17 April 202415 April 2024 EuRIC, FEAD and NGOs back “polymer-only” allocation method for plastic from chemical recycling Several organisations sent a joint letter to policy officers of the European Commission’s DG Environment last week urging them to consider amending the proposal’s allocation rules
16 April 202414 April 2024 How to improve the use of recycled materials in Germany In TAB Working Report No. 207 three different product and waste areas were analysed: plastic packaging, electrical and electronic waste and mineral construction and demolition waste, in order to differentiate the requirements for an improved use of recycled materials
9 April 20244 April 2024 Eastman molecular recycling facility achieves on-spec initial production and is generating revenue The company expects to ramp up production of the new facility over the coming months and enable growth across a wide range of markets
28 March 202422 March 2024 UvA chemists develop new type of bio-based plastic: “Strong, recyclable and biodegradable” UvA chemists have now developed a strong, heat-resistant plastic that breaks down in the nature after six months
27 March 202422 March 2024 Project STOP marks further major milestones in 2023 and makes significant progress in the Project STOP Banyuwangi Hijau expansion program As a co-founder of Project STOP, Borealis commits the full funding of the next phase of Project STOP Banyuwangi Hijau
26 March 202421 March 2024 Circular Economy Report shows: there are progressions in Recycling, but also hurdles Especially too much plasticwaste goes to incineration - with an upward trend
22 March 202419 March 2024 Sustainable plastics from agricultural waste EPFL scientists have developed a sustainable method to make high-performance plastics from agricultural leftovers, turning them into valuable materials
15 March 202413 March 2024 Revamped plastics recycling chain The circular economy: Fraunhofer Waste4Future flagship project
6 March 20241 March 2024 Source One Plastics Starts Operations at Plastic Waste Sorting and Recycling Facility New unit processes difficult to recycle post-consumer plastic waste such as mixed plastic packaging and flexible polyolefins materials that would otherwise be sent mostly to incineration
27 February 202417 December 2024 Free webinar: All About RC(I) Discussing the Renewable Carbon Initiative and Strategy, 29 February 2024 – 14:00 to 15:00 (CET)
CARBIOS and De Smet Engineers & Contractors enter engineering partnership for construction of world’s first PET biorecycling plant Carbios first commercial facility will play a key role in the fight against plastic pollution by offering an industrial-scale solution for the enzymatic depolymerization of PET waste to accelerate a circular economy
26 February 202421 February 2024 Legal assessment on the EU packaging regulation PPWR: Special rules for plastic packaging not compatible with EU law According to a new report by the international law firm Dentons the European Commission laws discriminate with a high probability against plastic packaging
23 February 202422 February 2024 Advanced Recycling on the Rise – Rapid Growth in Capacities at Global and European level The update and expansion of the nova-Institute's report "Mapping of advanced plastic waste recycling technologies and their global capacities" provides a detailed insight into technological advances, identifies key players in the field and describes the current state of advanced recycling in Europe and worldwide
22 February 202416 February 2024 Rumpke and Eastman join forces to expand recycling of PET waste Rumpke will begin collecting and sorting hard-to-recycle and colored PET packaging waste, and will provide 100 percent of this waste stream as feedstock to Eastman’s molecular recycling process
16 February 202416 February 2024 The Unbearable Complexity of Defining Recycling What is recycling and how can it be measured? This question may sound quite trivial at first but on a closer look turns out to be rather complex – and vital
Researchers find bioplastic drinking straws intact after over a year buried underground The 5 Gyres research institute says bioplastics are "not a silver bullet solution" for plastic pollution, following a study that raises concerns about so-called biodegradable products
12 February 20243 February 2024 Products made from oxo-degradable plastic: the General Court endorses the prohibition on the placing on the market The European legislature did not make a manifest error when it adopted a prohibition in line with the objective of protecting the environment and human health
2 February 202429 January 2024 Roquette Isosorbide Achieves ISCC PLUS Certification International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS for POLYSORB® isosorbide and the following product grades: POLYSORB® PSA, POLYSORB® LP, POLYSORB® PA
1 February 202424 January 2024 Pryme N.V. produces first oil Pryme produced the first lots of pyrolysis oil by chemical recycling of post-consumer and post-industrial waste
29 January 202419 January 2024 Plymouth Marine Laboratory: What happens to biodegradable plastics if they enter the sea? Our new study investigates what happens when biodegradable plastics enter the ocean, and whether these increasingly popular alternatives to conventional plastics are safer for marine ecosystems, or whether they come with their own risks
25 January 202417 January 2024 ‘Let recycling play a fuller part’ A profound shift in how Europe approaches recycling would support the EU’s broader industrial and environmental agenda, according to the European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC)
23 January 202415 January 2024 The U.S. Plastics Industry in 2023 in Seven Charts The year witnessed divergent trajectories: while certain segments, such as resin manufacturing, grappled with equilibrium adjustments, others, like the mold for plastics trade, mirrored global economic oscillations
22 January 202415 January 2024 Towards zero plastic waste in 2050 Wageningen University highlighted global plastics production, but our goal is to arrive at a circular economy, which means to recycling all plastic waste
18 January 202411 January 2024 SÜDPACK expands its involvement in CARBOLIQ Dirk Hardow, who is responsible for matters such as the development and implementation of closed-loop models, will lead the company as its managing director in the future
Bio-based plasticizers from Central Germany Using rapeseed oil as a starting product in the "Biocerine" project, more sustainable solutions for tires and packaging should become possible
Compostable fishing nets: An end to Ghost Nets in the oceans? South African initiative Catchgreen is developing nets and other gear from compostable Biodolomer, a net lost at sea would degrade into biomass within a few years
17 January 202410 January 2024 WSS Research Centre for a circular economy in the chemical industry In the new WSS Research Centre RWTH-scientists will be developing catalysis-driven production processes that enable multidimensional circularity in the chemical industry
15 January 20249 January 2024 Neste doubled the amount of waste plastic processed during 2023 The output of the runs is high-quality, ISCC PLUS certified material for new plastics
LyondellBasell Introduces New Plastics Made from Recycled Marine Maritime Gear Lyondell Basell presents a new recyclate for vehicles. The polypropylene copolymer is made from used fishing nets
11 January 20244 January 2024 Toray Carbon Fiber Recycled from Boeing 787 Wing Production Process Applied in Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12 Boeing 787 components using Toray’s advanced carbon fiber, which is based on pyrolysis recycling process, are used as reinforcement filler for thermoplastic pellets
10 January 20243 January 2024 All systems go as APK prepares for the construction of their new large-scale Newcycling® plant Strong investors, successful certifications, agreement for product supply
9 January 20242 January 2024 Packaging and packaging waste: Council adopts its negotiating position on new rules for more sustainable packaging in the EU The aim is to tackle the increase in packaging waste generated in the EU, while harmonising the internal market for packaging and boosting the circular economy
8 January 202422 December 2023 Altera to be merged with DSD Consolidation as part of the company's new direction - Employees with extensive expertise have already been taken on
Three partners changing the narrative in plastic recycling at Site Zero Svensk Plaståtervinning celebrated the opening of Site Zero, a state-of-the-art plastic sorting plant in Motala, Sweden. The plant features TOMRA and Sutco equipment and aims to realize a circular economy for plastics by sorting Swedish plastic packaging waste into 12 fractions
5 January 202421 December 2023 LyondellBasell Advanced Recycling Project Selected For EU Innovation Fund Grant The company’s MoReTec plant is one of the 41 projects selected in the EU Innovation Fund ‘Third Call for Large Scale Projects’
3 January 202419 December 2023 New Trinseo PMMA Depolymerization Plant Reimagines Plastics Value Chain With Sustainability In Mind Technology produces quality on par with virgin material without sacrificing performance
Keter Expands Implementation of UBQ Materials’ Bio-Based, Sustainable Thermoplastic to Accelerate Emissions Removal and Avoidance Keter and UBQ Materials to Realize Positive Environmental Impact of UBQ™, Rolling Out Carbon-Reduced Home and Outdoor Products
13 December 20237 December 2023 Neste and Eppendorf forge strategic partnership to develop new line of renewable lab plastics New Eppendorf consumables range cuts the use of fossil oil as a raw material in lab plastics, offering labs a more sustainable alternative. Neste supplies renewable Neste RE™ to replace conventional fossil feedstock in the lab plastics manufacturing
6 December 20231 December 2023 EUBP calls on legislators to appropriately recognise the role of compostable coffee capsules in the PPWR A recent study from Wageningen University & Research (WUR) yet again confirms the advantages of compostable coffee capsules over any other type of coffee capsules
5 December 202317 December 2024 The Advanced Recycling Conference 2023 – A Success Story Beyond Chemical Recycling With an impressive increase of almost 30% to nearly 300 participants from 26 countries, the Advanced Recycling Conference (ARC) has established itself as the leading event for innovation in recycling in just one year
LyondellBasell to Build Industrial-scale Advanced Recycling Plant in Germany The new plant is expected to have an annual capacity of 50,000 tonnes per year and is designed to recycle the amount of plastic packaging waste generated by over 1.2 million German citizens per year
4 December 20234 October 2024 Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), November 2023 You may find RCI’s Scientific Background Report on peer-reviewed Life Cycle Assessments, an overview to the passed Avanced Recycling Conference and RCI presented at the 1st Circular Carbon Summit in Vienna
New ways to showcase your activities on Renewable Carbon News Renewable Carbon News – portal and daily newsletter – is the most targeted way to reach the renewable chemicals and materials sector: bio-based, CO₂-based and advanced recycling
1 December 202327 November 2023 The LYCRA Company launches new LYCRA® FiT400™ fiber LYCRA® FiT400™ fiber is made from 60% recycled PET and 14.4% from bio-derived resources and is GRS certified
29 November 202323 November 2023 Scent-flavored hydration leader air up® launches new Generation 2 bottle made with Tritan™ Renew Tritan Renew is made with 50% certified recycled content* using Eastman's molecular recycling technology, which breaks down hard-to-recycle waste plastics into their molecular building blocks to create new polymers
27 November 202323 November 2023 Zeroing in on a sustainable tomorrow – Sulzer’s new licensing technologies help eliminate plastic waste and industrial emissions The latest addition to the licensing offering from Sulzer Chemtech leverages the company’s extensive experience in efficient separation and mixing technologies to meet growing carbon net zero and zero waste needs
DuPont™ Tyvek® Luxembourg Facility Achieves ISCC PLUS Certification Certification helps drive continuous improvement in producing sustainable DuPont™ Tyvek® applications
22 November 202317 November 2023 Partnership with AIPMA leads to German-Indian company cooperation The partnership founded in 2020 between the All India Plastics Manufacturers' Association (AIPMA) and the support association for polymer development and plastics technology POLYKUM
21 November 202321 November 2023 The Advanced Recycling Conference 2023 – Your Ultimate Guide to Cutting-Edge Recycling Solutions With the upcoming recycling quotas set by the EU, as well as quotas for mandatory recycled content for specific products, advanced recycling reaches far beyond the plastic packaging sector In consequence, estimations foresee 55% of renewable carbon to come from recycling until 2050. Join more than 250 other participants to discuss effective solutions to handle these capacities
16 November 202313 November 2023 Husky Wins Plastics Industry Association Bioplastics Innovation Award The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) announced Husky Technologies (Husky), as the winner of PLASTICS’ 2023 Innovation in Bioplastics Award. The announcement came as part of PLASTICS’ eighth annual, online #BioplasticsWeek awareness and education event