Pioneering the world’s first high-performance coatings containing phthalic anhydride made from plastic waste
Beckers is collaborating with suppliers to incorporate raw materials, made from recycled plastic, into its paints. The ability to turn waste plastic into new raw materials will promote circularity and reduce emissions
Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), July 2023Exclusive interview with Beiersdorf: Sustainability in the cosmetics industry – bio-based, CO2-based and recycling innovations at Beiersdorf
Dr. Manuela Köhler and Eva-Maria Bredehorst explain how Beiersdorf is using bio-based, chemically recycled and CO2-based raw materials to achieve these goals without compromising product quality and safety
TotalEnergies, Aramco and SABIC complete MENA region’s first processing of oil from plastic waste at scale to make certified circular polymers
TotalEnergies, Aramco and SABIC have for the first time in the Middle East and North Africa successfully converted oil derived from plastic waste into ISCC+ certified circular polymers
TotalEnergies, Aramco und SABIC schließen die erste großtechnische Verarbeitung von Öl aus Kunststoffabfällen in der MENA-Region zur Herstellung zertifizierter Kreislaufpolymere ab
TotalEnergies, Aramco und SABIC haben zum ersten Mal im Nahen Osten und in Nordafrika erfolgreich aus Kunststoffabfällen gewonnenes Öl in ISCC+-zertifizierte, kreislauffähige Polymere umgewandelt
Smart Carbon Cycles Require Advanced Recycling – Call for Abstracts for the Advanced Recycling Conference 2023INEOS Styrolution partners with EGN and Tomra to recycle post-consumer polystyrene waste into food contact polystyrene
Process enables closed-loop circularity for polystyrene (PS) at food contact quality levels. First large-scale mechanical recycling facility to process recycled PS suitable for food packaging. Start-up expected by mid-2025
EPFL spin-off closes the loop on PET recycling
EPFL spin-off DePoly has developed a method for recycling polyethylene terephthalate (PET) at ambient temperature, even when it’s dirty or mixed with other plastics. The firm confirmed the feasibility of its method with a pilot capable of processing 50 metric tons per year. Having recently raised CHF 12.3 million, DePoly is now building a pilot plant with 10 times that capacity
Biggest ever EU LIFE textile funding to the recycling system OnceMore®
In its largest funding ever, EU LIFE has granted 10 million EURO for a project to scale up OnceMore®, an innovative, first-of-a-kind industrial-scale system for recycling of blended textile waste. The project is a collaboration between Swedish Forest industry group Södra and Austrian company Lenzing
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