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4 September 20202 September 2020

New Report: National Guidance for Plastic Pollution Hotspotting and Shaping Action

New Guidance document covering major types of plastic polymers and products, as well as their leakage and impacts along the full value chain

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Chemical recycling or recovery? The circular economy hangs in the balance

Recent review of scientific and technological evidence highlights the limits of these technologies to deal with plastic waste

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3 September 20209 September 2021

#Trending: Chemical recycling of plastics – the missing link in the puzzle to enhance plastics circularity

Collection & sorting of plastics waste is quite far from being at the required level and the recycled grades often don’t stand a chance against their low-cost virgin counterparts

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2 September 20209 September 2021

Chemical industry on the pathway to renewable carbon

This summer the first survey on renewable carbon in the chemical industry was conducted. 20 to 25% of the carbon supply is already renewable

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Spotlight on chemical recycling: Closing the loop in plastics recycling

To feed recycled plastic materials back into the same product cycle, will help to reduce feedstock demand for plastic goods

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Mixed market reaction to EU plastics charge

New charge of €800/tonne for all non-recycled packaging waste will be paid by EU nations from 1 January 2021

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EU – Plastik“steuer“

Mitgliedstaaten sollen künftig eine Abgabe an die EU leisten, welche anhand der Menge von nicht recycelten Kunststoff-Verpackungsabfällen berechnet wird

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Chemical recycling ‘promising’ for circular economy, EU official says

Dealing with toxic substances contained in old plastic products – or “legacy chemicals” – is seen by many as the next frontier in recycling, if not the Holy Grail

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31 August 20209 September 2021

Fuel from disused tyres

Research from the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country is seeking a solution for used tyres by means of catalytic pyrolysis

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Kraftstoff aus ausgedienten Reifen

Forschung sucht nach einer Lösung für Altreifen durch katalytische Pyrolyse

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Die Plastik­welle stoppen

Untersuchung hat sechs mögliche Szenarien zur Bekämpfung der Plastikverschmutzung der Meere analysiert

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27 August 202024 August 2020

UBA sieht chemisches Recycling skeptisch

Erwartungen an rohstoffliche Verwertung sind nicht gerechtfertigt

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Analyse von IN4climate.NRW zeigt: Ausbau von chemischem Kunststoffrecycling bietet viele Chancen für den Klimaschutz

Potenziale der Kreislaufwirtschaft ausbauen

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26 August 202021 August 2020

The Global Plastics Alliance Announces fourfold increase in Projects to Combat Marine Litter

The global plastics industry continues to move toward more circular systems where resources are used, reused, and recycled to the greatest extent possible

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From old jeans to new t-shirt

An efficient way of recycling cotton clothes

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Neues T-Shirt aus alter Jeans

Kleidung aus Baumwolle effizient recyceln

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25 August 202021 August 2020

Evaluation tool for recyclable packaging

Fraunhofer UMSICHT tests Henkel's extended evaluation tool for recyclable packaging

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Neues Bewertungstool für kreislauffähige Verpackungen

Fraunhofer UMSICHT prüft erweitertes Bewertungstool von Henkel für kreislauffähige Verpackungen

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24 August 202018 August 2020

Taghleef Industries introduces new brand reLIFE™

A New Range of Recycled Polypropylene Solutions

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21 August 202017 August 2020

Footwear Giant To Launch Vegan Leather Sneakers Made From Wine Waste

The plant-based sneakers also feature mesh made from recycled PET bottles and an algae-based EVA sole

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20 August 20209 September 2021

New use for plastic waste being developed

Case Western Reserve researchers developing process to recycle ‘thermoset’ plastics; examples include wind-turbine blades, auto parts, boats, other structural materials

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Converting Mixed Plastics into Valuable Chemicals: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Anellotech’s Renewable Chemicals

From how they got here to where they are going, check out Anellotech’s latest slide guide

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19 August 20209 September 2021

Levi’s® bringt zirkuläre Hose

Kooperation mit re:newcell

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The Story Behind the Most Sustainable Levi’s® Ever

Unique collaboration between Wellthread™ and re:newcell marks a significant milestone in the fashion industry’s transition to circularity

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Sealed Air Invests in Advanced Recycling Company Plastic Energy

Collaboration Will Spearhead Technology Advancements to Enhance Circularity of Plastics Tuesday

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18 August 20209 September 2021

Deriving raw materials from waste: Fraunhofer IMWS and RECENSO establish a partnership for chemical recycling

Fraunhofer IMWS together with the RECENSO company to optimize the CARBOLIQ technology for the recycling of plastic waste

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Rohstoffe aus Abfällen: Fraunhofer IMWS und RECENSO beschließen Partnerschaft zum chemischen Recycling

Fraunhofer IMWS will gemeinsam mit der RECENSO GmbH die "CARBOLIQ-Technologie" für das Recycling von kunststoffhaltigen Abfällen weiterentwickeln

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Stora Enso and Helsinki Olympic Stadium partner up to promote circular economy solutions

Olympic Stadium promotes the goal of a carbon-neutral Helsinki by 2035 and is aiming with its partners to enable circular economy solutions

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Anellotech: Japanisches JV R Plus Japan investiert in weitere Entwicklung der Kunststoffrecycling-Technologie Plas-TCat

Zwölf japanische Unternehmen kooperieren für die weitere Entwicklung der Kunststoffrecycling-Technologie Plas-TCat von Anellotech

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17 August 202017 August 2020

INEOS Styrolution and Recycling Technologies sign joint development agreement for recycling polystyrene

Scientific research and processing of polystyrene depolymerisation recognises the potential commercial value of post-consumer plastic waste

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Ineos Styrolution: Depolymerisation als Recyclinglösung für Polystyrol

Polystrol-Forschung zeigt eindeutig auf, dass es möglich ist, aus Post-Consumer-Abfällen einen wertvollen Rohstoff zu gewinnen

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Major companies and retailers join BASF’s reciChain pilot to improve circular economy and traceability of recycled plastics in Canada

The technology by Security Matters used in reciChain includes a marker that allows users to access and verify information associated with the material

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13 August 20209 September 2021

Chemical recycling of polyurethane waste

New, Spanish project focuses on three main waste streams to obtain new, high-quality polyols that can be used to manufacture polyurethane again

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12 August 202010 August 2020

Working Toward a Circular Economy in Challenging Times – the chemical recycling solution

Tecnon OrbiChem’s Doris de-Guzman looks at how new developments in advanced recycling techniques can help with this endeavour

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10 August 20209 September 2021

Nextchem and LanzaTech Sign an agreement to promote circular ethanol production

NextChem's #CircularDistrict model is enhanced with a new dimension: in addition to hydrogen and methanol derived from the chemical conversion of plasmix and non-recyclable dry waste, it will now be possible to obtain ethanol, an important chemical for sustainable fuels and disinfectant production

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7 August 20209 September 2021

Dow Giving New Life to Old Mattresses

Dow Polyurethanes to create a circular economy for polyurethanes

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6 August 20209 September 2021

The EU chemical industry: an EU Recovery Plan aligned with the European Green Deal goals is our opportunity to create a more resilient Europe

CEFIC launches bio-based chemicals sector group

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5 August 20201 August 2020

Chemical Recycling legislation should take a precautionary approach to ensure prevention measures remain at the core of the EU’s Circular Economy promises

Janek Vahk blogs about the new joint statement on chemical recycling from the Rethink Plastic alliance, ECOS, Health Care Without Harm (HCWH), European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and Zero Waste Europe

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UBA: Neues Hintergrundpapier „Chemisches Recycling“ von Kunststoffabfällen

Ist das Chemische Recycling eine Alternative oder Ergänzung zur werkstofflichen Verwertung von Kunststoffabfällen?

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4 August 20209 September 2021

Nine companies have started “Ship Carbon Recycling WG” of Japan’s CCR Study Group

- Cross-industry initiatives for zero-emission ship fuels through methanation technology -

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German Associations Demand Removal of Regulatory Hurdles to Achieve the EU’s Climate Targets

Electrochaea supports the demands of the German Energy Storage Systems Association (BVES) for regulatory changes to strengthen the role of energy storage companies. Those are substantial to reach the EU’s climate goals

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Energiespeicher: „Deutschland darf sich nicht selbst im Weg stehen“

Electrochaea unterstützt Forderungen des Bundesverbands Energiespeicher nach Abbau regulatorischer Hemmnisse

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3 August 202030 July 2020

Fiber Thermoforming: Optisch nah am Kunststoff

Die neue Fiber Thermoforming Maschine 'Natureformer 90' von Kiefel wurde auf Basis des Know-Hows aus der Kunststoffverarbeitung entwickelt

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Kimberly-Clark Joins WWF’s Bioplastic Feedstock Alliance

Industry collaboration to explore and communicate the sustainability risks and opportunities associated with bioplastic production

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Bio-waste generation in the EU: Current capture levels and future potential

Examples of best practices for sustainably valorising bio-waste to provide new bio-based compounds for the chemicals, food-packaging and agricultural sectors

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Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP Ventures) funding for CuRe Technology

New recycling start-up seeks to provide a new lease of life for difficult to recycle plastic polyester waste

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29 July 20209 September 2021

Evian Launches Label Free Bottle

The label-free bottle, our latest innovation in packaging and sustainability as our first circular designed bottle

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28 July 20209 September 2021

Mass Balance accounting is here. The next step is a new standard

A real option for a change, supporting the development of recycled and renewable raw materials, and the production processes needed

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24 July 202023 July 2020

Agilyx announces the launch of a new feedstock management company, Cyclyx International, Inc.

Cyclyx formed to be an industry consortium

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23 July 20209 September 2021

Netzwerk für Forschung und Entwicklung von Biokunststoffen gestartet

Europäisches Forschungsnetzwerk für Biokunststoffe will mit Unterstützung der Politik alternative Lösungen gegen die Verschmutzung der Umwelt durch Plastikmüll finden