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?

Food packaging to use post-consumer plastic garbage

Noodles packaging in Malaysia will soon be wrapped in plastic wrap derived from recovered post-consumer plastic. Saudi Arabia-based chemical producer SABIC and packaging manufacturer Scientex have worked together to develop…

Biorecycling summit looks at plastic circularity

Carbios, a PET recycling innovator, hosted the world’s first PET Biorecycling Summit December 7 and 8, 2022, in Paris

Technology developments pushing chemical recycling

In this article, IDTechEx explores the early-stage technologies for chemical recycling and assesses the players and likely commercial impact

Joint venture will convert plastic waste to high-value chemicals

Synova, SABIC Global Technologies B.V., and Technip Energies (T.EN) have have agreed to collaborate on the development and realization of a commercial plant, which will produce olefins and aromatics from plastic waste

Pyrowave recycled styrene on its way to Michelin plant

Pyrowave technology has passed Michelin Group’s quality tests with the first 99.8% pure recycled styrene monomer produced from polystyrene waste

Clean Planet Energy building 10 new plants in the UK

Clean Planet Energy has secured funding from private equity firm Crossroads Real Estate for its flagship plastic-to-fuel plant in Teesside, North East England. Currently under construction, this will be…

Avery Dennison joins plastics pact

Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials has joined the U.S. Plastics Pact

Loblaw cutting back on bags

Grocery giant Loblaw is eliminating single use plastic bags from its stores across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories starting November 1