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

Clean Planet Energy secures plastic supply for new plant in Alabama

KW Plastics, a recycler of HDPE and PP rigid plastic, will provide plastic scrap to Clean Planet’s Energy North America division’s new ecoPlant, that is being built in Alabama. Up…

New Turkish recycling plant to use Honeywell polymer process

Biotrend Energy will use Honeywell’s UpCycle Process Technology in its planned plastics recycling factory in Turkey

CIC joins in EU-funded plastic waste project

The Circular Innovation Council has partnered with the Reducing Plastic Waste in Canada project funded by the European Union

Finnish firm to spin off plastics recycling arm

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd has announced it plans to spin out a new company – Olefy Technologies

African digital innovators are turning plastic waste into value – but there are gaps

Growing numbers of NGOs and innovators across the continent are developing digital solutions to reduce plastic waste generation, and promoting reuse and recycling of plastic products