Sharjah launched commercial graphene output: methane cracked into hydrogen + graphene via microwave plasma. khaleejtimes.com/business/fi… #MaterialScience
PVC recycles at under 1%. Texas A&M, Virginia Tech & Caltech just upcycled it into high-performance lubricants via a mild catalytic process (Nature). nature.com/articles/s41586-0… #SustainableMaterials #GreenChemistry
Northwestern & BASF won an ACS Green Chemistry Award: a catalysis method upcycles "non-recyclable" polyurethane foams into new materials, no solvents needed. acs.org/green-chemistry-sust… #GreenChemistry #CircularEconomy #MaterialScience
Virginia Tech chemists turned notoriously hard-to-recycle PVC into polyalphaolefin, a key engine-oil ingredient — published in Nature. doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-1… #SustainableMaterials #CircularEconomy #GreenChemistry
HKU built SS-H2, a stainless steel with a manganese layer resisting corrosion to 1700mV—replacing costly titanium in green hydrogen electrolyzers at ~40x lower material cost. hku.hk/press/press-releases/… #MaterialScience #GreenChemistry
Industrial slag from copper, lead, lithium, nickel & zinc smelting can partly replace cement in concrete, cutting waste and raw material use — new review in npj Materials Sustainability (3 Aug 2026). nature.com/articles/s44296-0… #SustainableMaterials #CircularEconomy
TotalEnergies Corbion launched Luminy FOAM 50F, a sugarcane PLA foam replacing polystyrene trays with 70% less carbon, drop-in ready for existing XPS lines. totalenergies-corbion.com/a-… #SustainableMaterials #Bioplastics #CircularEconomy
New study: hard-carbon anodes spun from lignosulfonate (a wood-pulp byproduct) in water, no toxic solvents, hit 264 mAh/g over 200 cycles in sodium-ion batteries. doi.org/10.1002/adma.72508 #SustainableMaterials #GreenChemistry
New biobased films from plant oils, amino acids & sugars beat polyethylene/polypropylene in tensile strength, and are fully chemically recyclable. doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.6c005… #SustainableMaterials #MaterialScience #GreenChemistry
Just 100ppm of an organic anhydride additive lets PLA bioplastic fully degrade in 21 days (vs 83% after 90 days) with no loss in strength or clarity — new ACS Central Science study. acs.org/pressroom/presspacs/… #Bioplastics #GreenChemistry
New study: wastewater could supply enough lithium, magnesium, uranium & titanium to meet global clean energy demand. news.northeastern.edu/2026/0… #CircularEconomy #CleanTech
Scientists made CO₂-capturing MOFs at room temp using just light — 50% better photocatalytic performance than conventional synthesis. (Nature Comms, 2026) eurekalert.org/news-releases… #SustainableMaterials #GreenChemistry #CleanTech
Food waste proteins → bioplastics, CO₂ capture & packaging that recycle back to amino acids. ETH Zürich defines a nature-inspired circular economy in new Nature Reviews Materials. nature.com/articles/s41578-0… #SustainableMaterials #Bioplastics #CircularEconomy
80% bio-circular: JK Tyre's UX Royale Green—India's first ISCC-certified car tyre blends bio-polymers, recycled rubber & recovered carbon. Scaling sustainable manufacturing. jktyre.com/press-release/jk-… #SustainableMaterials #CircularEconomy #GreenChemistry