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Study: Pricing opacity hurts recycling in four countries

Published: November 7, 2023
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Researchers suggest “practical interventions” to promote knowledge sharing about plastics recycling. | Things/Shutterstock

Nonprofit group The Circulate Initiative has published the results of first-of-its-kind research exploring recycled plastic pricing in India and three Southeast Asian countries. Continue Reading

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Indorama Ventures boosts RPET production

Published: September 13, 2023
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Indorama company building in Jarkarta, Indonesia.

Indorama is just under half of the way to achieving its 2025 post-consumer PET target, with billion-dollar investments planned in order to reach the finish line. | Cahyadi Sugi/Shutterstock

Chemical company Indorama Ventures plans to invest $150 million in three PET recycling plants in India to boost its production of RPET. Continue Reading

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Study: Tailored changes needed for urban circularity

Published: August 29, 2023
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Plastic waste pile

Researchers at The Circulate Initiative identified several common challenges that cities face when dealing with plastic waste. | Mohamed Abdulraheem/Shutterstock

Research recently undertaken by several groups dug into how individual cities in ocean plastic hot spots are approaching materials management. Continue Reading

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US-supported PET facility opens in Indonesia

Published: July 18, 2023
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Prevented Ocean Plastic Southeast Asia opened an aggregation center in Semarang, Indonesia, with a capacity of about 500 metric tons per month. | Courtesy of Prevented Ocean Plastic

A company that specializes in collecting PET and other plastics at risk of entering the ocean continues to expand its collection infrastructure in Southeast Asia with support from the U.S. government.  Continue Reading

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Transparency, more investment will aid circular economy

Published: May 31, 2023
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Panelists speaking during a recent webinar focused on the need to build up infrastructure and target investments toward existing gaps in the system. | Mameraman/Shutterstock

During a recent Financial Times webinar, experts from industry and government agreed that the future holds ample potential for investment in recycling. Continue Reading

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Judge: Company must pay for rejected exports

Published: January 24, 2023
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Hapag-Lloyd Aktiengesellschaft took legal action against materials exporter Golden Trust Trading on March 18, 2022, after the shipping giant said it transported 33 containers of PET, PP and PVC film bales from Vancouver, British Columbia to Bangkok in spring 2019 that were rejected by the Thai government. | John Crux/Shutterstock

A federal judge ruled that a Burnaby, British Columbia company owes an international shipping company $4.3 million Canadian dollars over plastics shipments rejected by the Thai government, the second such suit brought against the company. Continue Reading

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Brands advance sustainability – but use more plastic overall

Published: January 3, 2023
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McDonald's drink cups and straws discarded on concrete.

WWF found that 34% of members’ plastic footprint was recycled, 9% incinerated, 43% landfilled and 15% mismanaged. | Kraft74/Shutterstock

In 2021, major brands increased their use of PCR and cut back on “problematic plastics,” but the amount of plastic they put on the market grew by over 5%, according to the World Wildlife Fund.

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PP recycling startup signs South Korea joint venture deal

Published: October 25, 2022
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Milliken-PureCycle Technologies recycled PP resin cup.

PureCycle Technologies and Milliken & Company partnered to create a concentrate containing recycled PP and the Millad NX 8000 ECO clarifier. | Courtesy of Milliken and Co.

Plastics and chemicals giant SK geo centric has inked a deal with PureCycle Technologies to build a PP purification and recycling plant in South Korea. 

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