Holli Alexander of Eastman Chemical said collection unknowns are part of the current chemical recycling landscape. | Plastics Recycling Conference / Brian Adams Photography
When it comes to development and commercialization of chemical recycling technologies, interest is high. A chemical recycling workshop at last week’s Plastics Recycling Conference and Trade Show was sold out, with over 300 attendees.
Pyrowave’s processing equipment in Montreal. | Courtesy of Pyrowave.
A depolymerization technology company received millions of dollars from the Canadian government to adapt its polystyrene-focused process to handle mixed plastics.
The new equipment will allow Denton Plastics to take in contaminated source-separated plastics that are too dirty for the company to process today, such as material from plant nurseries. | Zoran Milosavljevic/Shutterstock
Oregon-based Denton Plastics will add equipment allowing the company to process contaminated source-separated plastics.
Unilever thinks the key to tackling multi-material flexible packaging waste may be to dissolve, separate and precipitate its PE content so it can be recycled. The giant brand owner plans to test the approach at a facility in East Java, Indonesia.
As Loop Industries pushes forward its depolymerization method on multi-layer packaging, the startup is also highlighting the potential of recycling opaque PET containers and textiles.
MBA Polymers’ U.K. and China operations have been sold to a German equity fund, and the plastics reclaimer’s Austrian branch has been bought out by its longtime co-owner.
International yarn producer Aquafil will invest $10 million to build an Arizona operation generating nylon pellets from post-consumer carpet scrap.
A proof-of-concept unit by EFT.
A new technology makes it possible for a ship to scoop up ocean plastics, convert them to diesel and use the fuel to power the ship on the same voyage.
Two midsize jurisdictions are joining a program that collects plastics not currently accepted for recycling and sends them to energy recovery facilities. However, an environmental group is speaking out against the development.
