Plastics Recycling Update

News from Indorama, Trex and more


Feedstock management firm Cyclyx International announced that Catherine Keenan has been appointed to the company’s executive advisory board.

Eastman published a white paper with several recommendations related to sustainability, including a push to define recycling in a way that includes chemical recycling technologies, also known as advanced recycling.

Indorama released its 2020 sustainability report, which includes details on the company’s recycling capacity and progress toward recycling targets.

Polystyvert, which uses a dissolution-based technology to recycle PS, announced it closed a funding round to facilitate development of a full-scale PS recycling plant.

Target announced a goal to reduce its annual virgin plastic use by 20% by 2025 and to ensure 100% of its owned-brand plastic packaging be recyclable, reusable or compostable by the same year.

Trex, which recycles PE film and wood fibers into composite lumber, published its 2020 environmental, social and governance report.

The U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Research and Technology held a hearing on plastics recycling and waste reduction research, featuring representatives from the American Chemistry Council, The Recycling Partnership and more.

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