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30 November 20209 September 2021

Michelin and Pyrowave join forces to industrialize an innovative plastic waste recycling technology

Pyrowave, a pioneer in the electrification of chemical processes and plastics recycling, and Michelin agree to industrialize an innovative plastic waste recycling technology

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27 November 20209 September 2021

Carbios produces first clear plastic bottles from enzymatically recycled textile waste

The company’s latest recycling milestone brings new value to an otherwise waste-destined 42 million tons of polyester textiles produced annually^[1]

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Accelerating a Revolution in Plastics Recycling Through Impact Investing

One goal: A pure planet - The mission: Solving the massive environmental problem created by plastic waste in landfills and oceans, enabling partners to meet sustainability goals

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Chemical recycling boost could see global plastic packaging recycling hit 50% by 2040

If the plastics value chain becomes more sustainable, the industry must focus on reducing the amount of mismanaged waste and recapturing as much of its value as possible

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Braskem: Resin producer plans huge increase in PCR sales

'I’m green' portfolio was expanded in 2019 to include 100% post-consumer PP

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26 November 202017 December 2024

UPM joins the Renewable Carbon Initiative to change the foundation of chemical industry

Just as the energy industry is converting to renewable sources, renewable carbon will become the new foundation of chemical and material industries in the future

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Nestle partners with Plastic Energy in first steps for recycling facility in the UK

Nestlé and Plastic Energy will come together to explore the scope for the first-commercial large-scale facility of its kind in the UK

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AmSty and Agilyx Announce Completion of a Certified Circular Recycling Pathway for Polystyrene

Together, both companies can begin now moving circular recycled products from concept to reality, and directly into the hands of consumers

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25 November 20209 September 2021

Canopy ranking: Lenzing for the first time achieves highest Hot Button category

In its annual ranking of sustainable wood procurement, the Canadian environmental organization Canopy particularly highlights Lenzing’s continuous leadership over the last number of years

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Canopy-Ranking: Lenzing erreicht im „Hot Button Report“ erstmals die beste Kategorie

Die kanadische Umweltorganisation Canopy hebt in ihrem jährlichen Ranking zur nachhaltigen Holzbeschaffung besonders Lenzings kontinuierliche Führungsrolle in den letzten Jahren hervor

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Gruppo Maip, Eastman partner on sustainable automotive materials

Partnership allows to develop specialty plastic formulations for automakers to meet their high targets for sustainable content and replacement of fossile-based materials

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EU defines sustainable plastic manufacturing in draft green finance rules

Chemical recycling will need to emit less than manufacturing with virgin materials to be considered 'green'

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INEOS Styrolution and Ferrero explore advanced recycling for future packaging solutions

Aim is to develop a process to convert complex plastic waste back to fully recyclable materials

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24 November 20209 September 2021

Loop Industries challenged by setbacks and legal strife

Last month, company disclosed it was being sued by investors and that federal regulators had issued it a subpoena for documents

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23 November 20209 September 2021

Statusbericht der deutschen Kreislaufwirtschaft 2020

Eine systemrelevante Branche präsentiert positive Circular-Economy-Ergebnisse

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Spinnova, Bergans and Halley Stevensons introduce apparel as next step of Collection of Tomorrow

More consumers can now experience the circular future of textiles

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20 November 20209 September 2021

NextChem is Growing In Circular Economy and Launches Myrechemical, its Subsidiary for Waste to Chemical Technologies

NextChem can offer a complete and integrated platform on industrial scale for the recovery of all types of plastic waste

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Tomra drängt auf anderen Umgang mit Abfall

Das norwegische Unternehmen investiert massiv in die Erweiterung seines Portfolios um einen Geschäftsbereich Circular Economy

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Agilyx Expands Global Presence with New European Hub

Underscoring commitment to expand technology partnerships

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Agilyx: US-Recycler gründet Niederlassung in der Schweiz

Unternehmen unterstreicht seine Nachhaltigkeitsverpflichtung mittels technologischer Partnerschaften  

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MIXed plastics biodegradation and UPcycling using microbial communities

Through a combination of intensive protein or metabolic engineering of defined mixed cultures and bioprocess-optimisation, MIX-UP will enable new value chains across sectors like materials, chemicals, and environmental technologies

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Braskem: Petrochemiekonzern legt neue Nachhaltigkeitsziele fest

Konzern hat weiter in die Entwicklung seiner aus nachwachsenden und recycelten  Rohstoffen bestehenden I'm green^TM-Produkte investiert, während sich im selben Zeitraum seine CO₂-Emissionen um 20 Prozent reduzierten  

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19 November 20209 September 2021

NREL recycles biorefinery waste streams to create high-value chemical products

Thermochemical conversion of lignocellulosic biomass is a promising route to produce renewable biofuels and oxygenated biochemicals while enabling the reuse, recovery, and recycling of materials containing carbon

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Vynova pioneers production of circular-attributed PVC

New material is produced using ethylene which is made from pyrolysis oil as feedstock

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17 November 202012 November 2020

Biodegradable mushroom packaging makes Seedlip gifts special

Mycelium creates a durable and sustainable packaging alternative for the upcoming holiday season

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Aus alt wird neu: Mehrfachnutzung spart Holz und bringt Plus fürs Klima

Charta-Arbeitsgruppe legt Empfehlungen für Kreislaufwirtschaft bei Holznutzung vor

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The green packaging solution that won’t pollute

Throw your takeout meal container in the compost when you’re done, thanks to SupraPulp’s plant-fiber packaging

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Braskem Affirms Commitment to Circular Economy and to Achieve Carbon Neutrality by 2050

Company has invested in the development of I'm green^TM products sourced from renewable sources and recycled content, while in the same period reducing the intensity of carbon emissions from its operations by 20 percent

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16 November 20209 September 2021

5 Minutes With… Maria Moræus Hanssen, Chairperson of the Board of Wastefront

“The investors may remain hesitant, but when “Big Oil” redirects its industrial and organisational strengths towards renewable energy, the outcome will be impressive.”

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13 November 202013 November 2020

Study: Recycling is the key to climate protection

In 2019, the ALBA Group saved more than 4.2 million tonnes of climate-damaging greenhouse gases through the closed-loop circulation of 6 million tonnes of recyclables

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Studie: Mit Recycling den Klimaschutz vorantreiben

Im Jahr 2019 vermied die ALBA Group durch die Kreislaufführung von 6 Millionen Tonnen Wertstoffen mehr als 4,2 Millionen Tonnen klimaschädliche Treibhausgase

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Possibilities and limitations of biotechnological plastic degradation and recycling

Researchers group found six principles to get plastics into circulation - progressions in microbial recycling you may just find with PET

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Szenarien für mikrobielles Plastikrecycling

Forschende haben sechs Prinzipien formuliert, um Kunststoffe wieder in den Kreislauf zu bringen - denn Fortschritte beim mikrobiellen Recycling gibt es derzeit nur beim PET

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Our students present ‘waste car’ Luca: a car made largely from recycled waste

Sporty-looking electric car has been made with a base of flax and recycled plastic, a large part of which was even fished out of the ocean

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12 November 20209 September 2021

Effiziente Nutzung von Kunststoffabfällen

Labor der Rice University leitet potenzielle Umweltgefahr in nützliches Material um

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Der neue grüne Deal – Folge 05: Runde Sache

Kern des europäischen Green Deals ist die Kreislaufwirtschaft. Sie beginnt bei einem vorausschauenden Produkt- und Verpackungsdesign. Und braucht verlässliche Regeln für Hersteller, Händler und Kunden

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11 November 20209 November 2020

Google commits to using recycled materials in all new products by 2022

All of the company's new Pixel and Nest products were designed with some sort of recycled material this year

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Das Fraunhofer Spin-off Projekt EcoPals will kommunale Müllberge für nachhaltigere Straßen nutzen

Die Gründungsgeschichte des Fraunhofer-Spin-off Projekts EcoPals zeigt, dass manchmal gerade die Umwege, unvorhergesehenen Ereignisse und spontanen Gelegenheiten die besten Gründergeschichten schreiben

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U.S. Department of Energy Announces $27 Million in Plastics Recycling Research and Development

All new projects will help improve existing recycling processes that break plastics into chemical building blocks, which can then be used to make new products

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10 November 20205 November 2020

OMV and Mubadala Complete Borealis Transaction

OMV now holds a 75% interest in Borealis and Mubadala retains a 25% interest in the company

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9 November 20204 November 2020

Aliplast and NextChem team up for plastics recycling

The synergy between skills and resources of these two big players will result in the only plant of its kind in Europe

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Aliplast und NextChem unterzeichnen Vereinbarung zum Kunststoffrecycling

Strategische Vereinbarung zur Realisierung einer Anlage in Italien, wo die MyReplast^(TM)-Technologie zum Einsatz kommen soll

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6 November 20209 September 2021

New market and technology report: Chemical Recycling – Status, Trends, and Challenges – Technologies, Sustainability, Policy and Key Players

nova’s new market and technology report „Chemical Recycling - Status, Trends, and Challenges” is addressed to the chemical and plastic industry, brands, technology scouts, investors, and policy makers. On 190 pages the report provides information around chemical recycling including 21 figures and 10 tables.

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“Wir haben nach den ersten Katastrophen schnell daraus gelernt”

Rund um das Bochumer Startup Briloro sind in den vergangenen Jahren viele weitere Optik-Projekte entstanden - darunter Nature Specs, eine komplett nachhaltige Brille

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Australian recycler can turn old tyres into hydrogen

GDT approach provides an economic recycling solution by turning them into valuable and highly saleable materials

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5 November 20209 September 2021

Enzyme zerlegen PET

PET-Depolymerase erfolgt zum Abbau und Recycling von Plastikflaschen mittels mutierter Enzyme

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SABIC, The Estée Lauder Companies And Origins Announce Collaboration To Unveil The First Premium Brand Packaging Tube Made With Certified Circular Polyolefins

Origins will be the first prestige beauty brand to use certified circular polyolefins from SABIC’s TRUCIRCLE™ portfolio to launch a tube pack format

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4 November 202030 October 2020

ELC and Origins Announce Sustainable Packaging Partnership With SABIC and ALBÉA

Origins becomes first global prestige beauty brand to utilize advanced recycled resin in tube pack format

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Carbon Dioxide: The New Chemical Feedstock for Valuable Consumer Products

NETL research team Team focuses on recycling CO₂ generated by fossil energy plants and other industrial sources into chemicals, alcohols, acids and syngas as progressing tools

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2 November 20209 September 2021

NNFCC joins 43 other signatories in open letter to UK government

Signatories are calling for the immediate banning of plastics containing additives to degradation