Process recovered PET into virgin plastic? French firm says it’s possible
French company Carbios has developed an enzyme-based recycling technology, which breaks down PET into monomers that can be used to...
Europe
Wide world of e-scrap: Dec. 22, 2015
Bloomberg takes readers on a tour of the Chinese town of Guiyu as it looks to formalize electronics recycling, and...
Startup develops 3-D printing filaments from recycled resins
A U.K. company that developed a 100 percent recycled ABS 3-D printing filament is now working to develop six other...
A processing innovation for flame-retardant EPS
A new group in Europe is working to build a demonstration plant to recycle EPS building insulation containing a brominated...
Wide world of e-scrap: Nov. 19, 2015
Romania remains well short of a 2021 European Union target for e-scrap collections, and Sims Metals Management brought profitability to...
French company aims to build a polymer from old airbags
Construction has started on a facility to recycle vehicle airbag scrap into a high-quality polyamide 6.6, according to international chemical...
EU innovation singles out food-contact bottles in recycling stream
Researchers have developed fluorescent coating that could allow for fast, automated sorting of food-contact PET from non-food-contact PET in mixed...
Europe sees small boost in PET recovery
Recycling of PET containers continues to increase across Europe, according to a recent report. The trade group Petcore Europe estimates...
Euro Closed Loop Recycling in danger of closing
A plastics recycling firm handling about 10 percent of the recovered beverage containers in the U.K. has laid off employees...
Group warns of colorful PET takeover in Europe
A leading European trade group has warned that an influx of colored PET packaging is endangering the rPET market. In...
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