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11 August 20219 September 2021

Ineos Styrolution factory in Illinois sees development delays

The company says it plans to open a plant in Channahon, Illinois, in the next three years but has encountered pandemic-related delays

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10 August 20219 September 2021

TotalEnergies and Jindal Films reinforce their partnership to introduce Certified Circular Polypropylene into high-end flexible food packaging, using advanced recycling technology

New value-chain collaboration will divert plastic waste currently destined for incineration and landfill because it is too complex to recycle through existing schemes

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Rindermägen als möglicher Schlüssel zur Bekämpfung von Plastikmüll

Neue Ergebnisse einer Forschergruppe des Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (acib) und der BOKU Wien zeigen, dass Bakterien aus Kuhmägen verwendet werden können, um Polyestersorten abzubauen

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Google Study Confirms Impact Investors Are Key To Creating A Circular Economy For Plastics

Investment is crucial to creating a circular economy for plastics and there are significant opportunities for investors

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6 August 20219 September 2021

Auf dem Weg zur Klimaneutralität: Plastikrecycling muss stärker in den Fokus rücken

DIW fordert klaren politischen Rahmen sowie eine Reform des Emissionshandels und der Produktstandards, damit eine Kreislaufwirtschaft wirklich gelingen kann

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5 August 20219 September 2021

Neue Chancen durch chemisches Recycling

Entwicklung eines effizienten Verfahrens zum Recycling von Carbonfaserverstärkten Kunststoffen

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Scholle IPN Announces Strategic Partnership With Chemical Plastic Recycler OBBOTEC

The two companies will work to engineer and test new chemical recycling methods with a focus on flexible packaging like pouches and bag-in-box

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2 August 20219 September 2021

Chemical recycling – snapshot of a technology everybody talks about

Chemical recycling is also an option for bio-based plastic

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28 July 20219 September 2021

“Design for Chemical Recycling” kills Innovation Upstream

Zero Waste Europe, together with RPa and ECOS, has published the report Designing for real recycling, not plastic lock-in

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23 July 20219 September 2021

EEW und Grüner Punkt entwickeln innovatives Verfahren für nachhaltiges Recycling

Ziel ist, mehr Mischkunststoffe und Sortierreste für den Rohstoffkreislauf zurückzugewinnen / Gründung eines Joint Ventures vereinbart

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21 July 20219 September 2021

Chemisches Recycling bei Dior: Zurück zum Öl

Dior setzt auf chemisches Recycling, um Verpackungen nachhaltiger zu machen. Diese Methode kann sinnvoll sein, ist es aber nicht immer

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20 July 20219 September 2021

The LEGO Group reveals first prototype LEGO® brick made from recycled plastic

Over the past three years, materials scientists and engineers tested over 250 variations of PET materials and hundreds of other plastic formulations to get a prototype that meets several of their quality, safety and play requirements – including clutch power

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Legosteine aus PET-Rezyklat

Materialwissenschaftler und Ingenieure haben über 250 Variationen von PET-Materialien und Hunderte anderer Kunststoffformulierungen getestet, um einen Prototyp herzustellen, der mehrere ihrer Qualitäts-, Sicherheits- und Spielanforderungen erfüllt – einschließlich der für Lego-Ziegel berühmten Kupplungsleistung

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19 July 202114 July 2021

Covestro unterstützt die Entwicklung chinesischer Normen für recycelte Kunststoffe

China ergreift verschiedenste Maßnahmen, um das inländische Kunststoffrecycling zu fördern und gleichzeitig Einwegkunststoffe zu verbieten oder einzuschränken

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Covestro supports development of Chinese standards for recycled plastics

China is one of the most important producing countries to promote domestic plastics recycling while banning or restricting single-use plastics

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16 July 20219 September 2021

Aimplas: Spanisches Kunststoff-Institut koordiniert Projekt „Life Ecomethylal“

Neue Anlage fürs chemische Recycling von nicht recycelbaren Rückständen

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15 July 20219 September 2021

Global Consumer Brands Unveil World’s First Enzymatically Recycled Bottles

Food grade sample bottles produced by Consortium – including Carbios, L’Oréal, Nestlé Waters, PepsiCo and Suntory Beverage & Food Europe – using breakthrough enzymatic recycling process

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Recycling: Flaschen aus enzymatisch recyceltem PET vorgestellt

Carbios forscht seit fast 10 Jahren an neuem Verfahren, welches ein in Komposthaufen natürlich vorkommendes Enzym verstärkt, das normalerweise die Blattmembranen abgestorbener Pflanzen abbaut

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Bacteria can recover precious metals from electric vehicle batteries – here’s how

With a method called bioleaching, also called biomining, Coventry University researchers have found that all metals present in EV batteries can be recovered

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14 July 20219 September 2021

SABIC named global company of the year for its contribution towards a circular economy for plastics

Frost & Sullivan presented SABIC with this year’s award for its efforts in driving forward the development of a circular economy for used plastics and its commitment to innovation and technology

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13 July 20219 September 2021

Verbändebündnis fordert: Für Müllflut verantwortliche Unternehmen müssen Plastiksteuer zahlen, nicht Steuerzahlerinnen und Steuerzahler

Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND) begrüßt das überfällige Verbot von einzelnen Produkten aus Einwegplastik und fordert Mehrweg als verbindlichen Standard

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12 July 20217 July 2021

Weniger Pro Kopf verbrauchen

Netzwerk Ressourcenwende fordert eine absolute Reduktion der Ressourcennutzung nach niederländischem Vorbild. Bis 2030 soll der Ressourcenverbrauch um etwa die Hälfte sinken

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9 July 20219 September 2021

New mobile, modular chemical recycling system converts non-recyclable waste into high value-added additives

AIMPLAS coordinated the LIFE ECOMETHYLAL Project to convert non-recyclable waste into a new substance that can be used as a solvent and as a raw material to produce new plastics

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Neue EU-Regel tritt in Kraft: Diese Plastikartikel sind ab jetzt verboten

Ab diesem Samstag verschwinden diverse Kunststoffprodukte aus dem Handel. Was gibt es für Alternativen? Und was bleibt erlaubt?

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Borealis acquires a minority stake in Renasci N.V. to jointly develop novel recycling solutions

EverMinds™ in action: Game-changing collaboration to accelerate plastics circularity

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8 July 20219 September 2021

Plastipak’s Clean Tech and BioteCH4 form Unique Partnership to Power Recycling Operation

With this new partnership, the electricity generated through the CHP process at BioteCH4 is connected directly to Clean Tech to power the recycling process

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The First Cosmetic Bottle Derived From Enzymatic Plastic Recycling

The first cosmetic bottle made from plastic entirely recycled using Carbios’ enzymatic technology

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50 Millionen Tonnen Plastikmüll – pro Jahr: Forscher warnen vor unumkehrbaren Umweltschäden

Auch wenn von Juli an in der EU viele Einwegplastikprodukte verboten sind – die globale Plastikflut dämmt das kaum ein. Wissenschaftler fordern rasches Handeln, bevor es zu spät ist

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Carbon-negative bioplastic made from air, invasive plants turned into yoga mats, cultured chicken progress, renewable fiber innovations, and more

The Digest’s Top 8 Innovations for the week of July 2nd

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7 July 20219 September 2021

VAUDE bringt erste Radtaschenserie aus vollständig recycelten Hauptmaterialien auf den Markt

Kunststoffverpackungen werden für Radtaschen-Rückensystem recycelt

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VAUDE launches first ever pannier made from recycled material

Plastic packaging is recycled for pannier support system

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5 July 20219 September 2021

Eastman collaborating with SAP on GreenToken to track recycled content

Collaboration will leverage the blockchain-based platform of GreenToken to provide visibility through the value chain of sustainable products, such as the specialty plastics produced with Eastman’s molecular recycling technologies

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30 June 20219 September 2021

The world’s first ‘infinite’ plastic

The way we normally recycle plastics is a downward spiral of waste and degraded materials, but there is another option – turning plastic back into the oil it was made from

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29 June 20219 September 2021

Fraunhofer, SABIC, and Procter& Gamble join forces in closed-loop recycling pilot project for single-use facemasks

The collected waste masks becomes shredded and then thermochemically converted to pyrolysis oils as feedstock for new plastics in virgin quality

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Fraunhofer, SABIC und Procter & Gamble kooperieren im Rahmen eines Pilotprojekts zum Closed-Loop-Recycling von Einweg-Gesichtsmasken

Neues Verfahren sieht zunächst die automatische Zerkleinerung und anschließend die thermochemische Umwandlung in Pyrolyseöl vor, um im Anschluss daraus neuwertige Rohstoffe für die Kunststoffproduktion zu gewinnen

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28 June 20219 September 2021

Niederländische PolyStyreneLoop Recycling-Anlage geht am 16. Juni in Betrieb

Anlage in Terneuzen verfügt über ausreichend Kapazität, um jährlich 3.300 Tonnen Polystyrol aus EPS-Dämmstoffabfällen zu recyceln

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Bacteria serves tasty solution to plastic crisis

Scientists have devised a novel way of tackling the mounting issue of plastic pollution… by using bacteria to transform plastic waste into vanilla flavouring

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25 June 20219 September 2021

Braven Environmental Executes Long-Term Pyrolysis-Derived Feedstock Supply Agreement with Chevron Phillips Chemical

Fostering a circular economy and increasing sustainability of difficult-to-recycle plastics

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Virgin resin tax may make packaging more circular

One thing that's going to be needed to fix plastics recycling in the United States is money, and lots of it

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23 June 20219 September 2021

Neste und LyondellBasell vereinbaren langfristige Kooperation, um Herstellern von Markenartikeln Polymere und Chemieprodukte aus erneuerbaren Rohstoffen breiter zugänglich zu machen

Durch ihre Zusammenarbeit tragen Neste und LyondellBasell gemeinsam dazu bei, den europäischen Markt für nachhaltige Polymere und Chemieprodukte zu entwickeln.

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Enzymatic biorecycling tech for PET and PLA: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Carbios

Here’s a follow up you won’t want to miss of the top story early this week which reported on Carbios’ latest acquisition

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Brightmark to Build World’s Largest Advanced Plastics Recycling and Renewal Facility in Macon, GA

New state-of-the-art plant will sustainably recycle and convert all types of plastic waste into fully circular products

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22 June 202117 December 2024

Free webinars: All About RC(I)

Discussing the Renewable Carbon Strategy and Initiative

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GIDARA Energy announces a new facility converting non-recyclable waste into advanced biofuels

The produced renewable fuel will replace fossil-based fuels, creating significant carbon savings

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Bandai Is Offering a Recycling Service for Its Gunpla Model Kits

Offering to take in your plastic model runners

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18 June 20219 September 2021

Kreislaufwirtschaft ist mehr als Recycling

Potential und Dynamik von Circular Economy als zukunftsfähiges Marktmodell

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Fashion for Good Launches The Renewable Carbon Textiles Project

The project brings together key industry players to investigate, test and validate the solutions provided by innovators in the PHA polymer space

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From Waste-to-Chemicals to Waste-to-Jet

Partners repurpose the Rotterdam waste-to-chemicals project to waste-to-jet based on substantial targets and demand for Sustainable Aviation Fuel, expected support for Recycled Carbon Fuels and a full scope, ‘in-house’ technical solution to be provided by Enerkem and Shell

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17 June 20219 September 2021

A tax on fossil carbon is more effective for a carbon border adjustment mechanism than a tax on CO2 emissions

Experts from the German nova-Institute present a tool for elegantly pricing the true cause of global warming

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Nestlé develops two new packaging innovations for Vittel® natural mineral water bottles

New Hybrid bottle drastically reduces plastic and combines 100% recyclable components with patent-pending snap-apart design to facilitate recycling sorting