28 June 202322 June 2023 A global first for circularity: Södra and Lenzing receive largest EU LIFE subsidy for recycling project EU funding for textile recycling project on an industrial scale. Huge boost to circularity. Lenzing and Södra – a long-standing partnership for systemic change
Weltpremiere für die Kreislaufwirtschaft: Södra und Lenzing erhalten größte EU-LIFE-Förderung für Recycling-Projekt EU finanziert Textilrecycling-Projekt für Textilien im industriellen Maßstab. Enormer Schub für die Kreislaufwirtschaft. Lenzing und Södra – eine langjährige Partnerschaft für den systemischen Wandel
Pyrum und SUEZ schließen Exklusivitätsvereinbarung zum Bau von Pyrums erster Pyrolyseanlage in Großbritannien Während der einjährigen Exklusivitätsphase soll der erste Standort ermittelt werden und das Genehmigungsverfahren beginnen. Die Anlage soll aus drei Pyrolysereaktoren mit einer Kapazität von etwa 20.000 Tonnen Altreifen pro Jahr bestehen
26 June 202320 June 2023 Chemisches Recycling als Reset-Taste Interview mit Heikki Färkkilä, Vice President Chemical Recycling bei Neste Renewable Polymers – Chemisches Recycling als Reset-Taste, um Rohstoffe länger im Kreislauf zu führen – Notwendige Ergänzung zum mechanischen Recycling – Ab 2030 will Neste 1 Mio. jato Altkunststoff verarbeiten
23 June 202319 June 2023 Neste decides to invest in liquefied waste plastic upgrading unit at its Porvoo refinery Important milestone in scaling up chemical recycling. Investment of 111 million euros
Neste beschließt Investitionen in Anlage zur Aufwertung von verflüssigtem Kunststoffabfall in Raffinerie in Porvoo Wichtiger Meilenstein beim Ausbau des chemischen Recyclings. Investitionsvolumen von 111 Millionen Euro
22 June 202319 June 2023 End-of-life Tyres This latest article explores the fate of end-of-lie tyres and discusses strategies to reuse and recover the high-value compounds they are made of
20 June 202315 June 2023 Plastics Europe welcomes UNEP’s step closer to a draft agreement on a global plastics treaty In her opening speech, Virginia Janssens, Managing Director of Plastics Europe, made a plea for ‘a total market transformation that drastically reduces the influx of new plastics
Kunststoff- und Chemieindustrie unterstützen UN-Plastikabkommen PlasticsEurope Deutschland zu Fortschritten und Aussichten des UN-Plastikabkommens
Plastic waste: agreement is just the start Many fear that major plastics producers like the US, China and Saudi Arabia will only approve of better recycling. But the need to come into action is generally felt
16 June 202314 June 2023 Solvent Introduced at PureCycle’s Ironton Facility PureCycle initiated the solvent startup procedure at its polypropylene purification facility in Ironton, Ohio
15 June 202312 June 2023 Indorama Ventures and Carbios reaffirm partnership to build first-of-a-kind PET biorecycling plant in France Both parties intent to increase their recycling capacity to 50 billion PET bottles per year by 2025
Carbios + Indorama: Werk für biobasiertes PET-Recycling in Planung Fertigstellung von vorgesehenen Kapazitäten über das Recycling von 50.000 Tonnen PET-Abfall im Jahr ist für 2025 geplant
13 June 20237 June 2023 White paper: New guide to the future of plastics Balance ranging from plastics reduction to a sustainable use of recyclable plastics
Whitepaper: Neuer Wegweiser für die Zukunft der Kunststoffe Balance zwischen Plastikreduktion und einem nachhaltigen Umgang mit recyclingfähigen Kunststoffen
12 June 20237 June 2023 Discussion: How to allocate and communicate recycled content in packaging? A label reading “100% recycled content” should only be allowed for packaging products fully made from recycled content. Otherwise, it should be considered a misleading environmental claim
2 June 202330 May 2023 From the incinerator to new packaging: Arla Foods explores new way to recycle plastic waste Chemical recycling helps to reduce CO2 footprint and consumption of fossil feedstock for cheese packaging
1 June 202330 May 2023 Summer Special 2023 – 20% discount on market and trend reports all around renewable carbon until 31 August 2023 After a successful Renewable Materials Conference 2023, covering all renewable carbon topics, nova-Institute is offering its reports around renewable carbon markets for a special price
Sommer-Angebot – 20% Rabatt auf Markt- und Trendberichte rund um erneuerbaren Kohlenstoff bis zum 31. August 2023 Einer erfolgreichen Renewable Materials Conference 2023 folgend, die alle Themen rund um erneuerbaren Kohlenstoff abdeckte, bietet das nova-Institut seine Berichte rund um die Märkte für erneuerbaren Kohlenstoff zu einem Sonderpreis an
Free Webinar on the Life Cycle Assessment of Avantium’s PEF On 22 June, the PEFerence project team will organise a free webinar with the title: "PEF – A Circular Bio-Based Polymer with Improved Properties – LCA"
30 May 202324 May 2023 Infinity Recycling, Invest-NL and LyondellBasell invest in Pryme to accelerate the advanced recycling of plastic waste Pryme is currently building an advanced recycling plant in Rotterdam to convert used plastic into valuable products on an industrial scale with support of its proprietary pyrolysis process
25 May 202317 May 2023 bioplastics MAGAZINE on the Plastic. Climate. Future. podcast In mid-April, Alex Thielen, editor of bioplastics MAGAZINE sat down with Mateusz (Mat) Wielopolski and John Sewell who host the podcast Plastic. Climate. Future. to talk about bioplastics MAGAZINE, the concept of renewable carbon and bioplastics overal
24 May 202317 May 2023 Trinseo Starts Up Polycarbonate Dissolution Pilot Facility in the Netherlands Dissolution technology allows effective end-of-life plastic recycling and enhances circularity
Trinseo: Pilotanlage zur Auflösung von Polycarbonat gestartet Das so genannte "Auflösungs-Recycling" erlaubt wirkungsvolles end-of-life Kunststoffrecycling und betreibt damit die Kreislaufwirtschaft
Recycling giant Waste Management sees future in film recovery – USA With today’s focus on plastics and their role in society, as well as their unwanted presence in the environment, there’s never been more interest in recycling rates
UN lays out blueprint to reduce plastic waste 80% by 2040 Countries can reduce plastic pollution by 80% by 2040 using existing technologies and making major policy changes, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a report on Monday (15 May)
23 May 202317 May 2023 LyondellBasell: Komplette Übernahme des Recyclers QCP Der Chemiekonzern LyondellBasell übernimmt sämtliche Anteile des in den Niederlanden und Belgien aktiven Recyclingunternehmens Quality Circular Polymers (QCP)
LyondellBasell and Veolia restructure their plastics recycling joint venture QCP Global leader in chemicals LyondellBasell is going to overtake the ownership of Quality Circular Polymers (QCP), which is active as a recycling entertainment in the Netherlands and in Belgium
22 May 202316 May 2023 2. Innovationswettbewerb für klimaneutrale Produktion ausgeschrieben Das Wirtschaftsministerium schreibt den zweiten Innovationswettbewerb „Klimaneutrale Produktion mittels Industrie-4.0-Lösungen“ mit einem Volumen von insgesamt 5,5 Millionen Euro aus
McDonald’s Leads Lobbying Offensive Against Laws to Reduce Packaging Waste in Europe Flawed assumptions and a “disturbing” lack of transparency characterise an industry campaign against reusable packaging, academics and campaigners warn
19 May 202319 May 2023 Eleven good reasons to attend the Renewable Materials Conference, 23-25 May, online and on-site (Siegburg/Cologne) The chemical and plastics industry will need to replace 1 Gt of fossil carbon per year with renewable carbon from biomass, CO2 and recycling to achieve net-zero. How can this work?
nova-Experts indroduced: Dr. Lars Krause Technology & Markets - Advanced Recycling - Content Management
Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2023: Winners announced in Amsterdam The Plastics Recycling Show Europe brings together key players from the plastics and recycling sectors to showcase innovative technology, share best practice, network and do business
Sabic’s new sustainable lnp™ compound will add to 400 million diverted water bottles and deliver thin-wall, non-br/cl flame retardance to 0.4 mm for Electrical Industry At the end of 2022, the company had already diverted 400 million 0.5-liter bottles through its iQ upcycling technology
Aus PET wird PBT mit halogenfreiem Flammschutz Sabic bringt ein neues PBT-Compound auf den Markt. Hergestellt aus alten PET-Flaschen bietet es 0,4 mm Flammschutz ohne halogenierte Additive
17 May 202312 May 2023 Huhtamaki to launch sustainable flexible packaging innovation The game-changing technology provides a unique combination of best in-class protection, full recyclability and affordability
16 May 202315 May 2023 Advanced Recycling Conference (ARC) 2023 – Call for Abstracts Taking place on 28-29 November 2023 in Cologne, Germany, and online, the Advanced Recycling Conference will introduce the diversity of advanced recycling solutions and brings together stakeholders along the entire plastics value chain
Advanced Recycling Conference (ARC) 2023 – Aufruf zur Einreichung von Beiträgen Die am 28. und 29. November 2023 in Köln und online stattfindende Advanced Recycling Conference stellt die Vielfalt fortschrittlicher Recyclinglösungen vor und bringt Akteure entlang der gesamten Kunststoff-Wertschöpfungskette zusammen
15 May 202310 May 2023 IDTechEx Examines Whether Advanced Recycling Will Be the Answer to Sustainable Packaging Some of the biggest challenges include the degradation of mechanical properties with recycling, which causes recycled plastic to be “downcycled” from packaging to other applications
REVECOL® by ERCA, die zirkuläre Revolution geht einen Schritt weiter Erstmals kann dieser Schritt der textilen Lieferkette somit auch Materialien mit einem zirkulären Ansatz nutzen und so zu einer echten Nachhaltigkeit des Endprodukts beitragen
REVECOL® by ERCA, the circular revolution takes a step forward For the first time, this step of the textile supply chain can thus also make use of materials with a circular approach
12 May 20239 May 2023 Collaboration project shows: multi-layer packaging can be separated and recycled on an industrial scale BASF, Krones, SÜDPACK and TOMRA reported about their first collaboration trial, that they were able to completely separate as much as 69 percent of the PET/PE components and partially separate another twelve percent
Kooperationsprojekt zeigt: Mehrschichtverpackungen sind in industriellem Maßstab trenn- und recycelbar BASF, Krones, SÜDPACK und TOMRA konnten im ersten Kooperationsversuch bereits zeigen, dass 69 Prozent der PET/PE-Komponenten komplett und zwölf Prozent teilweise zu trennen sind
ALUULA: OFF-CUTS, TRANSFORMED In a new project, ALUULA material off-cuts and end-of-life products were compressed into uniform, lightweight and ultra-durable panels
Neue Kooperationsplattform für eine nachhaltige Textilwirtschaft startet Ab Mai 2023 wollen die Projektpartner HSNR, DWI - Leibniz-Institut für Interaktive Materialien und das Fraunhofer-Institut für Umwelt-, Sicherheits- und Energietechnik UMSICHT eine Kooperationsplattform betreiben und damit die Hindernisse für eine nachhaltige und umweltfreundliche Textilwirtschaft überwinden
11 May 20238 May 2023 Packaging made from greenhouse gases TotalEnergies Corbion offers at Interpack recycled Luminy® rPLA, which contains 20% and 30% post-industrial and post-consumer recycled content in line with ISO 22095 standard
Kompostierbare Verpackungen aus erneuerbarer Biomasse Beim biobasierten Material Luminy PLA von Total Energies Corbion ist der Kohlenstoff-Fußabdruck im Vergleich zu herkömmlichen Kunststoffen 75% geringer
10 May 20235 May 2023 Asahi Kasei and Microwave Chemical launch joint demonstration project for chemical recycling of polyamide 66 using microwave-based technology The process utilizes microwaves to depolymerize2 PA66 and directly obtain the monomers hexamethylenediamine (HMD) and adipic acid (ADA), which can then be used to manufacture new PA66
Asahi Kasei: Projekt für chemisches Recycling von PA66 mittels Mikrowellentechnologie – Kooperation mit Microwave Chemical Neuer Prozess ermöglicht bei wenig Energieaufwand die Extraktion der Monomere Hexamethylendiamin (HMD) und Adipinsäure (ADA), die dann für die Herstellung von neuem PA66 wiederverwendet werden können
9 May 20234 May 2023 New chemistry can extract virgin-grade materials from wind turbine blades in one process Researchers from Aarhus University and the Danish Technological Institute have developed a chemical process that can disassemble the epoxy composite of wind turbine blades and simultaneously extract intact glass fibres as well as one of the epoxy resin's original building blocks in a high quality. The recovered materials could potentially be used in the production of new blades