Plastic pollution cleanup hampered by disjointed policies

Efforts to tackle plastic pollution are still highly uncoordinated, hampered by data gaps, and focused on downstream solutions, including clean-ups, which consume significant resources that would be better invested in…

3 little-known reasons why plastic recycling could actually make things worse

This week in Paris, negotiators from around the world are convening to tackle a thorny problem: finding a globally binding solution for plastic pollution.

Coalition sets out to improve plastics recycling rates in Canada

A coalition of plastics industry and recycling groups has launched a new initiative to improve recycling and recovery of flexible plastics in Canada

Microplastics: 77% more found in River Thames during lockdown may be due to discarded face masks and PPE – research shows

Discarded face coverings and other personal protective equipment (PPE) are likely to be the cause of a rise in microplastics entering the environment

UK innovation fund supporting depolymerization research

A research consortium comprising technologists from the University of Birmingham and engineering firm Stopford has been awarded $500,000 (£300k) of funding from Innovate UK to develop a novel plastic recycling technology

Biotrend Energy building Turkey’s first polymer recycling plant

The plant will use Honeywell UOP UpCycle Process Technology to convert mixed waste plastics into recycled polymer feedstock (RPF)

Bluewater supports plastic waste cleanup

Company helped clean 85,000 kilograms of plastic waste in the past three years from coastal areas

NOVA Chemicals spins off business for recycled products

NOVA Chemicals Corporation has established a new business, NOVA Circular Solutions, focusing on lower-emission, recycled solutions

The drive for greater plastics circularity

Brand owners and packaging converters in the plastics industry are facing major bottlenecks in recycled content availability. To overcome this challenge and meet ambitious recycling targets, recyclers and material recovery facilities (MRFs) are using advanced technologies to produce feedstock for high-grade applications, expanding their business opportunities.

Chemical plastics recycling is not a silver bullet

As the pyrolysis and depolymerization projects ramp up, one question is where the recycled material will be used?