PP recycling startup signs South Korea joint venture deal
Plastics and chemicals giant SK geo centric has inked a deal with PureCycle Technologies to build a PP purification and...
Asia
The other side of the ‘Sword’
China's import policy shift, announced in 2017, shook up markets for recycling stakeholders globally, but the impacts and rationale inside...
Thailand moving ahead with plastic scrap import ban
Officials in the Southeast Asian country’s government are taking action to ban imports of scrap plastic by 2025, according to...
Global roundup: New facilities, pollution-reduction partnerships
From France to Kenya to Thailand, a number of companies are building new facilities, cleaning up waterways and keeping an...
Tech giant eyes more circularity, device collection
Samsung's environmental strategy includes a focus on circularity, using recycled materials and collecting more e-scrap.
Tetra Pak launches carton recycling initiative in Vietnam
Circular Action, Tetra Pak and Packaging Recycling Organisation Vietnam teamed up to create a carton recycling initiative in Vietnam they...
Ocean Conservancy withdraws 2015 ocean plastics report
A top environmental watchdog has rescinded its influential 2015 report, which pointed the finger at Asia for ocean-bound plastic generation...
Acquisition deepens Korea Zinc’s presence in US
Metals giant Korea Zinc is set to control e-scrap recycling and secondary processing operations in the U.S. and Europe, striking...
Global petrochemical company plans Midwest recycling plant
The U.S. subsidiary of Thailand-based plastic manufacturer PTT Global Chemical is moving toward a recycled plastic manufacturing facility in central...
Ohio chosen for Thailand company’s recycled plastic plant
The U.S. subsidiary of Thailand-based plastic manufacturer PTT Global Chemical announced that it plans to build its new recycled plastic...
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