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On Good Terms with AI

Sometimes researchers come up against their limits. Experiments are too complex—there are too many possibilities, and that prevents them from reaching the goal quickly and efficiently. In cases like these, artificial intelligence can get a project moving again. At Evonik, AIChemBuddy supports its human colleagues with advice and provides space for new inspiration

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Circularity

As Good as New

It is impossible to imagine our world without plastic. In order to conserve fossil resources and reduce waste, the circular economy is bringing about a paradigm shift. Recycling is already being taken into account in the design and manufacture of new products. To speed up this process, Evonik is working with partners to develop new solutions. Its motto is “Design for Circularity”

Circularity

Back to the beginning

Human beings are using more and more plastic. The global recycling rate must also increase in order to protect the environment and the climate. A look at facts, figures, and data

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Polyamide

Invisibly green

Polyamide 12 makes products more robust, more durable—and more sustainable. Evonik produces this high-performance polymer in various sustainability levels. The customer decides how much the climate benefits. The inner values of the material always remain the same

Polyamide

Win-win

Evonik has made one of its most important products—polyamide 12 (PA12)—particularly sustainable. Customers can choose between different levels of sustainability depending on the energy and raw material mix used in production. The mass balance approach makes this possible

Good to Know

Aquatic adhesive

Japanese researchers have developed particularly strong underwater glues, with a little help from nature and AI

Interview

"Climate change mitigation must be fun"

Climate change mitigation and nature conservation are currently having a hard time: The economy is weakening, the geopolitical situation is fragile, and major players such as the United States are pulling back. Climate researcher Mojib Latif and conservationist Myriam Rapior discuss the consequences for global warming and biodiversity loss

Foresight

Keep cool…

…and keep going—with the development of sustainable air conditioning systems. Because as pleasant as a cool room is when it’s hot outside, we need modern technologies that don’t further accelerate global warming

Large pile of plastic bottles for recycling.

Good to Know

“We wanted to get into action with chemical recycling”

In our “People & Vision” series, chemical engineer Alexandre Kremer outlines his plans for the chemical recycling of plastics.

SDG

More food, fewer resources

The world’s population is expected to continue growing in the coming decades. At the same time, the United Nations aims to combat global hunger. Therefore, solutions are needed that can feed more people while using fewer resources.

A spiny dye-murex (Hexaplex trunculus) underwater.

In my Element

“This Blue Is Divine!”

A blue with a history spanning more than a thousand years, made unique by brominated compounds: For the Ptil Tekhelet Association in Jerusalem, it is indispensable for producing the Jewish prayer shawl in the traditional way—the only organization in the world that does so. Physicist and electrical engineer Baruch Sterman explains the background.

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