7 February 20236 February 2023 Nachhaltigkeitsziele nur mit Kunststoff erreichbar Verzicht auf Kunststoffverpackungen würde den CO2-Ausstoß im Lebensmittelsektor drastisch erhöhen – Kunststoff mit Recycling bei Nachhaltigkeit unschlagbar
revalyu builds major industrial PET recycling facility in the US Chemical recycler Revalyu Resources GmbH is bringing the company's glycolysis technology to the United States through a $50 million project
revalyu: Neues Werk für chemisches PET-Recycling in den USA revalyu Resources (revalyu), ein Unternehmen für chemisches PET-Recycling, gab heute bekannt, dass es in der ersten Phase seiner strategischen Expansion 50 Millionen US-Dollar in ein Werk in den USA investieren will
6 February 20231 February 2023 AIMPLAS collaborates in a new European project to make blueprint for reducing textile waste by 80% The tExtended project started last December and will achieve this objective by developing and demonstrating effective textile recovery, waste valorization and recycling processes
3 February 202331 January 2023 Clothing reuse has a 70 times lower environmental impact reveals new study EuRIC paper revealed that a massive 3kg of CO2 is saved for each high/medium-quality clothing that is reused
2 February 20231 February 2023 Buchbesprechung: Kunststoffe im Kreislauf Vom Recycling zur Rohstoffwende
PureCycle: Erste Polypropylen-Recyclinganlage in Europa in Planung PureCycle befasst sich derzeit mit der Beschaffung von Rohstoffen und der Finanzplanung mit dem Ziel, bis Mitte 2023 einen endgültigen Zeitplan für das Projekt festzulegen
1 February 20232 March 2023 Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), January 2023 Lets take a look at what happened in January 2023 at RCI
Braskem and Nexus Circular Strengthen Relationship Through a Long-Term Contract for Circular Plastic Feedstocks from New Advanced Recycling Facility The contracted volumes of advanced recycled circular products from Nexus will support Braskem's strategic objective to sell 300 thousand metric tons of products with recycled content by 2025
Polymerkonzerne in Davos: Viele Nullen, wenig dahinter Den Petrochemieriesen scheint es vor allem darum zu gehen, mit einem Verve zeigenden Markennamen in die Öffentlichkeit preschen zu können. Das immerhin dürfte den meisten gelungen sein
Phillips 66 Achieves ISCC PLUS Certification to Turn Oil from Waste Plastics into Feedstocks at its Sweeny Refinery Texas refinery meets standards to process pyrolysis oil from hard-to-recycle waste plastics into sustainable feedstocks
30 January 202325 January 2023 Recycling-Rekord für Kunststoffverpackungen Das werkstoffliche Recycling von Kunststoffverpackungen im Dualen System hat ein neues Rekordniveau erreicht
27 January 202324 January 2023 Evonik Catalysts strengthen market position through further expanding its innovative portfolio Evonik is pooling its expertise and integrating its alkoxides business into the Catalysts Business Line
Evonik Catalysts stärken Marktposition durch den Ausbau des Portfolios Evonik bündelt seine Kompetenzen und integriert das Geschäft mit Alkoholaten in das Geschäftsgebiet Catalysts
SABIC reaffirms commitment to the circular carbon economy with a target of one million metric tons of TRUCIRCLE™ solutions annually by 2030 As a next step to meet this 2030 target, SABIC will upscale volumes globally of advanced and mechanical recycling as well as bio-based materials
26 January 202323 January 2023 Asahi Kasei collaborates on development of recycling technology for inexpensive, high-quality carbon fiber – Enabling a closed-loop recycling system for carbon fiber Together with its project partners at the National Institute of Technology at Kitakyushu College and the Tokyo University of Science, Asahi Kasei has developed a recycling method that allows carbon fibers to be extracted from CFRP or carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastics (CFRTP) used in automobiles
Neue Recyclingtechnologie ermöglicht geschlossenen Recyclingkreislauf für hochwertige und kostengünstige Kohlefasern Gemeinsam mit seinen Projektpartnern Kitakyushu College und der Tokyo University of Science hat Asahi Kasei eine Recycling-Methode entwickelt, die es ermöglicht, Kohlefasern aus in Fahrzeugen verwendeten Verbundstoffen zu extrahieren
Recycling bill undermines the innovation it relies on Whether we are trying to improve the use of resources, make energy generation cleaner and more reliable, or reduce our impact on wildlife habitat - innovation will be central to improving our stewardship of the environment. That innovation ethic, however, is at odds with the top-down, government planning mindset that drives much of Washington’s environmental policy
25 January 202320 January 2023 Carbios and Novozymes strengthen collaboration with long-term exclusive strategic partnership to secure worldwide leadership in biorecycling of PET Building on the current Joint Development Agreement (JDA) the companies will extend their collaboration to develop, optimize and produce enzymes to be supplied by Novozymes to all licensees of Carbios’ technology
Carbios und Novozymes erweitern ihre Kollaboration zu einer langfristigen, exklusiven und strategischen Partnerschaft zur Sicherung der weltweiten Marktführerschaft im Bereich PET-Biorecycling Mit dem aktuellen „Joint Development Agreement“ (JDA) werden Carbios und Novozymes ihre Zusammenarbeit ausweiten und Enzyme entwickeln, optimieren und produzieren, um von Novozymes an alle Lizenznehmer der Carbios-Technologie geliefert zu werden
24 January 202319 January 2023 Composites-Recycling-Studie liegt vor AVK veröffentlicht im Bereich faserverstärkte Kunststoffe/Composites eine umfangreiche Recyclingstudie
Borealis acquires a majority stake in Renasci signalling on-going commitment to leading the transformation to a circular economy Inventor of the novel Smart Chain Processing (SCP) concept is enabling the access to key circular technologies
Borealis: Mehrheitsbeteiligung an Renasci erworben – Verstärkter Zugang zu chemisch recycelten Rohstoffen Erfinder des Smart Chain Processing (SCP)-Konzepts soll den Umstieg auf eine Kreislaufwirtschaft fördern
23 January 202317 January 2023 LG Chem Makes Recycled Plastic with Marine Wastes Together with NETSPA the company anticipated that using 50,000 tons of marine wastes generated every year in Korea as materials for recycled plastic will help reduce marine wastes while reducing carbon emissions
PureCycle, Port of Antwerp-Bruges Announce NextGen District as Location For PureCycle’s First Plastic Recycling Plant in Europe PureCycle Selected as NextGen District Concessionaire in Competitive Bid Process
20 January 202316 January 2023 Successful pilot project recycles used EPS from household recycling to produce new packaging In a project under the umbrella of “IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e.V.”, German manufacturers of EPS packaging were able to demonstrate that sorting and recycling styrofoam makes environmental and economic sense
Gebrauchtes EPS aus dem gelben Sack wird durch Recycling zu neuer Verpackung In einem Projekt unter dem Dach der IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e.V. konnten deutsche EPS-Verpackungshersteller nachweisen, dass das Aussortieren und Recycling von Styropor ökologisch sowie ökonomisch sinnvoll ist
Turning plastic waste into a valuable soil additive UCR method creates useful char from plastic and corn waste
Umwandlung von Kunststoffabfällen in einen wertvollen Bodenzusatzstoff Neue Methode erzeugt nützliche Holzkohle aus Plastik- und Maisabfällen
Melbourne 2023: Brand new Adidas women’s tennis collection Do not forget that this apparel is equipped with AEROREADY technology that absorbs moisture and makes players feel dry
19 January 202313 January 2023 Anellotech Offers Drum-Quantity Samples of Recycled BTX Made From Mixed Waste Plastics via Plas-TCat® Process Based on a proprietary catalyst and fluid bed reactor-regenerator system, Plas-TCat provides a new, direct route to light olefins and aromatics from plastic waste streams
18 January 202312 January 2023 Renewcell, pioneer in the circular fashion industry, applies new textile fiber preparation system using ANDRITZ ADuro green technology Shredders of the ADuro product line form the technological centerpiece of the system and shred used textiles in only one step, enabling a throughput of up to 60,000 tons of textile waste per year
Renewcell, Pionier in der Recyling-Mode-Industrie, setzt neues ADuro-Textilfaser-Aufbereitungssystem von ANDRITZ Ein Herzstück der Anlage sind Schredder der ADuro-Produktlinie, welcher Alttextilien in nur einem Prozessschritt zerkleinert und so bis zu 60.000 Tonnen Textilabfälle pro Jahr verarbeitet
Tomra: Bau einer neuen Sortieranlage für Post-Consumer-Kunststoffe Das Unternehmen will eine Investition von 50 bis 60 Millionen Euro in den Bau einer mittelgroßen Anlage in Deutschland tätigen
17 January 202311 January 2023 AIMPLAS participates in the EU REPurpose project on safe and sustainable design of elastomeric plastics from recycling of post-consumer waste Collaboration project to be a game-changer in tackling recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and creating new thermoplastic elastomer polymers
13 January 202312 January 2023 The Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) receives support ECP is one of the newest partner of the RCI
11 January 20236 January 2023 EU countries prepare for textile recycling big bang A 2021 report by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre found that around 4-6% of the EU’s overall environmental footprint can be traced back to textiles
Michigan Becomes 21st State to Enact Bipartisan Advanced Recycling Legislation The new law in Michigan brings to 21 the total number of states that recognize advanced recycling technologies as manufacturing and not waste disposal
10 January 20232 March 2023 Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), December 2022 Let’s take a look at what happened in December 2022 at RCI
Scientists Discover Enzymes That Could Make It Cheaper To Recycle Waste Polyester Textiles and Bottles Than Making Them From Petroleum Using machine learning, NREL-led team discovered variants of 'plastic-eating' enzymes adapted to deconstructing all varieties of PET — even durable crystalline varieties
Strong and biodegradable A polyester plastic of great mechanical stability, which is also easily recyclable and even compostable: Stefan Mecking, chemist at the University of Konstanz, and his research group present a new material
Hochbelastbar und biologisch abbaubar Ein Polyester-Kunststoff mit hoher mechanischer Stabilität, der trotzdem gut recycelt werden kann und sogar kompostierbar ist: Forschende der Universität Konstanz um den Chemiker Stefan Mecking stellen ein neues Material vor
9 January 20234 January 2023 CJ Biomaterials Partners with South Korean Industry-University Research Council to Promote Eco-Friendly Material and Accelerate Adoption of PHA Technology Companies help address the challenge of plastic waste, which is capable of all modes of biodegradability and compostability, including marine, soil, home and industrial
6 January 20239 March 2023 Building CO2-neutral, defossilised supply chains for chemicals Scientists from the Institute of Biotechnology of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and from the Roche Group propose how to reduce the environmental footprint of the pharma industry
5 January 20232 January 2023 European Green Deal: Putting an end to wasteful packaging, boosting reuse and recycling New proposals of the European Commission are key building blocks of the European Green Deal's Circular Economy Action Plan and its objective to make sustainable products the norm
EU-Verpackungsverordnung: Von Anfang an im Kreislauf denken Die EU-Kommission will mit ihrem neuen Entwurf einer Verpackungsverordnung darauf setzen, die von Verpackungsabfällen ausgehenden Umweltwirkungen entlang des gesamten Lebensweges zu mindern
23 December 202220 December 2022 ExxonMobil starts operations at large-scale advanced recycling facility ExxonMobil announced successful startup of one of the largest advanced recycling facilities in North America
Anellotech to Advance Development of Tex-Tcat, an Efficient Recycling Technology for Mixed Waste Textiles Anellotech plans to begin advanced lab testing and scale-up for Tex-TCat, an innovative recycling solution to the growing problem of textile waste
22 December 202220 December 2022 Analysis by Fraunhofer-Institute Confirms Enormous CO₂ Reductions for Pyrum’s Pyrolysis Process Compared to Conventional Recycling Processes for End-of-Life Tyres This scientifically proves that Pyrum not only closes the material cycle, but also saves more CO2 than all currently used, common recycling processes for end-of-life tyres
Fraunhofer-Analyse bescheinigt Pyrum-Pyrolyseverfahren enorme CO₂-Einsparungen gegenüber herkömmlichen Recyclingverfahren für Altreifen Damit wird wissenschaftlich belegt, dass Pyrum nicht nur den Wertstoffkreislauf schließt, sondern auch mehr CO2 einspart als alle derzeit genutzten, gängigen Recyclingsverfahren für Altreifen