Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), April 2023Biotrend Energy To Build The First Commercial-Scale Advanced Plastics Recycling Facility Using Honeywell Upcycle Process Technology
Biotrend Energy will transform end-of-life plastic waste into Honeywell Recycled Polymer Feedstock (RPF) which can be used to create new plastics using Honeywell’s UpCycle Process Technology
IDTechEx Discusses Which Sustainable Packaging Solutions Are Advancing the Circular Economy
Latest market report explores the sustainable materials, leading players, and technology trends driving the field and presents a forecast for the sustainable packaging market segmented into 21 different materials
Encina and Shaw Industries Announce Carpet Waste Recycling Partnership
The agreement calls for Shaw to supply Encina with more than 2 million pounds of carpet manufacturing waste per year, reinforcing Shaw’s ongoing commitment to sustainability which includes its Cradle to Cradle Certified® commitment to product circularity
Many bioplastics can be mechanically recycled together with their conventional counterparts
"The alleged contamination of recycling streams by compostable plastics is based on misconceptions and false information and concerns, if at all, all kinds of polymers, not only compostable ones." Oliver Buchholz, European Bioplastics
Webinar Series Green Renewable Solutions 2023An Astronomical Milestone: phade® Has Replaced 1 Billion Plastic Straws with a Sustainable Marine Biodegradable, Home and Industrial Compostable Alternative
Eliminating enough plastic straws from the planet to reach halfway to the moon, phade® manufacturer WinCup, Inc. aims to get all the way there and beyond in its battle against plastic pollution
Carbios joins Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s circular economy network and aims to “make plastic waste and pollution a thing of the past”
Carbios fully adheres to Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s vision for a circular economy for plastic. Its revolutionary biorecycling and biodegradation technologies already match the actions defined by the Foundation
Sustainable, low carbon circular plastic economy enabled by advanced plastic recycling process
University of Warwick researchers publication shows, that advanced recycling technologies can replace the virgin fossil feedstocks used by the chemicals industry to create new plastics and other industrial products
Plastic Pollution: New study finds at least €6.7 billion investment gap to meet Europe’s plastics recycling targets
Recent European Investment Bank study shows that the solution to reinforcing the circular, sustainable plastics economy lies in the combination of new policy measures, increased capacity and transformative innovation in the design, collection, sorting and recycling of plastics
Pathways towards circular plastics in Europe — good practice examples from countries, business and citizens
Plastics play an essential role in modern society. However, their value chain is currently unsustainable, contributing to the generation of climate changing emissions and increasing waste and pollution. Reducing such impacts while retaining plastics’ usefulness requires a shift towards a more circular and sustainable plastics system. This shift can be accelerated by scaling up good practice examples and making improvements across the plastics value chain
Circular Resources becomes Green Dot and accelerates its international development
The renaming of Circular Resources highlights the recognition of the strong brand developed by Der Grüne Punkt and the willingness to leverage the German experience in other geographies starting with USA and France to drive holistic plastics recycling forward
Chevron Phillips Chemical deepens collaboration with Nexus Circular, securing contracted long-term supply of advanced recycled plastic feedstocks from new facility
Chevron Phillips Chemical helps accelerate the circular economy for plastics by aligning with Nexus Circular’s proven, commercial-scale advanced recycling technology to convert landfill-bound plastics into high-quality materials for the production of virgin-quality circular plastics
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