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10 December 20255 December 2025

GreenDot expands in Italy with subsidiary led by Luca Galimberti

Green Dot Global Sàrl has incorporated GreenDot Italy S.p.A.

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1 December 202526 November 2025

European PET Industry encourages adoption of the CEN Design-for-Recycling Standards

A Needed Major Step Towards PPWR Implementation

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GreenDot urges eco-modulation as the solution to help plastics recyclers in Germany and Europe

The closure of plastic recycling plants in Europe is accelerating dramatically

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28 November 202525 November 2025

Plastic definitions in UK regulation

Establishing a consistent and shared definition across stakeholder groups is essential for effective communication, policy development, environmental regulation, and public understanding

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25 November 202520 November 2025

2024 Data Reveals a Deepening Crisis of the European plastics recycling industry  

The sector is facing growing pressure from high production and energy costs, falling demand, and increasing volumes of low-priced, unregulated imports from outside the region

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21 November 202517 November 2025

CARBIOS and Wankai New Materials, a subsidiary of Zhink Group, are committed to the large-scale deployment of CARBIOS’ PET biorecycling technology in Asia

With the first step being the construction of a PET biorecycling plant in China

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19 November 202514 November 2025

Promoting the Circular Economy Together: Companies of Schwarz Group Reaffirm Partnership with Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Reaffirming the continuing commitment to the partnership, which has been in place since 2018, until 2030 - resource sovereignty by advancing a systematic circular economy

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12 November 20257 November 2025

Patented technology against plastic waste: aevoloop secures €8.25 million

Seed financing of around €3.25 million and just under €5 million in grants from the EU and the State of Saxony pave the way to market launch

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29 October 202528 October 2025

Smarter, Faster, Greener: How Digital and AI-Based Technologies Are Transforming Recycling Systems

Artificial intelligence, digital twins, and advanced sensing technologies are reshaping the recycling landscape. From smarter sorting and adaptive process control to transparent value chains, these solutions are paving the way towards a truly digital circular economy

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27 October 202521 October 2025

European plastics industry at cliff edge as competitiveness collapses

New data shows dwindling market share, falling turnover and stalling circular transition

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17 October 202516 October 2025

KIKS launches open beta phase – AI platform for the plastics industry

From sustainability and raw material availability to digitalization the platform provides companies with AI-supported, data-driven tools that can be used along the entire value chain

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13 October 20259 October 2025

BASF, Porsche, and BEST successfully complete pilot project on chemical recycling

The pilot project demonstrates the recyclability of high-performance plastics from automotive shredder residues (ASR) together with renewable raw materials

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10 October 20256 October 2025

Turning plastic waste into fuel

UD researchers and collaborators develop new catalyst to accelerate upcycling of plastics

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2 October 202526 September 2025

Towards more efficient plastics recycling

A new catalyst for plastics recycling promotes hydrogenolysis: a chemical process that uses hydrogen and a catalyst to cut long polymer chains into shorter hydrocarbon

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26 September 202522 September 2025

The EU increases disproportionate taxation instead of promoting circularity:

A call for maintaining the current Plastics Own Resource at 0.80 euro/kg and earmarking the revenues to fund plastics circularity

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25 September 202519 September 2025

BASF’s Performance Materials division plants in Europe are now all REDcert² certified 

With the recent addition of its polyurethane production site in Malacky, Slovakia, the division can now offer its customers certified mass balance solutions from its ten plants

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23 September 202517 September 2025

Upgraded Recycling Facility in the UK Expands Amcor’s Recycling Capabilities

Amcor’s recycling facilities in Heanor, UK and Steinfeld, Germany help support a circular economy for flexible packaging

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12 September 20258 September 2025

Blueprint for Sustainable Plastics Developed

Sulphur atoms enhance the sustainability of polymers and are potentially paving the way for new recycling methods, found an international researchers team

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11 September 20258 September 2025

Mura Technology Announces Expansion into Singapore with New Advanced Recycling Facility

The new facility will be located on Jurong Island within the Singapore Essential Chemicals Complex (SECC) , where Mura has recently secured rights to a site from PCS Pte. Ltd. (PCS)

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5 September 20251 September 2025

TOMRA presents a holistic approach to full plastics circularity at K 2025

For the first time, TOMRA presents holistic solutions for reducing, reusing and recycling plastics at the world’s number-one trade fair for plastics and rubbers, in Düsseldorf

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22 August 202518 August 2025

Recycling of Multilayer Plastic Materials Through Faster and More Sustainable Processes

Within the framework of the RECIPLUS research project AIMPLAS is using innovative technologies such as physicochemical delamination, a combination of mechanical separation techniques, and enzymatic recycling

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18 August 202517 August 2025

Dow, Mura Technology cancel chemical recycling plant in Germany

The facility, first announced by the Horgen, Switzerland, office of Dow in 2022, was expected to be operational by this year with a processing capacity of 120,000 metric tons per year

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24 July 202522 July 2025

Identifying chemicals of concern in plastics – and pathways towards safer polymers

Plastics are everywhere, and the chemicals they contain are a core issue

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2 July 202526 June 2025

PureCycle Earns GreenCircle’s Recycled Content Certification

PureCycle achieved GreenCircle Certified’s Recycled Content Certification for multiple grades of PureFive™ polypropylene resin and co-products

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27 June 202523 June 2025

The PET value chain takes a further step towards high-quality PET recycling

Industry guidance on certification schemes supporting compliance with EU Regulation on Recycled Plastics for Food Contact

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Circular economy: Council adopts position on the recycling of vehicles at the end of their life

The Council’s position increases the level of ambition of the regulation, including in its scope heavy-duty trucks and two- or three-wheel bikes and quadricycles

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11 June 20255 June 2025

Eastman loses $375M DOE grant for Texas plastics recycling facility

The company was selected for the award in March 2024 but was included in more than $3.7 billion in project funding cuts announced by the DOE after a recent review

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10 June 20255 June 2025

ReVentas Secures Series A Funding to Scale New Plastic Recycling Technology

The company's unique technology uses a chemical solvent to rapidly dissolve PE and PP, filtering the plastic of all contaminants and producing a natural like-new plastic, replacing virgin plastic

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4 June 202528 May 2025

Project LOOPCYCLING: Working together to strengthen the circular economy for plastics

Initial meeting for the consortium project in Schwerin

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6 May 202529 April 2025

Start-ups: Twelve ideas for the defossilisation of the plastics industry

At K 2025 on October 13, innovative solutions will be presented that close plastic loops, reduce emissions, and replace fossil resources in production processes

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29 April 202523 April 2025

Electronic waste: how do we process it?

Three quarters of all discarded telephones, computers and kitchen equipment is being exported abroad; to Africa for instance

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24 April 202516 April 2025

Polystyvert expands its technology platform to thermoplastics and becomes UpSolv

This first commercial plant is a crucial milestone as it will allow the technology platform to be deployed even faster to new applications with proven technology

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22 April 202514 April 2025

Project STOP impact 2024: waste services now reach half a million people

By the end of last year, the initiative has provided access to waste collection services to 517,000 people, created around 280 full-time jobs in the waste sector, and collected more than 79,000 metric tons of waste (including more than 12,000 metric tons of plastic)

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4 April 20253 April 2025

Crisis in EU Plastic Recycling Demands Immediate Action

European recyclers are grappling with high energy costs and soaring input waste costs they are being undercut by cheaper imported materials, which often come with fraudulent claims

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2 April 202527 March 2025

Agilyx Launches Plastyx Ltd. to Source and Supply Feedstock for the European Advanced Plastic Recycling Industry

Plastyx is designed to develop partnerships and material processing capabilities to ensure a reliable supply of high-quality polymers for food-grade and other high-performance packaging applications

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25 March 202518 March 2025

Recycled vs. Bioplastics: Which is the Future of Sustainable Cars?

The last IDTechEx report report explores the entire circular economy of automotive polymers, including mechanically and chemically recycled plastics, bioplastics, bio-composites, sustainable upholstery materials, and sustainable tire innovations

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19 March 202517 March 2025

Plastics continue on course towards a circular economy and climate protection

Joint commitment renewed to a circular economy and climate protection - in the revised paper, the positions on mechanical and chemical recycling have been sharpened

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17 March 202511 March 2025

New book urges design to lead the transition to sustainable materials

Designers and manufacturers must rethink their approach to material selection as plastics have become the default material in consumer product design due to their lightweight, durability, and affordability

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10 March 20255 March 2025

Clean Industrial Deal risks overlooking criticality of plastics manufacturing to Europe’s industrial base

Plastics Europe calls for greater urgency and tailored action plan

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3 March 202524 February 2025

Global Industry Leaders Join Forces to Launch Groundbreaking Automotive Plastics Circularity Pilot

A Global Impact Coalition initiative set to revolutionize automotive plastics recycling

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Generating new enzymes with complex active sites

Three scientists from Baker Lab led a project focused on accelerating a specific chemical reaction: breaking ester bonds

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24 February 202518 February 2025

AIMPLAS develops a demonstrator for the Digital Passport for plastic products

This solution officially demonstrates that plastic products comply with all European regulations

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4 February 202531 January 2025

Pekutherm Positioned for Success in 2025

The specialist in the recycling of thermoplastic materials looks back on a successful year and, as Europe’s leading PMMA recycling specialist, anticipates many more milestones ahead

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23 January 202522 January 2025

LSU Researchers Create Low-Cost Method to Recycle Plastic

The scientists use electromagnetic induction heating along with special magnetic materials and catalysts to break down different types of plastic

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21 January 202516 January 2025

A competitive Europe – with or without plastics?

Event in the European Parliament to explore the urgent need for innovation, regulatory clarity, and investment to boost plastic recycling

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Removing microplastics with engineered bacteria

Researchers altered bacteria found in wastewater treatment, where microplastics can enter environment

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14 January 20259 January 2025

BU Scientists make breakthrough in self-repairing plastic

A new study has made advances in the development of plastic that can fix itself after it has been cracked or broken into pieces

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8 January 20255 January 2025

Neste introduces co-processed renewable Neste RE feedstock for the polymers and chemicals industry

By co-processing renewable raw materials such as used cooking oil together with fossil crude oil it is possible to produce a drop-in feedstock for the production of plastics and chemicals

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7 January 20252 January 2025

PlasticsFatE: Newsletter December 2024

Welcome to the latest news from our project

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Call of the European plastics industry to the EU Commission

Eighteen industry stakeholders across the plastic value chain signed a call for immediate efforts to promote a resilient, innovative, sustainable European plastics value chain