Evonik's compliance play: mass-balance peracetic acid and 95%-pure siloxanes aimed straight… – Global Corporate News Digest, 12 Jun 2026

The Cycle Question

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The Recycling Reckoning

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TNO's Möbius dissolution: the Dutch answer for the plastics mechanical recycling can't touch

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Compliance As A Product

Finland's cellulose film matches plastic: and the EU's packaging rules are the reason it might scale

Evonik's compliance play: mass-balance peracetic acid and 95%-pure siloxanes aimed straight at EU rules

ESG Under The Microscope

Rain Carbon's sustainability report says circularity: its emissions table says up for the second year running

Pivots & New Frontiers

From coal tar to battery anodes: Rain Carbon's Hamilton lab is the pivot to watch

Protiva picks SDC International to push bio-based textile colorants into India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

Fibre & Feedstock Watch

India's cotton import tap tightens: WASDE projects imports nearly halving in 2026/27