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11 November 20209 September 2021

U.S. Department of Energy Announces $27 Million in Plastics Recycling Research and Development

All new projects will help improve existing recycling processes that break plastics into chemical building blocks, which can then be used to make new products

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10 November 20205 November 2020

LyondellBasell sets ambitious plastics sustainability target

2020 Sustainability Report showcases the Company’s strategy and ambitions for the next decade, focussing on three areas, including plastic waste and climate change

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9 November 20204 November 2020

Aliplast and NextChem team up for plastics recycling

The synergy between skills and resources of these two big players will result in the only plant of its kind in Europe

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6 November 20209 September 2021

New market and technology report: Chemical Recycling – Status, Trends, and Challenges – Technologies, Sustainability, Policy and Key Players

nova’s new market and technology report „Chemical Recycling - Status, Trends, and Challenges” is addressed to the chemical and plastic industry, brands, technology scouts, investors, and policy makers. On 190 pages the report provides information around chemical recycling including 21 figures and 10 tables.

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4 November 202030 October 2020

ELC and Origins Announce Sustainable Packaging Partnership With SABIC and ALBÉA

Origins becomes first global prestige beauty brand to utilize advanced recycled resin in tube pack format

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3 November 20209 September 2021

LanzaTech, Total and L’Oréal Announce a Worldwide Premiere: The Production of the First Cosmetic Packaging Made From Industrial Carbon Emissions

It is a technological and industrial success proving that industrial carbon emissions can be used to produce plastic packaging

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2 November 20209 September 2021

NNFCC joins 43 other signatories in open letter to UK government

Signatories are calling for the immediate banning of plastics containing additives to degradation

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28 October 202023 October 2020

Total and Plastic Energy announce a strategic partnership and the construction of the first chemical recycling plant in France

This first project in France represents the start of the collaboration between Total and Plastic Energy to deploy chemical recycling

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27 October 202022 October 2020

Recycling Technologies, Neste and Unilever combine expertise to test and validate systems to chemically recycle waste plastics

The alliance will demonstrate new added-value applications for hard-to-recycle waste plastic materials, such as films, sachets and pouches

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ReNew ELP to build world’s first commercial-scale plastic recycling plant using Cat-HTR technology

Key benefit of the Cat-HTR technology is its ability to recycle multi-layer, flexible plastic materials or to process food-contaminated, mixed-polymer streams

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26 October 20209 September 2021

Plans for UK First Plastic to Hydrogen Facility at Protos Approved

£7m development will transform how plastic waste is dealt with in the region - treating up to 35 tonnes of unrecyclable plastics a day and using it to create a local source of hydrogen

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22 October 202019 October 2020

Plastic packaging waste: EU needs to boost recycling to achieve ambitions

Scale of the challenges facing the Member States should not be underestimated

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21 October 20209 September 2021

Newlight Technologies Completes $45MM Series F Expansion Finance Round

Single-use plastic demand is on the rise, driven by the world's need for products that promote hygiene and convenience

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Lactips builds its future with a new plant in the Gier Valley

Redevelopment and extension of a former regional industrial site to bring it into line with ecological standards

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Coca-Cola in Western Europe transitions to 100% recycled plastic (rPET) bottles in two more markets

Transition to 100% rPET confirmed the Netherlands and in Norway - important transition from use of new virgin oil-based plastic in PET bottles towards a local closed-loop recycling system

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16 October 20209 September 2021

Eastman makes the promise of sustainability a reality with Naia™ Renew

Conscious fashion fiber producer launches new traceable, transparent circular portfolio

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Spotlight on chemical recycling: Building a circular economy for plastics requires multiple strategies and tools

Advanced recycling needs to be part of that tool set

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15 October 20209 September 2021

Axens, IFPEN and JEPLAN join their forces to demonstrate and commercialize an innovative process for the recycling of all types of waste PET

The 3 partners will work closely with the actors of PET packaging and textile industries to validate the quality of the recycled PET

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Showa Denko begins processing waste plastics at Kawasaki plant under new license

Showa Denko announced that it has obtained a license to process industrial waste, and started to accept crushed & molded used plastics.

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14 October 20209 September 2021

Ecofriendly plastic alternative: Scraps to synthetics

New innovative material can be produced on an industrial scale in a new process developed by the Fraunhofer Institute IPK and its partners

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13 October 20209 September 2021

Tesco introduces the first recycled food grade soft plastic packaging from materials returned by customers

Recent trial demonstrates for the first time that soft plastic can be continuously recycled into safe food-grade packaging

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Repsol reaches agreement to incorporate recycled-content polyolefins

Collaboration includes using mechanical recycling methods to produce recycled-content polymers that can be used in non-food contact flexible packaging applications

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Trinseo Collaborates with COEXPAN to Validate Polystyrene Recycling Technologies

Technologies for Use in the Dairy Industry for Form Fill Seal (FFS) Market at INNOTECH

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12 October 20207 October 2020

ITOCHU, Borealis and Borouge announce collaboration to enable uptake of renewable polypropylene in the Japanese market

The renewable PP is made from sustainable feedstock which is composed of various wastes and residues

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Holland’s HempFlax joins CanXchange commodities trading platform

Transaction involved the sale of a quantity of CBD nutraceuticals made by HempFlax, which also makes hemp-based plastics, construction materials and animal care products

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9 October 20208 October 2020

Agilyx successfully listed on Merkur Market, part of Oslo Stock Exchange

Advanced Chemical Recycling Technology is Making Plastics More Circular

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Put fees, EPR and recycled content in the mix for plastics policy

This industry plan should include specific commitments for using recycled plastic in a wide range of products

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8 October 20206 October 2020

Borealis receives European Investment Bank loan for development of circular economy solutions for plastics

Loan to boost Borealis research and development efforts in propelling the industry towards plastics circularity

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Nara has a new way to stop its deer from eating plastic bags

Japanese researcher developed a deer-friendly paper made from the pulp recycled from old milk cartons and the same rice bran used for crackers

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7 October 20206 October 2020

Polystyrene can be circulated back to raw-material

MoPo project develops collection and reuse of the waste in Europe

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1 October 202028 September 2020

BASF invests into Pyrum as part of its ChemCyclingTM project

Pyrolysis oil from waste tires as additional raw material source next to oil from mixed plastic waste

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21 September 202017 September 2020

LyondellBasell Successfully Starts Up New Pilot Molecular Recycling Facility

Company completes next step towards an industrial scale conversion of plastic waste into feedstock

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18 September 202016 September 2020

The Start-Up Carbiolice reveals its purpose and launches its revolutionary solution that makes the plastic disappear into the compostin less than 200 days!

Company has developed a solution to make polylactic acid plastic fully compostable, even in domestic conditions

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A new method for making a key component of plastics

Bacteria create ethylene in a tech-friendly way

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15 September 202011 September 2020

Emery Oleochemicals Extends Eco-Friendly Polyols Product Line with Ester Plasticizers & Showcases at CTT 2020 Virtual Week Event

EMEROX Ester Plasticizers offer low viscosity, low water solubility, excellent low temperature performance, and have excellent thermal stability

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Oil industry placing risky bet on plastics, report says

Surging plastic use has caused a pollution crisis, with least 8 million tonnes thought to end up in oceans every year

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Potential challenges and opportunities of using chemical recycling for plastic wastes

Collective action is needed to build technologies that transform plastic waste to value as by chemical re-processing or advanced recycling

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11 September 20208 September 2020

BASF signs agreements with New Energy for uptake of pyrolysis oil derived from waste tires and for a joint feasibility study

Pyrolysis oil from end-of-life tires as an additional raw material source next to oil from mixed plastic waste

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10 September 20208 September 2020

New minimum standard for recycling-friendly packaging now available – plastics debate makes implementation more difficult

Current debate about plastics brings new challenges: hard-to-recycle composite packaging made from paper and plastics is seeing a disproportionate rise

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9 September 20209 September 2021

U.S. Plastics Pact Launches to Ignite Change Toward Circular Economy for Plastic

60+ Brands, Retailers, Government Agencies, and NGOs Collaborate to Advance All Plastic Packaging to become Reusable, Recyclable, or Compostable by 2025

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7 September 20209 September 2021

The future of chemical recycling in tackling plastic waste

Chemical recycling technologies can be part of the solution since it can use waste plastic streams that currently have no or low value in recycling

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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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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

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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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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24 August 202018 August 2020

Taghleef Industries introduces new brand reLIFE™

A New Range of Recycled Polypropylene Solutions

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German study shows benefit of using compostable biowaste bags for quality of compost

Composts from eight different biowaste treatment plants were examined to identify film plastics and especially compostable film particles

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21 August 202022 August 2020

EU Promotes Greater Global Responsibility on Plastic Waste – But Not for Internal Market

Green Groups Denounce Europe's "Do As I Say, Not As I Do" Policy

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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