A depolymerization technology firm has landed an RPET sales deal with one of the world’s largest food and drink companies.
A depolymerization technology firm has landed an RPET sales deal with one of the world’s largest food and drink companies.
Two Canadian depolymerization startups recently signed significant deals to advance commercialization of their technologies.
Canada’s largest city conducted a pilot project last year to find a consistent outlet for densified foam polystyrene. The effort reached a clear conclusion, but it wasn’t good news.
A Canadian company that recycle EPS via a dissolution process has raised millions of dollars to help it scale up.
Quebec startup Loop Industries has unveiled a more efficient technology for depolymerizing scrap PET.
Global petrochemicals company Total has partnered with a startup that dissolves and recovers EPS for recycling. Officials from both companies recently provided more details about the deal.
Canadians recycled slightly more plastic in 2016 than they did the previous year. That’s according to a report released shortly before a Canadian plastics group unveiled its recyclability and recycling goals.
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A North American recycling operation will open an e-plastics-focused facility in response to Chinese import restrictions.
Polystyrene producer INEOS Styrolution has recently partnered with a pair of companies that are developing emerging chemical PS recycling processes. An INEOS executive said the activity is the first step toward what partners hope will be a full-scale polystyrene recycling consortium.
