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14 May 20209 September 2021

Circulate Capital invests in plastic recycling in Asia

“Our goal is to scale our capacity to recycle locally-sourced plastic, to grow our customer base by partnering with international and local manufacturers and to diversify our products to increase our impact and prevent more plastic from ending up in the environment.”

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12 May 20209 September 2021

Pyrowave closes Series B led by Michelin and Sofinnova Partners

The investment marks a significant step forward making plastic circularity a reality

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8 May 202031 December 2020

INEOS and PLASTIC ENERGY to collaborate on new advanced plastic recycling facility

Advanced recycling takes waste plastic and re-makes this into new high-quality polymer, replacing raw materials derived from oil-based products

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Advanced Recycling Alliance For Plastics Announces New Name, Members

ARAP is at the forefront in representing the rapidly growing advanced recycling and recovery sector for plastics

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INEOS und PLASTIC ENERGY planen gemeinsamen Bau einer neuen Anlage für modernes Kunststoffrecycling

Bei diesem fortschrittlichen Recycling werden Kunststoffabfälle in neue hochwertige Polymere umgewandelt und damit erdölbasierte Rohstoffe ersetzt

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6 May 20209 September 2021

SABIC releases sustainability report outlining progress on key drivers, moving toward a more circular future

The critical part played by plastics in modern life has never been clearer

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4 May 20209 September 2021

IKT: Förderprojekt zum Recycling von Biokunststoffen

Das neue Projekt „reGIOcycle" widmet sich den nachwachsenden Ressourcen in der Region um Augsburg sowie der grundsätzlichen Vermeidung von Kunststoffen

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30 April 202031 December 2020

Agilyx: Chemischer Kunststoffrecycler lizenziert Technologie für PS-Recycling an Toyo Styrene

Toyo Styrene's Testanlage soll die Depolymerisation von PS-Abfällen zu Styrol-Monomer für die Repolymerisation zu neuen hochwertigen PS-Werkstoffen erproben  

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28 April 20209 September 2021

Earth Day 2020: Pyrolysis Player Cracks Case of Hard-to-Recycle Waste Plastics

Enzina facility can take a variety of waste plastic in almost any condition and without any major handling, sorting or cleaning, produce high-value base chemicals and renewable fuels via its proprietary technologies

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23 April 20209 September 2021

ChemRecEU calls for constructive collaboration with waste management industry to increase recycling

Group is emphasizing that chemical recycling complements other recycling processes and it’s one of the solutions to tackle the plastic waste issue

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21 April 20209 September 2021

Carbios Clearing the Bottleneck – Enzymatic recycling tech hits 90% depolymerization in 10 hours

First company to successfully combine the two scientific worlds of enzymology and plastics

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17 April 20209 September 2021

The chemical recycling start-up: OBBOTEC interview

Victoria Hattersley spoke to Netherlands-based startup's OBBOTEC’s Wouter van Neerbos about his company’s unique approach to chemical recycling

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14 April 20209 September 2021

Bio-Recycling: Bakterie zerlegt Plastikmüll

Ein Stamm einer extremophilen Gruppe von Mikroben kann toxische organische Verbindungen als einzige Quelle für Kohlenstoff, Stickstoff und Energie aufnehmen  

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9 April 20209 September 2021

MHPS, MHIENG and MGC selected to conduct research on effective recycling of CO2 to produce methanol

The collaborative research project commissioned by NEDO aiming at developing carbon capture and utilization (CCU) technologies

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Textilrecycling mittels Enzymen

Das Recycling von Mischgeweben durch enzymatische Hydrolyse

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7 April 202031 December 2020

Mass Balance Certification Principles Will Support Plastic Recycling Growth and Accelerate Advanced Recycling Development

Mass balance has previously been successful in developing high levels of transparency and consumer trust for other materials such as paper and renewable energy

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3 April 20209 September 2021

Global Survey Reveals Two Thirds of Adults Not Recycling All Plastic Waste

Hi-Cone’s first annual report on The State of Plastic Recycling reveals consumer attitudes towards recycling and the circular economy

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30 March 20209 September 2021

Neste und Mirova unterstützen Recycling Technologies, um Übergang zur Kreislaufwirtschaft für Kunststoffe zu beschleunigen

Die Entwicklung chemischer Recyclingverfahren soll vorangetrieben werden, um die Umstellung auf eine Kreislaufwirtschaft für Kunststoffe zu fördern

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polynSPIRE: Building a future without plastic waste

Tatiana Garcia-Armingol, Director of the CIRCE Foundation, discusses proposed innovations in mass recycling that seek to create a functional future without plastic waste

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Neste and Mirova back Recycling Technologies to accelerate transition to circular economy for plastic

Aim is to accelerate the development of chemical recycling and foster the transition to a circular economy for plastic

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26 March 20209 September 2021

“What we urgently need is a less emotionally charged debate on plastics”

According to the EU’s plastics strategy, the aim is for PET bottles to contain at least 25 per cent of recycled material by 2025. How realistic is this target?

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25 March 20209 September 2021

Department of Energy Announces $25 Million for Plastics Recycling R&D, Launches Upcycling Consortium

Department ’s Plastics Innovation Challenge is offering a comprehensive program to accelerate innovations in plastics recycling technologies

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The Sustainable Packaging Evolution: Ineos, PS, and Chemical Recycling

As the coronavirus crisis casts polystyrene and PS products in a more favorable light, chemical recycling could change the long-term sustainable equation for the polymer

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DOE offers $25 million for plastics recycling R&D

BETO issued a joint funding opportunity announcement on March titled “BOTTLE: Bio-Optimized Technologies to Keep Thermoplastics out of Landfills and the Environment.”

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24 March 20209 September 2021

Inline Plastics – First USA Manufacturer to Infuse All Products with Post Consumer Content Derived from Chemical Recycling

rDPET™ is the latest innovative solution from the leading manufacturer of high quality, crystal clear, food packaging containers

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Can chemical recycling help lead Europe to a circular economy 2.0?

Cefic views towards a carbon-smart circular future

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16 March 20209 September 2021

Queensland Motor Industry Invests in Innovative Australian Tyre Recycler

Green Distillation Technologies has discovered a process that turns end-of-life tyres into high value oil, carbon and steel

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13 March 20209 September 2021

Singapore Parliament: S’pore looks to create Newoil by transforming waste plastic into alternative fuel

With successful ambitions will this move bring the Singaporean society closer to both their goals of being a zero-waste nation and a low-carbon economy

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Recycling turbine blades

Intelligently recovering and recycling balsa wood

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Recycling von Rotorblättern

Balsaholz intelligent zurückgewinnen und wiederverwerten

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12 March 20209 September 2021

Introducing chemical recycling: Plastic waste becoming a resource

“Every year, Europeans generate 25 million tonnes of plastic waste, but less than 30% is collected for recycling” states the 2018 European Plastics Strategy

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11 March 20209 September 2021

Thermal Catalytic Biomass Conversion and Catalytic Pyrolysis

The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Anellotech’s Plastics Chemical Recycling

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9 March 202031 December 2020

Aus dem Gelben Sack zu Virgin-Kunststoff – Chemisches Recycling als Beitrag zu Circular Economy

Institut für Kunststoffverarbeitung (IKV) hat gemeinsam mit verschiedenen Projektpartnern ein Verfahren zum rohstofflichen Recycling von Polystyrol entwickelt

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New method converts carbon dioxide to methane at low temperatures

Waseda University scientists found a method to improve carbon dioxide conversion and increase the amount of produced methane

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6 March 20209 November 2020

Good as new: how chemical recycling is giving every day plastic a new lease of life

Worley has partnered with Agilyx and INEOS Styrolution to advance the circular economy for plastics and will be providing engineering design services for a commercial-scale polystyrene (PS) chemical recycling facility in Channahon, Illinois

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5 March 20209 September 2021

How The Circular Economy Is Revolutionising The Plastics Packaging Industry

NEO Group and RETAL Industries are actively involved in the implementation of the circular economy

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3 March 20209 November 2020

Chemical Versus Mechanical Recycling of Plastic Waste

Chemical recycling might currently be popular due to a lack of knowledge of how to improve mechanical recycling

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26 February 20209 September 2021

Euric unveils brochure on the safe management of chemicals by the recycling industry

As Euric points out, sound management of hazardous substances in waste management and recycling activities is at the core of the circular economy

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25 February 202031 December 2020

GreenMantra Forges New Plastics Markets via Chemical Recycling

GreenMantra is leveraging chemical recycling to make products other than recycled bottles, clothing, carpets and other mainstream commodities

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24 February 20209 September 2021

Circularity in the Chemicals Industry: Drivers, Challenges and Solutions

The chemical industry is the third-largest industrial CO₂ emitter after steel and cement and is responsible for about 4% of total global direct emissions

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Polestar takes sustainability seriously with innovative new solutions for car interiors

Innovative materials such as Bcomp’s natural fibre composite solutions reduce plastic content, cut weight and could improve crash behaviour for interior panels

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20 February 20209 September 2021

Plastic recycling: many technologies available, no winner, says Lux Research

Research report shows four technologies to remain dominant in the near future: mechanical recycling, depolymerisation, pyrolysis, and solvent-based recycling

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19 February 202010 November 2020

Versalis to launch Hoopᵀᴹ, chemical recycling towards infinitely recyclable plastic

First plant with a capacity of 6,000 tonnes per year at the Mantova site

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Versalis launches chemical recycling project in Mantova, Italy

Versalis has launched a project for the development of a new technology to chemically recycle plastic waste, the Italian chemicals major said on Monday

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17 February 20209 September 2021

Avery Dennison announces “first-ever” recycled polypropylene label material

Pilot project will make this material available during 2020

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13 February 20209 November 2020

BASF introduces innovative pilot blockchain project to improve circular economy and traceability of recycled plastics

The pilot project will introduce a more sustainable alternative to the linear economic model, reducing plastic waste, maximizing its value and enhancing resource efficiency

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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

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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?

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10 February 20209 September 2021

Recycling clothing the chemical way

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

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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