Sonja Schulte, Author at HPCI

Aug 19 2019

Adding new methods to the plastics recycling chain

A portion of collected plastic waste does not qualify for mechanical recycling and ends up incinerated instead. VTT, Technical Research Centre of Finland complements the selection of sustainable recycling methods. A chemical recycling based on pyrolysis, which will turn nearly all plastics and their mixtures into oil – the raw...

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Aug 16 2019

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Release of compounds from sunscreens into seawater studied

Sonja Schulte

Researchers have studied how sunscreens release different compounds such as trace metals and inorganic nutrients into Mediterranean seawater. They conclude, that more research is needed to determine how these metals and nutrients, which are normally present at very low amounts in seawater, could be affecting marine ecosystems. However, sunscreens are indispensable...

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Aug 15 2019

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Global cosmetics colorants market

Sonja Schulte

A new research study published by Frost & Sullivan covers the global market for colorants used for cosmetic applications. Colorants in this study cover synthetic and natural dyes and pigments. It also covers specific product trends related to organic pigments, inorganic pigments, and dyes. Moreover, the value chain has been...

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Aug 14 2019

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Symrise achieves strong growth

Sonja Schulte

The company continued its dynamic business development in the first half of 2019. All segments benefited from higher customer demand and realized a pleasing increase in sales....

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Aug 13 2019

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Personalized skin cream from a beauty mini factory

Sonja Schulte

Fraunhofer researchers have developed a system that makes it possible to produce such a personalized face cream economically. It is free of superfluous ingredients and adapted to the current skin condition....

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Aug 12 2019

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Production of biosurfactant rhamnolipid optimized

Sonja Schulte

Biosurfactants are surfactants biologically produced by microorganisms, presenting several advantages when compared to synthetic surfactants. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is known for producing rhamnolipids, considered one of the most interesting types of biosurfactants due to their high yields, when compared to other types. In a recent study published by Camara and co-workers, the...

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Author:Sonja Schulte

Adding new methods to the plastics recycling chain

Release of compounds from sunscreens into seawater studied

Global cosmetics colorants market

Symrise achieves strong growth

Personalized skin cream from a beauty mini factory

Production of biosurfactant rhamnolipid optimized

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