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.
SABIC, one of the world’s largest chemicals producers, will install a demonstration unit to recycle mixed plastics into feedstock for crackers.
A PET recycling process using infrared radiation to help decontaminate flakes was one of several recent technologies that received a green light from a European review body.
Virgin plastics company Equipolymers will sell a food-grade PET made with 25 percent chemically recycled plastic.
A dairy products company has begun using a black colorant in yogurt tub lids that allows optical sorters to correctly identify the polymer type and color.
Single-use plastics are everywhere, with most of us regularly relying on the convenience of products such as plastic bags, straws, utensils, takeaway coffee cups, food packaging and water bottles.
A German manufacturer of electronics and appliances reported it is using recycled plastics, including nylon from fishing nets, in a number of products.