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Running smoothly: Ph.D. student Vera Beier tests the electrodialysis circuits in the pilot plant
Energy Transition

Under Power

Expensive energy sources and raw materials as well as stricter requirements for climate change mitigation require new processes for the production of chemicals. Evonik is therefore exploring ways to make greater use of electrochemical processes and products—and has set up a platform specifically for this purpose

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Interview

Using natural resources sustainably

René Kleijn (58) is an associate professor in Industrial Ecology at Leiden University in the Netherlands. He is the author of many scientific publications and helped develop the field Industrial Ecology into a mature scientific discipline in the early 2000s. His research revolves the systematic analysis of sustainability issues using tools like Life Cycle Assessment and Substance and Material Flow Analysis. Kleijn has applied these tools in many different domains including the chemical industry, the energy sector and the recycling industry. In recent years, the focus in his research has been on critical raw materials, resilient and responsible supply chains, circularity, and possible material constraints within the energy transition

Water in the desert: The Atacama salt flats in northern Chile with their gigantic saline pools harbor one of the world’s largest lithium deposits
Circularity

A new direction for Lithium recycling

The aim of expanding electric mobility is to help save the climate. Nonetheless, the extraction of the lithium that is needed for this effort is leaving highly visible tracks on the earth. Recycling this raw material, which is crucial for battery production, is mitigating this strain on the environment. High-performance membranes from Evonik could soon be at the center of this trend

A watercolor-style drawing shows crude oil, plastic shoes and an empty plastic bottle.
Sustainability

It's all about Carbon

For the chemical industry, the carbon atom is irreplaceable—but the fossil sources of carbon are not. Renewable carbon is being utilized more and more, and its proportion in products can now be precisely measured

It’s no exaggeration to say that the recycling project that Annegret Terheiden and Michael Ferenz are working on could soon prevent thousands of tons of waste
Circularity

The Dream of Foam

Evonik has developed an innovative method for recycling foam mattresses. The new process achieves a very high yield saving a lot of energy and fossil raw materials. The aim is now to build a pilot plant.

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Round pond from above, Fanal, Madeira, Portugal
SDG

Clean and stay clean

Clean water is a human right. Evonik has developed a bio-based surfactant that is suitable for use in cleaning agents, personal care products, and industrial applications. It is 100 percent biodegradable after use.

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Biotensids

Sweet and Clean

Biosurfactants that are produced by the fermentation of sugar are in demand for the manufacture of cosmetics and detergents.

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Biotensids

Sustainable hygiene

Without surfactants, dishwashing detergents, shower gels, and shampoos would be ineffective. In cooperation with Unilever, Evonik has now developed an especially efficient surfactant based on rhamnolipids. It comes from biological sources and is completely biodegradable. According to the experts, there is a huge demand in emerging economies in particular

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Interview

The potential if biosurfactants

The Unilever expert Bert Nijhuis explains what consumers expect in a dishwashing detergent—and why Chile is the perfect test market for the biosurfactants jointly developed by Unilever and Evonik

Two Evonik employees in the Digester hall for rhamnolipid production in Slovenská Ľupča, Slovakia
Biotensids

From Slovakia to new worlds

Researchers have long regarded rhamnolipids as highly gifted multi-talents. Evonik has succeeded for the first time in the world in producing these substances on a biological basis on a large scale. This breakthrough paves the way for a number of sustainable innovations.

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