Metabolix, a Massachusetts company that developed a bio-based additive for recycled PVC, is scrambling financially and could be forced to scale back or shut down.
Metabolix, a Massachusetts company that developed a bio-based additive for recycled PVC, is scrambling financially and could be forced to scale back or shut down.
New research out of Germany holds promise for high-accuracy optical sorting of black plastics at reasonable costs.
Industry stakeholders in Europe have developed a way to more quickly decontaminate recovered plastics that have been in contact with pesticides and solvents.
An optical sorting technology and two approaches to PET recycling are among the items we detail in this month’s look at industry-related patents.
Montreal-based Loop Industries is working to commercialize its heatless, pressureless PET depolymerization technology after raising millions of dollars from investors earlier this year.
A recyclable, recycled-content polyester material has been developed for automotive components, and a high-molecular-weight PLA could replace PP in packaging.
A French chemical company has announced industrial-scale production of a recycled polyamide 6.6 resin made from airbag fabrics.
A research project has boosted the quality of recycled PET when used in foam, potentially opening the door to new applications for the recovered plastic.
Construction has started on a facility to recycle vehicle airbag scrap into a high-quality polyamide 6.6, according to international chemical company Solvay.
An initiative funded by the European Union is working to recycle petroleum-based PET and polyurethane into bio-based plastics through the use of enzymes and bacteria.