Covestro Announces Circular Economy THINC30 Tank Speakers
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May 20, 2021 /CSRwire/ - Circular Economy will take center stage at Covestro’s upcoming virtual THINC30 Tank: Creating Circular Economy Communities from 9:00 a.m. to 12 Noon on Tuesday, June 8, 2021.
The THINC30 Tank will bring together international, national and regional experts – the thinkers and doers – who are leading the way on circularity. Lauren Phipps, Director and Senior Analyst, Circular Economy at GreenBiz; Andrew McCue, Cities and Industries Consultant at Metabolic; and, Karen Pearson, Chair of Science and Mathematics and the Sustainability Council at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City are among the speakers who will participate in a series of talks, panels and one-on-one conversations over the morning session.
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We hear often about problems around plastic bags, bottles, and other single-used plastics, but not as much about polyurethane (PU) foam, used in mattresses, shoes, and upholstered furniture among applications. One PU supplier, working independently as well as with partners in the U.S. and Europe, is aiming to help create a circular supply chain where this material would be eternally recyclable.
Covestro, an engineering polymer company and supplier of polymers, is developing a process it calls “smart chemolysis,” a chemical way to break down PU to its original building blocks. The process lends itself more to dealing with this complicated material than traditional thermal processes because this polymer can’t be broken down by melting. So rather than use heat, Covestro’s technology, now in pilot stage, leverages catalysts and process optimizations (e.g., optimizing temperature and pressure) to break down the material.
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Rebond Rebound Event 2021
Rebond Rebound Event 2021
Summary
Rebond Rebound event aims to expand the circular economy opportunities for rebond polyurethane foam
Thursday, March 11, 2021 - 11:05am
CONTENT: Press Release
March 11, 2021 /3BL Media/ - Covestro LLC and the Mattress Recycling Council (MRC) recently hosted the “Rebond Rebound” make-a-thon event, which was intended as a launchpad aimed at identifying new business models and end-use markets for bonded flexible polyurethane foam scrap, or rebond. Commonly used as carpet padding, rebond is a recycling success story that extends the use phase of materials like foam mattresses and production scrap that would otherwise be destined for disposal.