One of the world’s largest beverage companies will lend money to a Dutch startup that is commercializing a PET depolymerization technology.
One of the world’s largest beverage companies will lend money to a Dutch startup that is commercializing a PET depolymerization technology.
A European chemicals and plastics industry report identifies technology developments needed to help usher in a circular economy for plastics.
Two companies are working together to develop standalone plants where scrap PET can be chemically broken down and then re-polymerized into new resin.
The parent of global retailer IKEA has invested in a pair of European companies developing cutting-edge plastics recycling technologies.
The weight of plastic bottles collected for recycling continued to decrease in the U.S. in 2017, contributing to the third straight year of a declining recycling rate.
Maite Quinn, who has helped push forward mixed-plastics sortation at Sims Municipal Recycling, has joined a group working to boost material recovery infrastructure through investment capital.
The 2019 Plastics Recycling Conference will open with a highly anticipated session bringing virgin plastics manufacturers to the stage to discuss their work pushing for circular economy solutions for polymers.
Markets for post-consumer PET and HDPE have shown stability, while the price of color HDPE has recently increased.
Oregon’s environmental agency has released research that suggests several popular packaging attributes – including “recyclable” and “recycled content” – do not consistently result in lower-impact products.