20 August 20209 September 2021 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
19 August 20209 September 2021 Sealed Air Invests in Advanced Recycling Company Plastic Energy Collaboration Will Spearhead Technology Advancements to Enhance Circularity of Plastics Tuesday
Germany bans range of single-use plastics including straws and cotton buds Germany is stepping up measures to get in line with European Union guidelines to ban single-use plastics by 2021
17 August 20209 September 2021 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
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
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
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
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
24 July 202021 July 2020 Clariant’s HYDEX® E catalyst helps Duslo turn plastic waste into high-quality winter diesel Next-generation dewaxing catalyst is used in pioneering plastic-to-diesel technology of Duslo’s research institute VUCHT
Agilyx announces the launch of a new feedstock management company, Cyclyx International, Inc. Cyclyx formed to be an industry consortium
22 July 20209 September 2021 Anellotech Secures Funds to Develop Innovative Plas-TCat™ Plastics Recycling Technology from R Plus Japan, a New Joint Venture Company launched by 12 Cross-Industry Partners within the Japanese Plastic Supply Chain The technology’s process efficiency has the potential to significantly reduce CO2 emissions and energy consumption
20 July 20209 July 2020 The start-up Carbiolice and Barbier Group are combining their expertise to develop biodegradable mulch film using Evanesto® inside Tests for physical resistance and biodegradation are currently being carried out under real growing conditions
13 July 202021 December 2020 PrimaLoft, Inc. and Fiberpartner Announce New Partnership Partnership expands application of PrimaLoft® Bio™ to new markets
Eni, Versalis and COREPLA working together to recover mixed plastics Agreements signed to combine their respective expertise in plasmix recycling by gasification and pyrolysis of mixed plastic packaging, which is currently difficult to recycle and destined for energy recovery
9 July 20202 July 2020 What Happens to Bioplastics at Industrial Composting Sites? Visiting a composting facility in Flanders
3 July 20209 September 2021 Agilyx agrees to an exclusive collaboration with TechnipFMC to enable new pathways for post-use polystyrene to enhance the circular economy The developed purification process will bolt on to Agilyx's existing depolymerization technology and accelerate the presence of recycled styrene and polystyrene in the market
“Green brother” of PET – LIKAT Simplifies Procedure for the Building Blocks of the Biopolymer PEF Young chemists published their findings on an open-access platform
19 June 202019 June 2020 New recycling recommendations help climate efforts Iggesund Paperboard replacing common plastic trays with their own combination material Inverform, which is a paperboard tray with a thin plastic barrier
18 June 20209 September 2021 Call for faster recognition & legislation review to unlock the potential of chemical recycling Chemical Recycling Europe Calls for Legislation to Improve Circular Economy for Plastics in EU
17 June 202012 June 2020 UK associations call on government to ban oxo degradable plastics As the UK is now in the process of revising legislation on the use of plastic packaging, now is the time to act
Anti-Plastics Group Calls Chemical Recycling ‘Dead-End’ Technology Recent “technical analysis” by GAIA revealing that chemical recycling is polluting, energy intensive, and has a track record of technical failures
16 June 20209 September 2021 Yokogawa Signs Investment and Partnership Agreement with JEPLAN, Developer of an Innovative Chemical Recycling Technology Partnership will strengthen the production systems at both plants and expand all business opportunities toward the realization of their vision of "Circulate Everything"
15 June 202015 November 2020 Marine microfibres: less plastic than predicted South African researchers group analysed 2000 microfibres drawn from several oceans, and found that only 8 per cent were plastic fibres like polyester or nylon
12 June 202012 June 2020 Non-Hydrolyzable Plastics – An Interdisciplinary Look at Plastic Bio-Oxidation Thermostable laccase mediator systems are promising enzyme system candidates
5 June 202031 December 2020 Plastic Recycling: Total and PureCycle Technologies Form a Strategic Partnership Total to purchase part of the output of PureCycle Technologies’ future facility in the United States and to assess the interest of developing a new plant together in Europe
Total: Kooperation mit PureCycle Technologies Total will künftig recyceltes Polypropylen von PureCycle Technologies aus Ohio verarbeiten, beide Unternehmen erwägen den Bau einer Recyclinganlage in Europa
3 June 202028 May 2020 Scrap to Wrap, a new app? NOVA, Enerkem set sights on garbage-to-ethylene, and how, and why Joint development agreement to explore turning non-recyclable and non-compostable municipal waste into ethylene
26 May 202020 May 2020 Plastics recyclers cease production Recyclates demand impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic
22 May 20209 September 2021 Recycling Technologies’ first site in Europe will be located at the Brightlands Chemelot Campus in the Netherlands New pilot plant for chemical recycling of plastics to enable the creation of value from plastic waste
NOVA Chemicals and Enerkem Collaborate to Close the Loop on Plastics Recycling Research Seeks New Way to Reduce Waste to Landfill and Drive Zero Plastic Waste
20 May 202015 May 2020 Inside Eastman’s moonshot goal for endlessly circular plastics Company’s carbon renewal and polyester renewal technologies are forms of chemical recycling, mechanical recycling already is reasonably efficient, creating recycled materials streams that already have proven in many markets
18 May 20209 September 2021 Why PepsiCo, L’Oreal and Nestle are banking on this French plastics recycling startup New enzyme technology developed by Carbios could usher in an entirely new way to recycle plastic, gets boost by big companies
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.”
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
11 May 20206 May 2020 Lucite International and Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation increase the pace on a Circular Economy for PMMA with Agilyx Corporation PMMA is one of the very few plastics that can be chemically de-polymerised and purified to produce a virgin quality monomer (MMA)
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
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
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
4 May 20204 May 2020 How much biomass do bio-based plastics need? An update on the “Land use” debate and facts on biomass use in general by nova-Institute
Circe: Biodegradable plastic without the plants Engineered microbes can produce biodegradable plastics at lower cost and environmental impact than plant-based plastics
30 April 202027 April 2020 Toyo Styrene Licenses Agilyx Technology in Japan Toyo Styrene's facility will focus on recycling post-use polystyrene back to styrene monomer
28 April 202023 April 2020 Bioplastics Innovations Lagging Behind Public Sentiment for Sustainable Plastics Alternatives, Says New Clarivate Report The report entitled ‘From the Plastics Present to a Sustainable Future’ reveals an immature innovation landscape for bioplastics that is ripe for change
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
BOTTLE: Bio-Optimized Technologies to keep Thermoplastics out of Landfills and the Environment Newly founded BOTTLE Consortium to develop new processes and polymeric materials that are recyclable-by-design
23 April 202020 April 2020 Research Team Engineers a Better Plastic-Degrading Enzyme NREL-, University of Portsmouth-scientists discover enzyme which breaks down PET plastics in hours
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
20 April 202017 April 2020 Nexeo Plastics and BioLogiQ Sign Distribution Agreement for North America Materials to be distributed contain NuPlastiQ, a thermoplastic starch made from potatoes or similar feedstocks
15 April 20208 April 2020 Super clear, super thin, super durable: Zymergen bends it like Beckham, electronics-wise New great company's product is incredibly more thin, coupled with opacity and cost parity
14 April 20208 April 2020 Coffee grounds show promise as wood substitute in producing cellulose nanofibers Another possible use for coffee grounds: Biodegradable plastics
9 April 20206 April 2020 BioSC Workshop „Closing Cycles in the Plastics Bioeconomy” The development of polymers from plastic waste using biotechnological and chemical methods offers the opportunity to replace fossil resources and close the carbon cycle for polymer production