Origin Materials Creates Sustainable PET Bottle Caps, Enabling “All PET Mono-Material” Bottle and Cap Solutions, a Breakthrough in Recycling and Circularity
PET caps are more sustainable than common alternatives because they may be produced with any type of PET, from recycled PET to Origin’s 100% bio-based, carbon-negative virgin PET
BASF publishes Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study on polyamides from chemically recycled or renewable raw materials in mozzarella packaging
The results demonstrate that significantly lower environmental impacts can be achieved by using flexible multi-layer packaging with a large share of chemically recycled or renewable raw materials
Contaminated Plastic Waste Finds New Life via Dissolution Recycling
In April of this year, Trinseo inaugurated its dissolution recycling pilot plant for polycarbonate in the Netherlands. In this article, Trinseo’s Ben Porter explains how the technology works and the role it can play in furthering the circularity of plastics
gr3n to build in Spain – the first-of-a-kind manufacturing plant for microwave assisted depolymerization of PET in partnership with Intecsa Industrial
Both partners will join forces and build a “First-of-a-Kind” (FOAK) manufacturing facility able to produce 40.000 tons of virgin-like PET, commencing EPC phase in Q4-2024 and aiming to be operational in 2027
TotalEnergies, Aramco and SABIC complete MENA region’s first processing of oil from plastic waste at scale to make certified circular polymers
TotalEnergies, Aramco and SABIC have for the first time in the Middle East and North Africa successfully converted oil derived from plastic waste into ISCC+ certified circular polymers
Smart Carbon Cycles Require Advanced Recycling – Call for Abstracts for the Advanced Recycling Conference 2023Foaming Agent Systems and Additivs
The foaming agent systems developed by TRAMACO and distributed under the brand name TRACEL® react as chemical, endo- or exothermic foaming and nucleating agents. Upon heating, the reaction generates gas, which is dissolved in the polymer and leads to foaming of the plastic
Infinity Recycling, Invest-NL and LyondellBasell invest in Pryme to accelerate the advanced recycling of plastic waste
Pryme is currently building an advanced recycling plant in Rotterdam to convert used plastic into valuable products on an industrial scale with support of its proprietary pyrolysis process
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