Two companies are working together to develop standalone plants where scrap PET can be chemically broken down and then re-polymerized into new resin.
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.
The leader of a company that is putting millions behind RES Polyflow says plastics conversion technologies today are comparable to renewable energy solutions when they were still in their infancy.
Scientists in Singapore have found another potential use for post-consumer PET bottles: aerogels.
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.
Pyrolysis company Agilyx signed a joint-venture deal with AmSty, a major producer of polystyrene and styrene monomer. Separately, Agilyx entered an agreement to provide feedstock for jet fuel production.