics

Neste Acquires European Rights to Alterra Energy’s Thermochemical Liquefaction Technology
The company operates an industrial-scale plastic waste liquefaction plant in the US

New Editor-in-Chief for ChemPhotoChem
Dr. Deanne Nolan named Editor-in-Chief of ChemPhotoChem by Chemistry Europe and Wiley-VCH

Not All Organocatalysts Are Equally Ecofriendly
Aminocatalysts are more environmentally friendly than hydrogen‐bonding catalysts

Commercial Scale Battery Recycling Black Mass Plant
BASF to build commercial scale plant in Schwarzheide, Germany

Renewable-Benzene Produced
Neste, Covestro, and SK geo centric create a value chain for methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) from renewable sources in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region

Solvent-Free Synthesis of Core‐Functionalized Naphthalene Diimides
Greener path to component of organic photovoltaic cells

Microplastics Found in Antarctic Snow
Nearby research stations and long-range transport identified as possible sources

Global Chemicals Safety Community Back in Helsinki
What do the European Commission, chemical industry, NGOs, say about the European Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS)?