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12 February 20209 September 2021

The chemical cure?

The final piece of the recycling jigsaw, or a toxic pseudo-solution? David Burrows reports on chemical recycling

11 February 20209 September 2021

Chemical Recycling: A Viable Solution to Plastic Waste or Adding to the Problem?

What do terms like “chemical recycling,” “pyrolysis,” and “waste-to-energy” really mean? How viable or most importand, how effective are these technologies?

10 February 20209 September 2021

Recycling clothing the chemical way

Nina Notman explores how chemistry is poised to close the loop in clothing recycling

5 February 20209 November 2020

Chemical recycling solution nears commercialisation

Since its inception in 2011, the depolymerisation technology has been scaled rapidly and, in 2017, was able to harness investment to the tune of €8 million under a project called ‘DEMETO’, which ends this year

Breakthrough means plastic can be recycled hundreds of times

Breaking down plastic polymers into their chemical building blocks

4 February 202023 November 2020

Nestlé schafft Markt für recycelte Kunststoffe in Lebensmittelqualität und lanciert Fonds für Verpackungsinnovation

Unternehmen will in Start-ups investieren, die in den Innovationsbereichen 'Neuartige Verpackungen, Nachfüllsysteme und Recyclinglösungen' aktiv sind

3 February 20209 September 2021

The CreaSolv® Process is neither a Solvolysis nor Chemical Recycling

New study of the Netherlands Institute for Sustainable Packaging (KIDV) proves that Physical Recycling is an attractive alternative to chemical recycling

31 January 20209 November 2020

Styrenics Circular Solutions Members to Initiate Evaluation of Pyrowave Plastic-to-plastic Chemical Recycling Technology

SCS members INEOS Styrolution, Total, Trinseo and Versalis (Eni) to evaluate in detail Pyrowave's depolymerisation technology

23 January 20209 September 2021

New Methods of Recycling Polymers

This article presents the key recycling processes that are helping to address the problem of waste plastic

17 January 20209 November 2020

BASF signs Dutch Green Deal for plastic recycling

BASF has signed the Green Deal for advancing recycling in the Dutch economy

Wenn aus Kunststoff wieder Erdöl wird: igus investiert in Chemical Recycling Pionier

Von deutschem Wissenschaftler entwickelte Cat-HTR-Technologie gewinnt in 20 Minuten aus Plastikabfällen Ressourcen zurück

16 January 202010 November 2020

Is there a Potential for Chemical Recycling in the Recycling Industry?

Nexant has just completed a Special Report titled “Sorting through Plastic Waste – Is Chemical Recycling a Solution.” This report examines the technical, economic and business aspects of chemical recycling of PET, PS and mixed plastics (plastics to fuel)

15 January 20209 November 2020

Chemical Recycling: Break It Down

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6 circular economy trends that will shape 2020

Ocean plastics crisis has driven both consumers and regulators to seek action. Companies are responding with new strategies to reduce waste

14 January 20209 September 2021

Licella and BioLogiQ join forces to accelerate commercialisation of Cat-HTR™ technology in Australia

Licella and BioLogiQ join forces to accelerate commercialisation of Cat-HTR™ technology in Australia, to chemically recycle post-consumption plastic that would otherwise not be recycled

9 January 20209 November 2020

Mitsubishi Corporation Joins PET Chemical Recycling Business

Highly recyclable due to well-established collection and recycling facilities, PET has a wide range of applications

8 January 202010 November 2020

Understanding the Potential of New Technologies with Our Essentials of Chemical Recycling Course

Uncertainties, Challenges, and Opportunities

7 January 20209 November 2020

Chemical recycling offers a way to create a circular plastics economy

As public desire to tackle plastic pollution of the natural environment continues to grow, action being taken across the food industry is to be commended in many cases. However, the scale of the challenge that remains is vast

6 January 20209 September 2021

ALPLA joins cross-industry consortium for chemical recycling

Innovative technology enables circularity for difficult-to-recycle PET plastic waste

19 December 20199 September 2021

INEOS Styrolution and Agilyx advance polystyrene chemical recycling plant in Channahon, Illinois

Partnership paves the way for closed loop recycling to keep polystyrene out of landfills

Cooperation through transparency: ReciChain project promotes waste value chain in Brazil

New BASF project aims to bring together the various players in the value chain, promote recycling and improve the living conditions of waste collectors

Kooperation durch Transparenz: Projekt ReciChain fördert die Abfall-Wertschöpfungskette in Brasilien

Neues Projekt von BASF will die unterschiedlichen Akteure der Wertschöpfungskette an einen Tisch bringen, Recycling vorantreiben und die Situation der Müllsammler damit verbessern

6 November 20199 September 2021

REMONDIS and Neste into partnership to develop chemical recycling of plastic waste

Companies will focus on developing and accelerating chemical recycling with a target to reach an annual capacity to process over 200 kilotons of waste plastic

17 September 201921 January 2025

Start of the Study on Collaboration for Promotion of Gasification Chemical Recycling of Plastic Waste

Four companies intend to promote the spread of gasification chemical recycling and use of recycling in Japan and other countries

3 September 201921 December 2021

The Plastics Industry Should Be Looking to the Future

The Plant Based Products Council (PBPC) to seek out and facilitate holistic solutions to the plastics crisis by bringing together businesses, governments, and nonprofits who want a cleaner environment

24 June 20199 September 2021

Aldi: Discounter schaffen kostenlose Obst- und Gemüsebeutel ab

Ab Sommer 2019 sind Knotenbeutel aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen für einen Cent erhältlich und ab Herbst 2019 gibt es wiederverwendbare Mehrwegnetze

28 February 201714 September 2021

The most interesting Finnish companies in the circular economy

The list compiled by Sitra is showcasing Finland's most inspiring examples of the circular economy

24 November 020231 May 2023

WM and Dow Rollout First Major Residential Plastic Film Recycling Program in the U.S.

According to The Recycling Partnership, currently, only 1.9% of U.S. households have access to curbside plastic film recycling, which is the plastic material with the lowest overall recycling rate

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