Tag: chemical recycling
Texas Tacoil plant confirmed
Plastic Energy, Freepoint Eco-Systems and TotalEnergies (TTE) have announced a strategic partnership in the US that will see the construction of an advanced recycling...
PlasticsEurope changes with the times
The pan-European association of plastics manufacturers, PlasticsEurope, has unveiled a new visual identity and website to “reflect the fundamental changes taking place” within both...
Hyped up! – November 2021
Crossing my desk this past month was a couple of reports accusing sectors of the packaging industry of greenwashing and hype, whether it’s ‘eco-friendly’...
Demand for mixed polyolefin bale divides recyclers
Demand for mixed polyolefin bale is pushing chemical recyclers to seek out alternatives that avoid competing with the mechanical recycling chain, research by ICIS...
ExxonMobil to build advanced recycling facility
ExxonMobil plans to build its first, large-scale plastics waste advanced recycling facility in Baytown, Texas (USA), and is expected to start operations by year-end...
Dow set to supply ‘fully circular’ polymers
Dow will be ready to supply fully circular polymers to customers starting in 2022, the company said today in a press statement.
Unveiling a raft...
Carbios opens French demo plant
Carbios has opened an industrial demonstration plant in France that operates with the company’s enzymatic recycling technology, C-Zyme.
The plant in Clermont-Ferrand will allow the...
Nestlé and Greenback to build Mexican chemical recycling plant
Nestlé Mexico has signed an agreement with UK-based Greenback Recycling Technologies to build a chemical recycling plant capable of processing flexible plastics packaging in...
Evian Loop bottle to debut in South Korea
Water brand Evian has launched a recycled PET prototype bottle using 'advanced' recycling technology from Canada's Loop Industries.
The 'transformational' technology allows no and low...
Foam drop-off programme serves Oklahoma households
Churches Caring for Creation (CC4C), a mission-based environmental organisation in Oklahoma, USA, has received a $23,000 grant from the Foodservice Packaging Institute’s Foam Recycling...