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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
24 August 202018 August 2020 Taghleef Industries introduces new brand reLIFE™ A New Range of Recycled Polypropylene Solutions
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
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
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
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