15 December 202212 December 2022 Initiative to slow new plastic resin capacity through permitting introduced in U.S. Congress Legislators from the Democratic Party representing some U.S. coastal states introduced in early December 2022 a bill named Protecting Communities from Plastics Act that aims at tighter controls on permitting for future plastic production capacity, new or expanded
13 December 20227 December 2022 Proposed new packaging rules acknowledge environmental and climate benefits of compostable plastic packaging Commission misses opportunity to fully embrace necessary shift to biobased feedstock
ExxonMobil, PT Indomobil Prima Energi, And Plastic Energy Collaborate To Accelerate Plastic Recycling In Indonesia The advanced recycling capacity being assessed as a part of the collaboration is expected to be 100,000 metric tons per year, with the first phase starting up in 2025
ExxonMobil + IPE + Plastic Energy: Kunststoffrecycling in Indonesien in Planung Der US-Konzern ExxonMobil plant in Indonesien gemeinsam mit dem lokalen Partner Indomobil Prima Energi (IPE) und dem britischen Technologieunternehmen Plastic Energy die Gewinnung von Rohstoffen für neuwertige Polymere durch das Recycling von Kunststoffabfällen
How chemists are tackling the plastics problem New research could help turn a mix of plastic waste into new products
12 December 20227 December 2022 Lignin nanoparticles: A sustainable recipe for combining cellulose with hydrophobic polymers for advanced applications The Bioproduct Chemistry team at Aalto University have designed a sustainable method to produce strong and flexible cellulosic films that incredibly maintain their strength even when wet
CIRCULAR BTX: Anellotech’s aromatics from mixed waste plastics, now available News has arrived from the gang at Pearl River that Anellotech is offering drum-quantity product samples of aromatics produced from recycled mixed waste plastics
8 December 20227 December 2022 Circular EconomyPLUS: Expert group provides recommendations for action for a German Circular Economy Strategy A contribution to the discussion on a circular economy for plastics moderated by PlasticsEurope Deutschland e.V.
New white paper: Stay in the cycle TotalEnergies Corbion launches white paper about the recyclability of PLA bioplastic
Woodly Partners With Finland’s Railway Company VR Group Finland’s railway company VR Group Plc. and Woodly Ltd. are pleased to announce a food packaging partnership
7 December 20222 December 2022 Covestro turns to biotechnology for sustainable plastics Use of microorganisms and enzymes in production
Synova, SABIC and Technip Energies join forces to accelerate plastic circularity The combined technology efficiently converts plastic waste into high value chemicals, enabling an efficient plastic circularity route and significant reduction of greenhouse gas emission
6 December 20221 December 2022 Single-use cardboard boxes or reusable plastic crates — which type of packaging is more sustainable? The Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT carried out the "Study on plastic-based reusable systems in a circular economy" on behalf of the Stiftung Initiative Mehrweg
5 December 202230 November 2022 The new standard work on recycling of plastics Dr. Norbert Niessner, Global Innovation Director at INEOS Styrolution, published the new ‘Recycling of Plastics’ book that leaves no question on the topic unanswered
24 November 202217 December 2024 Recycling paths are best walked jointly: This year’s Advanced Recycling Conference (ARC) showed the importance of collaboration From dissolution to enzymolysis, gasification, pyrolysis, solvolysis, and thermal depolymerisation, ARC 2022 introduced the versatile and innovative landscape of advanced recycling solutions that reach way beyond conventional recycling
LyondellBasell Makes Decision to Progress Advanced Recycling Plant in Wesseling, Germany The start-up of the MoReTec advanced recycling plant is planned for end of 2025 with a capacity of 50,000 tonnes per year
Pyrowave Sets New Standard With 100% Traceable Recycled Styrene Pyrowave technology has successfully passed Michelin Group’s quality tests with the first 99.8% pure recycled styrene monomer produced from polystyrene waste
23 November 202218 November 2022 DUH ran misleading composting experiment Faulty trial design and composting conditions lead to a foreseeable failure of composting experiment
Biomaterials take circularity forward NatureWorks has developed multiple processes to tackle plastics and textiles waste, for example Ingeo PLA, involving used PLA, broken down and repolymerized into PLA for use in other applications
22 November 202217 November 2022 Wax worm saliva contains enzymes capable of breaking down plastics These enzymes are the first and only known enzymes to degrade polyethylene plastic by oxidizing and breaking it down after just a few hours of exposure - without requiring pre-treatment and at room temperature
21 November 202216 November 2022 Plastics recycling The European RevoluZion-project together with the largest and smartest European factory for sorting plastic waste aim to tackle plastic pollution in our environments
18 November 202216 November 2022 Algae, Nanocomposites, And The World’s Most Hard-To-Recycle Plastic Innovation and scaling in flexible bio-packaging are badly needed
17 November 202215 November 2022 UBQ Materials Returns to COP27 with Solar Impulse Foundation and Israeli Delegation, Highlighting Start-Up Nations’ Strength in Climate Innovation UBQ Materials’ Waste-Based Thermoplastic is an Available and Scalable Material Solution Supporting the Global Methane Pledge and Circular Manufacturing
First Industrial Hemp Fiber LCA For Carbon Negative Additives Research of Heartland’s Imperium Filler as a replacement for mineral fillers commonly used in plastics shows, how this can systematically help large manufacturers reduce the carbon footprint of everyday products
16 November 202214 November 2022 Borealis advances plastics circularity with the first-of-its-kind Borcycle™ M commercial-scale advanced mechanical recycling plant EverMindsTM at work: This milestone confirms how innovation & technology continue to drive our transformation to a circular economy
15 November 202210 November 2022 OMV and Wood sign MoU for commercial licensing of ReOil® technology ReOil® demo plant at the OMV site in Schwechat aims to start operation in 2023
INEOS signs agreement with Plastic Energy for its largest plant to produce 100,000 tonnes of raw materials from plastic waste The recycled material has already been successfully converted into virgin-quality polymer through the INEOS cracker at Köln, Germany, and used by selected customers and brands
The Big Compost Experiment: New Hub publication on home compostable plastics Citizen scientist project finds 60% of ‘compostable plastic’ doesn’t compost
14 November 20229 November 2022 Oregon State, U.S. Dept. of Energy researchers take key step toward big gains in plastics recycling A collaboration led by NREL combined chemical and biological processes in a proof of concept and used chemical oxidation to break down a variety of plastic types
Stunden statt Jahrhunderte: Forscher entwickeln neue Recyclingmethode Viele Materialien gelten als nicht recycel- oder wiederverwendbar. Das könnte sich jedoch bald ändern, denn laut einer neuen Studie lässt sich selbst nicht recycelbares Plastik zersetzen
10 November 20228 November 2022 Essential Market Forecasts for the Chemical Recycling of Plastic Waste Pyrolysis, gasification, depolymerisation, solvent extraction of mixed and homogeneous plastic waste. 10-year market forecasts, interview-based player profiles, and technology appraisals
9 November 20227 November 2022 Reducing Emissions in the Supply Chain and Diversifying the Feedstocks of the Future LanzaTech announces waste-to-chemicals pilot project in Canada
8 November 20222 November 2022 TotalEnergies Corbion: no technical barrier exist that prevent an effective separation of PLA from other plastic waste The French-Dutch company claims that sorting PLA from other plastics waste is easy and straight-forward
7 November 20222 November 2022 K 2022: ALBIS presents pioneering product portfolio for innovative and sustainable material solutions These forward-looking solutions based on bio-circular raw materials or recyclates, which in terms of performance, quality and appearance are in no way inferior to their conventional fossil-based counterparts
Clariant unveils portfolio for purifying pyrolysis oil derived from mixed plastic waste Tailored to remove a wide range of contaminants that are continuously changing in the feed, the new products provide the flexibility producers need, regardless of process configuration
4 November 202231 October 2022 Pharmaceutical packaging: first compostable stick pack made of bio-based raw materials The Novamont Mater-Bi bioplastic film is convincing the customers within an innovative, compostable packaging which contains more than 65% renewable resources
Cyclyx, ExxonMobil and LyondellBasell Advance First-of-its-Kind Plastic Processing Facility in Houston The new facility addresses a critical missing link in the plastic waste supply chain by connecting community recycling programs to new and more advanced recycling technologies
EREMA Group and INTCO Recycling sign strategic partnership for recycling PET Longtime cooperation between two international recycling greats
3 November 20223 November 2022 Biotrend Energy Selects Honeywell Technology To Build An Advanced Plastics Recycling Plant In Turkey The planned advanced recycling plant is expected to have the capacity to transform 30,000 metric tons of mixed waste plastics into Honeywell Recycled Polymer Feedstock per year
2 November 202231 October 2022 “To boldy go, where no plastics have gone before: IBB Netzwerk GmbH initiates new network on plastics recycling” Many exciting partners have confirmed their attendance and the event promises to hold the potential for many fruitful networking and collaboration opportunities
31 October 202228 October 2022 Coperion supplies plant for chemical recycling of PMMA to Renov8 Highly economical process and technology solution for recycling PMMA
Putting microbes to work and turning carbon from plastic waste into biodegradable material Kari Koivuranta and Jukka Niskanen share how the VTT iBEX innovation programme is developing the process of breaking down plastic waste with microbes
CCNY study: advanced plastics recycling yields climate benefits Thirteen recently completed life cycle assessments found that advanced recycling can transform hard-to-recycle plastics into products with a smaller carbon footprint than those made from new resources
28 October 20226 January 2023 Plastic leaching into farmer’s fields at alarming rate: new report Over time, macroplastics slowly break down into microplastics of shards less than 5mm long – and seep into the soil. When this is transferred to people through the food chain this waste is also impacting human health
New Report Sets Out Quality Guidelines of Plastic Waste Feedstock for Pyrolysis The Eunomia study aims to provide clarity on feedstock requirements and propose model specification guidelines that can be used to enable greater alignment across the recycling value chain
27 October 202224 October 2022 Mitsui Chemicals Group to Produce Chemically Recycled Polyethylene Derived From Plastic Waste Memorandum of Understanding signed with Shell for ethylene derived from plastic waste
UBQ Materials to Showcase Expanded Ecosystem Footprint of Climate Positive Thermoplastic, UBQ™, at K 2022 Plastics and rubber leaders to present offerings “Made with UBQ™,” at the industry’s principal global trade show
26 October 202225 October 2022 More than just chemical recycling – Advanced recycling improves the synergies in the recycling sector Recent developments in markets and policy clearly indicate a transformation and long-lasting change in the circular economy of plastics
Wenew: Braskem establishes new ecosystem to accelerate the circular economy transition At the leading plastics trade fair K-2022 in Düsseldorf, the new ecosystem will celebrate its world premiere - and show which path the industry's thought leaders will walk in the future
25 October 202220 October 2022 Braskem promotes plastic circularity and disruptive innovation at the K 2022 Fair Launch of the Wenew circularity ecosystem, initiatives to combat climate change and sustainable innovations are some of the company's highlights at the event