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31. COMY Launches Waste Plastic-To-Propylene Chemical Recycling Pilot In Hebei Province 10/19/2026

    Zhejiang COMY Environmental Technology has officially launched its waste plastic-to-propylene chemical recycling pilot project at the Yanzhao Green Chemical Laboratory in Cangzhou, Hebei, China, on October 16.

32. A New Way To Make Iridium Catalysts For Hydrogen Production Last Longer 10/19/2026

    There are many ways to produce hydrogen, but not all of them are environmentally friendly. Water electrolysis is a promising method that uses electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen without producing carbon dioxide (CO_₂).

33. LSU ChE Professor Dr. Kunlun Ding Identifies Active Sites In Copper-Zeolite Catalysts 10/19/2026

    A research team led by LSU associate Professor Dr. Kunlun Ding has uncovered new insights into the structure of copper-zeolite catalysts.

34. Sunlight Gives Biodiesel By-Product A Second Life As Hydrogen And Valuable Chemicals 10/16/2026

    Australian researchers and international collaborators have demonstrated a solar-driven approach to convert glycerol, a low-value by-product of biodiesel production, into hydrogen and higher-value chemicals.

35. Konoshima Chemical Launches Commercial Carbon Recycling Plant Using CO₂ From Its Own Factory Emissions 10/16/2026

    Konoshima Chemical Co., Ltd., a member company of the Carbon Recycling Fund (CRF), began operations at its new commercial-scale CO_₂ Recycle Production System at the Takuma Plant in Mitoyo City, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, on May 18, 2026.

36. Novel Ultrafast Solid Oxide-Ion Conductors For Low-Temperature Fuel Cells 10/15/2026

    Novel Sillén oxyhalides exhibit high oxide-ion conductivity at low temperatures, chemical stability, and negligible chemical expansion. One of the materials achieves 0.01 S cm⁻¹ bulk conductivity at 233 °C—within the “Norby gap.”

37. Everllence Secures First PARSYN Order For Green Ammonia Project In India 10/14/2026

    Everllence has received an order to supply a PARSYN synthesis gas compressor train for AM Green’s green ammonia project in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India.

38. Illinois Researchers Engineer Enzyme To Make Valuable Agricultural Chemicals 10/14/2026

    Nature is a remarkably good chemist. Inside every living cell, enzymes speed up chemical reactions, building, breaking apart, and rearranging molecules with a precision that human chemists have long tried to replicate.

39. HydRegen Raises $8M (£6M) Series A To Bring Biocatalysis To Industrial Chemical Manufacturing 10/14/2026

    HydRegen, a biotechnology company making chemical manufacturing up to 40% more cost-effective while lowering carbon emissions by making biology perform like chemistry, today announced it has closed $8M (£6M) in the first close of its Series A financing.

40. MOL Group Inaugurated Its First Biomethane Plant In Szarvas 10/14/2026

    MOL Group has inaugurated its first biomethane plant in Szarvas. As a result of the investment of more than HUF 2.7 billion, the facility can now produce biomethane from biogas of a purity suitable for injection into the national natural gas network.