Bioplastic Recycling’s PLA resins, which are green because of printing on many PLA cups.
PLA is marketed to consumers for its ability to degrade in composting systems. But a Los Angeles startup sees mechanical recycling in the material’s future.
Bioplastic Recycling’s PLA resins, which are green because of printing on many PLA cups.
PLA is marketed to consumers for its ability to degrade in composting systems. But a Los Angeles startup sees mechanical recycling in the material’s future.
Researchers in Spain are exploring the use of enzymes to deodorize recycled plastics from food packaging.
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.
PET recycling startup Loop Industries has inked another deal with a global food and beverage brand.
SABIC, one of the world’s largest chemicals producers, will install a demonstration unit to recycle mixed plastics into feedstock for crackers.
A facility in California is using a unique rotary impact separation technology to break carpet into its components so plastics and calcium carbonate can be efficiently recovered.