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
Mehr als nur chemisches Recycling – Advanced Recycling verbessert die Synergien im Recyclingsektor Die jüngsten Entwicklungen auf den Märkten und in der Politik deuten einen klaren Wandel und eine dauerhafte Veränderung der Kreislaufwirtschaft für Kunststoffe an
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
Wenew: Braskem präsentiert neues Ökosystem zur schnelleren Transformation der Kreislaufwirtschaft Im Rahmen der Leitmesse K 2022 in Düsseldorf feiert Wenew Weltpremiere - und zeigt die Richtung auf, in die sich die Thought Leaders der Branche bewegen
25 October 202220 October 2022 K 2022: Braskem präsentiert Lösungen für eine Kreislaufwirtschaft in der Kunststoffproduktion sowie disruptive Innovationen Messe-Highlights sind Start des neuen Wenew-Ökosystems, Initiativen zum Schutz des Klimas sowie Innovationen für mehr Nachhaltigkeit
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
LyondellBasell Forms Joint Venture to Build Plastic Waste Sorting and Recycling Facility and Plans to Build Advanced Recycling Plant Using renewable energy from wind and biomass, the new unit is designed to process the amount of plastic packaging waste generated by approximately 1.3 million German citizens per year
24 October 202224 October 2022 New concept for circular solutions with alternative raw materials Materials manufacturer Covestro is focusing on an increased use of biomass, recyclates and green hydrogen
Neues Konzept für Kreislauflösungen mit alternativen Rohstoffen Der Werkstoffhersteller Covestro setzt auf eine verstärkte Nutzung von Biomasse, Rezyklaten und grünem Wasserstoff
TotalEnergies and Indaver sign an offtake agreement for petrochemical feedstock from advanced recycling Indaver will supply and transform post-consumer mixed plastic waste into a petrochemical feedstock at its plant in Antwerp using its proprietary depolymerization technology
21 October 202218 October 2022 Röchling Expands Range of Bioplastics and Recycled Materials By 2035, the Röchling Group is aiming to become one of the leading suppliers of bioplastics and recycled materials
Röchling baut Portfolio für Biokunststoffe und Rezyklate aus Bis zum Jahr 2035 möchte die Röchling-Gruppe eine der führenden Anbieterinnen für Biokunststoffe und Rezyklate werden
Major Consumer Goods Companies signal shared demand for 800,000 tons of chemically recycled materials The Coalition recognises that although chemical recycling technology is not a silver bullet, it will be an important technology which can serve a vital purpose for the recycling of unavoidable plastic waste
Södra plans to add lignin to the range of forest-based sustainable alternatives to fossil materials Company seeks partners to develop its lignin-based alternatives and is always looking to develop new products from renewable timber products
20 October 202224 October 2022 LyondellBasell Forms Joint Venture to Build Plastic Waste Sorting and Recycling Facility and Plans to Build Advanced Recycling Plant The Source One Plastics facility will produce processed waste that will provide a material part of the feedstock for an advanced recycling plant that LyondellBasell plans to build at its Wesseling, Germany, site
18 October 202217 October 2022 New process could enable more efficient plastics recycling Cobalt-based catalysts could be used to turn mixed plastic waste into fuel, new plastics, and other products
11 October 202211 October 2022 Discover the diverse program of the Advanced Recycling Conference (ARC) Be a part of the solution and discover the multiple pathways of advanced recycling
Arkema increases its global Pebax® elastomer capacity expansion for 2023 to +40% As customer demand is increasingly driven by sustainability and social responsibility, over the last few years Arkema has benefited from strong growth in particular for its bio-based Pebax® Rnew® grades
Biobasiertes Upcycling: Vom Rest- zum Wertstoff Vorhandene biobasierte Ressourcen sollten nachhaltig und möglichst vollständig – das heißt mit allen ihren Bestandteilen – verwertet und in Zwischenschritten mehrfach genutzt werden können
10 October 20227 October 2022 Interzero and Eastman reach long-term supply agreement for planned molecular recycling facility in France Eastman’s planned molecular recycling facility in France will become the world’s largest material-to-material molecular recycling plant
Transition to climate neutrality needs accurate accounting for biogenic carbon The Product Environmental Footprint method could become the EU’s guiding approach for environmental impact assessment; to be fit for purpose, it should appraise the carbon footprint of bio-based products
7 October 20224 October 2022 NEXTLOOPP partners with L’Oréal in effort to close the loop on polypropylene The company says the INRT-grade recycled polypropylene has been developed specifically for packaging that requires no odour and no migration challenges
5 October 202228 September 2022 As much plastic as people by weight? Legislating a more sustainable future The Organisation for Economic Co-operation Development’s latest annual Global Plastics Outlook reports around 40% of global plastic waste as packaging, but just 9% of the plastic waste is recycled
4 October 202228 September 2022 Wind turbine blades could someday be recycled into sweet treats A new resin can hold fiberglass wind turbines together for years and then be recycled into valuable products, making green energy even greener
30 September 202226 September 2022 Renewable methanol accelerating progress toward a carbon-neutral world Capturing CO2 emissions, hydrogenated with green or recovered hydrogen to produce methanol, offers decarbonising economies a sustainable fuel and chemical feedstock
29 September 202226 September 2022 US-Forscher recyceln Kunststoff zu neuem 3D-Druck-Material Der im 3D-Druck verwendete Kunststoff PLA ist zwar biologisch abbaubar, doch nur sehr langsam. Ein schnelleres Recycling-Verfahren macht daraus ein Kunstharz
28 September 202223 September 2022 Plastics to virgin materials The use of thermal conversion methods as recycling methods for plastic-containing waste is not yet a common practice; although the commercialization of these methods has been pushed forward for a long time
27 September 202222 September 2022 FKuR at K 2022 Bioplastics specialist presents broad bioplastics and recyclates portfolio at K 2022, the world's leading trade fair for plastics and rubber
FKuR auf der K 2022 Biokunststoff-Spezialist präsentiert breites Biokunststoff und Rezyklatportfolio auf der Weltleitmesse der Kunststoff- und Kautschukindustrie K 2022
23 September 202222 September 2022 Call for Abstracts – Renewable Material Conference 2023 The brightest stars of Renewable Materials meet in Siegburg/Cologne (Germany), 23-25 May 2023
22 September 202221 September 2022 CABAMIX exhibits at K 2022 in Düsseldorf! French feedstock supplier will launch a new recylable masterbatch beside proven other products
CABAMIX stellt auf der K 2022 in Düsseldorf aus! Rohstofflieferant aus Frankreich wartet neben bewährten Produkten mit einem neuen recycelbaren Masterbatch auf
Dow and Mura Technology plan to locate Europe’s largest advanced recycling facility at Dow’s site in Böhlen, Germany Part of a goal for multiple planned units across Europe and U.S. to add as much as 600 KTA of advanced recycling capacity by 2030, enabling greater supply of recycled plastic content to major brands across the globe
Dow und Mura Technology planen Bau Europas größter Anlage für chemisches Recycling am sächsischen Dow-Standort in Böhlen Gemeinsames Ziel von Dow und Mura ist es, bis 2030 mehrere Anlagen in den USA und Europa mit einer Gesamtkapazität von 600 KT zu errichten
Koch Technology Solutions And Ioniqa Technologies Partner To Disrupt Plastics Industry Through Advanced PET Upcycling Technology Ioniqa has developed an innovative process that utilizes low-grade post-consumer PET to infinitely produce a feedstock that displaces virgin raw materials used in the production of polyester products
21 September 202219 September 2022 Encina Announces Delivering First-Ever High Purity Aromatics Made Entirely from End-of-Life Plastics The company operates a circular chemicals facility in San Antonio, Texas and recently completed an expansion phase with engineering and construction work undertaken by Chemex Global, LLC of The Woodlands, Texas
ZSVR veröffentlicht neuen Mindeststandard – Warum faserbasierte Verpackungen und Produktreste schlecht für das Recycling sind Wann ist eine Verpackung recyclingfähig – und wann nicht? Antworten darauf gibt der Mindeststandard zur Bemessung der Recyclingfähigkeit von Verpackungen (§ 21 Absatz 3 Verpackungsgesetz)
19 September 202214 September 2022 A new purpose: recycled PET bottles are turned into adhesive tapes tesa develops a new packaging tape with backing material made from recycled post-consumer PET
Im neuen Gewand: recycelte PET-Flaschen werden zu Klebebändern tesa entwickelt ein neues Verpackungsklebeband mit Trägermaterial aus recyceltem Post-Consumer-PET
16 September 202215 September 2022 BASF and ARCUS sign agreement on the production and procurement of pyrolysis oil from mixed plastic waste The agreement is another building block in the expansion of BASF’s ChemCyclingTM business, which focuses on the chemical recycling of non-recycled post-consumer plastic waste on an industrial scale
BASF und ARCUS unterzeichnen Vereinbarung über Herstellung und Abnahme von Pyrolyseöl aus gemischten Kunststoffabfällen Die Vereinbarung ist ein weiterer Baustein beim Ausbau des ChemCyclingTM-Geschäfts der BASF, das sich auf die chemische Verwertung von Post-Consumer-Kunststoffabfällen im industriellen Maßstab konzentriert
Cascade degradation and upcycling of polystyrene waste to high-value chemicals New report reveals a highly efficient and resilient approach of degradation-upcycling (Deg-Up) to upcycling plastic wastes, by utilizing judiciously selected cascade reactions rather than complicated and expensive catalysts
15 September 202212 September 2022 Problemfresser namens PHL7 Forscher:innen aus Leipzig haben ein Enzym entdeckt, das PET-Plastik schnell zersetzt. Hilft es in Zukunft dabei, die Plastikflut zu bewältigen?
Eastman joins Pact Collective Eastman supports beauty industry nonprofit in efforts to advance circularity of beauty packaging
14 September 202210 September 2022 Mondi and Essity launch packaging for feminine care range made from post-consumer recycled and biomass balanced materials Collaboration with Essity and Dow to create new, recyclable secondary packaging using renewable materials and post-consumer recycled content
13 September 202210 September 2022 Anellotech Demonstrates New Direct Route to Light Olefins and BTX from Conversion of Mixed Plastic Waste in 0.5 TPD Pilot Plant Plas-TCat’s scalable fluidized bed reactor design provides a path to larger commercial production plants capable of addressing substantial global recycling goals
Green Shape Label für nachhaltige Outdoor-Produkte auf Erfolgskurs VAUDE stärkt Glaubwürdigkeit und Unabhängigkeit
Green Shape Label for Sustainable Outdoor Products on the Road to Success VAUDE increases its credibility and independence
9 September 20225 September 2022 BASF and Sulzer Chemtech sign Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in sustainable technologies The companies will drive the development of innovative, cost-effective chemical processing solutions to improve the conversion of plastic waste into new plastics
BASF und Sulzer Chemtech unterzeichnen Absichtserklärung über Kooperation im Bereich nachhaltiger Technologien Beide Unternehmen beabsichtigen die Entwicklung innovativer, kosteneffektiver chemischer Verfahrenstechnik, um die Umwandlung von Kunststoffabfällen in neue Kunststoffprodukte zu verbessern