5 July 202230 June 2022 Unique value chain collaboration “Design4Circularity” achieves first circular cosmetics packaging concept Designed to be recycled again and again: colorless bottle with 100% Post-Consumer recyclate content (PCR), equipped with a printed deinkable full-body shrink sleeve
Herausragende ‚Design4Circularity‘ Wertschöpfungspartnerschaft setzt erstes Kreislaufkonzept für Kosmetikverpackungen um Konzipiert für wiederholtes Recycling: Farblose Flasche aus 100% Post-Consumer-Recyclat (PCR), mit bedruckter und entfärbbarer Full-Body-Schrumpfbanderole
kunststoffland NRW zur ARD-Doku „Die Recyclinglüge“: Das Kind nicht mit dem Bade ausschütten! Aus dem Vorhandensein von Mängeln und der Existenz schwarzer Schafe den Schluss zu ziehen, man müsse generell auf Kunststoffe verzichten, ist falsch
IK enttäuscht von verunsichernder Botschaft in ARD-Reportage zum Recycling Trotz leicht auffindbarer Gegenbeispiele wird den Zuschauern suggeriert, dass Recycling nicht funktioniert und nie funktionieren wird
Can advanced recycling support flexible packaging’s quest for circularity? Sreeparna Das spoke to Bob Powell, CEO of Brightmark, to understand the role advanced recycling – also known as chemical recycling – can play in supporting the demands of the flexible packaging sector, the key growth areas, and the existing challenges to scaling up advanced recycling
4 July 202229 June 2022 CO2 Value Europe positions on draft EU rules around renewable & recycled fuels production: it’s crucial the EU provides a strong framework supporting CCU projects! Association's response to the call for feedback on the delegated regulation specifying a methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emissions savings from renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin and from recycled carbon fuels
Infinited Fiber picks site of shut paper plant in Finnish Lapland for its planned EUR 400 million textile fiber factory investment Recycling and green transition took a step forward when a Finnish company announced its plans to build a factory re-using textile waste
Finnland baut weltweit erste Fabrik die Kleidung recycled Ein finnisches Unternehmen hat am Montag seine Pläne für den Bau einer Fabrik zur Wiederverwendung von Textilabfällen bekannt gegeben und damit einen wichtigen Schritt in Richtung Recycling und Umweltschutz getan
1 July 202230 June 2022 New trend and technology report: Mapping of advanced recycling technologies for plastics waste – providers, technologies, and partnerships This new report aims to clear up this jungle of information by providing a structured, overview and in-depth insight
Amcor and Minderoo Foundation launch partnership to ensure market certainty for plastic waste New project initiative will unlock investment to build a global network of plastic recycling plants
Planning application submitted for Quantafuel’s new plastics upcycling plant in Sunderland A planning application has been submitted for a new plastics upcycling plant that will create 100 jobs in Sunderland and handle plastic materials that are not currently recycled in the UK
30 June 202223 June 2022 Sustainable smelting: how green can it go? A focus on carbon emissions is driving a new dynamic for the energy-intensive smelting industry
29 June 202223 June 2022 Recycling cigarette butts for use in acetate glasses Cigarette butts are a huge source of pollution
Polymers: Transition to a Sustainable Future International and national regulations will aim to reduce reliance on single use plastics and to move society away from the traditional linear plastics economy
24 June 202220 June 2022 Heinz and Tesco partner with Plastic Energy, SABIC, and Berry Global to launch sustainable packaging innovation made with post-consumer recycled soft plastics The 39% recycled plastic they contain was validated using the “mass balance approach” endorsed by ISCC, which makes it possible to track the amount and sustainability characteristics of materials
23 June 202217 June 2022 Vattenfall and BASF to use recycled blades on Hollandse Kust Zuid The Netherlands – Vattenfall and BASF will use Siemens Gamesa RecyclableBlades on the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm
Windpark Hollandse Kust Zuid mit recyclebaren Rotorblättern ausgestattet Vattenfall und BASF werden im Offshore-Windpark Hollandse Kust Zuid neue recyclebare Rotorblätter von Siemens Gamesa verwenden. Die Blätter werden aus einem neuartigen Harz hergestellt, das die Wiederverwertung der verschiedenen Komponenten erleichtert.
22 June 202222 June 2022 Plastic to hydrogen facility in West Dunbartonshire approved to help country produce cleaner energy Plans for an innovative £20m facility in West Dunbartonshire to turn waste plastic into hydrogen and support the UK’s energy transition to net zero have been approved
Dow Expands Flexible Packaging Recycling Effort Across Africa Through Project REFLEX, Dow aims to divert 10,000 Metric Tons (MT) of flexible packaging waste by 2025 which would otherwise end up in landfill or the environment, while also creating direct employment opportunities
17 June 202211 June 2022 The circular textile economy is rapidly approaching Worn Again Technologies announces plans to build a new textile recycling demo plant in Winterthur Switzerland
SCALITE, a marble like material made from fish scales Fish waste like bones, heads, fins, and scales often end up in landfills. Erik de Laurens wants to change that, one gorgeous tile at a time
HEXPOL TPE Arbeitet Mit Plastix Zusammen, Um Die Verwendung Von Rezyklaten Aus Maritimen Abfällen Zu Erweitern Der internationale TPE-Compoundeur HEXPOL TPE hat sein wachsendes Portfolio an Thermoplastischen Elastomeren (TPE) mit recyceltem Inhalt erweitert. Die neuen Dryflex Circular MWR TPEs enthalten Rezyklate, die aus ausgedienten Schiffstauen stammen
HEXPOL TPE Launch TPEs Containing Maritime Waste Recyclate International TPE compounder has added the new Dryflex Circular MWR TPEs to their growing portfolio - which is made from recycled plastic fibre waste from the maritime industry
15 June 202210 June 2022 Spannend für Kinder – Gut für die Umwelt: Erste nachhaltige PLAYMOBIL-Produktreihe WILTOPIA startet Zum Einsatz kommen PCR-Kunststoffe - also Kunststoffe, die von KonsumentInnen bereits genutzt und anschließend dem Recycling-Kreislauf zugeführt wurden – sowie biobasierte Kunststoffe
14 June 20229 June 2022 Transparent and traceable: Neste teams up with Circularise to increase visibility along circular polymers and chemicals value chains A digital twin will store informations on the used materials throughout the whole value chain, enabling all value chain parties to keep track of the material
Transparent und rückverfolgbar: Neste schließt sich mit Circularise zusammen, um Transparenz entlang zirkulärer Wertschöpfungsketten bei Polymeren und Chemikalien zu erhöhen Ein Zwilling der physischen Materialien soll Informationen zu den verwendeten Materialien über die gesamte Wertschöpfungskette hinweg speichern, so dass alle Beteiligten das Material zurückverfolgen können
KBR Announces Investment in Mura Technology to Advance the Plastics Circular Economy This alliance has since 2021 produced advances in process technology innovation such as closed loop power, water recycling, modularization and digital operating solutions
9 June 20224 June 2022 Lenzing boosts circularity and traceability through collaboration with UTEXBEL Together both firms to provide 80,000 prison personnel shirts for FPS Justice security guards using fabric with TENCEL™ branded lyocell fibers with REFIBRA™ technology
Lenzing fördert Kreislaufwirtschaft und Rückverfolgbarkeit durch die Zusammenarbeit mit UTEXBEL Zusammen wollen die beiden Unternehmen Uniformen für die belgische Justizbehörde (FOD) unter Verwendung von TENCEL™ Markenfasern mit REFIBRA™ Technologie und recyceltem Polyester produzieren
Biosynthetics can be part of the fashion and textile industry’s journey towards a regenerative and circular future, says Textile Exchange We need to transition away from the extraction of virgin fossil fuels but include existing preferred materials like recycled synthetics, and new areas of innovation, like biosynthetics made from natural, renewable sources such as agricultural waste, food crops, or plants
8 June 20224 June 2022 Cars could get a ‘flashy’ upgrade Flash Joule heating process recycles plastic from end-of-life F-150 trucks into high-value graphene for new vehicles
Grüner Treibstoff aus Abfall: Forschungsanlage in Simmering eröffnet In der weltweit ersten Forschungsanlage dieser Art in Wien werden im industrienahen Maßstab Abfälle und Reststoffe zu grünen Treibstoffen
7 June 20228 June 2022 Save the Date – Advanced Recycling Conference (ARC) 14–15 November, Cologne (Germany) Ambitious recycling targets set by the EU, the commitments of the chemical industry and brands, as well as the demands of customers are putting enormous evolutionary pressure on the recycling sector
Sunsmart streets using recycled rubber last twice as long Rubber from used tyres acts like sunscreen for roads and halves the rate of sun damage when mixed with bitumen, new research has found
3 June 202227 May 2022 Recycling-Dünger aus Gülle und Laub Aus tierischen Exkrementen und Laub wollen Forschende einen umweltfreundlichen Dünger für die Landwirtschaft etablieren und damit Landwirten sowie Kommunen eine neue Einkommensquelle bieten
2 June 202225 May 2022 Teijin Frontier Develops New Chemical Recycling Technology for Polyester Fibers The company will launch a pilot facility at its Matsuyama Plant this month and continue developing recycling technologies to improve the quality of recycled polyester raw materials, reduce environmental load
The future of textile recycling Recycling of fibers is on the right track, but there are challenges that have to be overcome in order to make it common commercial reality have to be sorted
30 May 202223 May 2022 Toray: PET-Recyclinganlage mit Axens in Planung Es werden Kapazitäten für das Recycling von insgesamt bis zu 80.000 Tonnen PET-Abfall im Jahr avisiert
Green Deal: New proposals to make sustainable products the norm and boost Europe’s resource independence The new EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles is going to ensure that by 2030 textile products placed on the EU market are long-lived and recyclable, as much as possible made of recycled fibres, free of hazardous substances and produced in respect of social rights and the environment
25 May 202219 May 2022 Plastic Recycling: TotalEnergies and New Hope Energy partner on U.S. Advanced Recycling Project The partners will use the patented pyrolysis technology that was developed in partnership with Lummus Technology to process and convert more than 310,000 tons per year of mixed plastic waste
24 May 202218 May 2022 Axens and Toray Films Europe to boost Plastic Circular Economy with a new PET Chemical Recycling Plant in Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost (France) Joined efforts of both parties in their domain of expertise will allow the emergence of competencies for chemical recycling circularity
Borealis und Reclay Group gründen gemeinsam Recelerate, um die Kunststoff-Kreislaufwirtschaft voranzutreiben Die Optimierung im Bereich von Leichtverpackungen (LVP) soll der steigenden Marktnachfrage nach hochwertigen Rezyklaten für den Einsatz in High-End-Kunststoffanwendungen gerecht werden
Borealis and Reclay Group form new joint entity, Recelerate, to make plastic circularity a reality The new organisation’s mission is to redesign the critical steps of the plastics sorting and recycling system for LWP
Advanced recycling: Opportunities for growth As interest in the circular economy grows, emerging recycling technologies that are complementary with mechanical recycling are accelerating
23 May 20228 January 2023 Converting CO₂ through electrochemistry – The WaterProof Project Starting soon, the new research project WaterProof aims at closing the waste(water) carbon loop by creating a novel biorefinery concept converting CO2 emissions from urban waste treatment facilities into valuable green consumer-products. The objective is a technology resulting in a GHG reduction based on CO2 utilization, replacement of fossil feedstock and industrial electrification
CO2-Umwandlung durch elektrochemische Prozesse – Das WaterProof-Projekt Das im Juni startende Forschungsprojekt WaterProof zielt darauf ab, den Kohlenstoffkreislauf von Abfällen und Abwässern zu schließen, indem es ein neuartiges Bioraffineriekonzept entwickelt, das CO2-Emissionen städtischer Abfallverarbeitungsanlagen in wertvolle grüne Verbraucherprodukte umwandelt. Das Ziel besteht in einer Technologie, die maßgeblich zu einer Reduzierung von Treibhausgasen auf der Grundlage einer effektiven CO2-Nutzung, dem Ersatz fossiler Rohstoffe und industrieller Elektrifizierung beiträgt.
Newly discovered enzyme breaks down PET plastic in record time Research finding from Leipzig could help make biological recycling more commercially viable
Neu entdecktes Enzym zersetzt PET-Kunststoff in Rekordzeit Forschungsergebnis aus Leipzig könnte biologisches Recycling wirtschaftlich attraktiver machen
20 May 202218 May 2022 Sustainable mobility: Faurecia & Veolia to pioneer in the use of recycled plastics in automotive interiors In this partnership, the two companies will develop innovative bio-composites for automotive vehicle interiors
Polymertal and UBQ Materials Partner to Create Lightweight, Sustainable Material With Metallic Functionalities SPP-50XX, part of the first sustainable series by Polymertal, will bring a lower carbon footprint to automotive, industrial and consumer applications