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Solvay today announced the inauguration of its new bio-circular silica facility at its plant in Livorno, Italy. The new unit produces highly dispersible silica (HDS) using bio-based sodium silicate derived from rice husk ash, an agricultural byproduct. According to Solvay, the process reduces CO₂ emissions by 35% per ton of silica compared to traditional methods and creates a local circular value chain that benefits the agricultural sector, industry and communities. Capacity

Cabot Corporation announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with DUNLOP (Sumitomo Rubber Industries) to evaluate the commercial adoption of circular reinforcing carbons made with Cabot’s regenerated carbon technology. These materials are part of Cabot’s EVOLVE Sustainable Solutions and incorporate reclaimed carbon derived from the pyrolysis of end-of-life tires. Sumitomo is evaluating the circular reinforcing carbons as sustainable raw materials for it

This week, Pyrum Innovations AG announced that funding for a planned tire pyrolysis plant in Greece had been fully secured following an EU grant to its partner, Thermo Lysi SA. The grant from the European Innovation Fund totals €29.4 million will help to fund the facility located in the Livantes region, about 140 km north of Athens. In a press release, Pyrum said that all of the necessary building and environmental permitting had already been completed, and that engineering