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Plastics
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Plastic converted to oil in project to raise awareness
TYLER, Texas – A non-profit in Hawaii has collected over 1.2 million plastic caps and lids and shipped them to Texas for conversion into oil. Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawaii (B.E.A.C.H.) co-founders Suzanne Frazer and Dean Otsuki spearheaded a campaign…
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Significant risk of EU missing plastic recycling targets
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has assessed a significant risk that the EU will not meet its plastic packaging recycling targets for 2025 and 2030
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Tim Hortons steps up to plastics ban
TORONTO – Tim Hortons says it is in the process of introducing paper straws in its 4,000 restaurants in Canada and plans to complete the transition from plastic by early 2021. Almost 90 Tim Hortons restaurants in and near Vancouver…
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Plastics association questions Canada’s ban
Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) president and CEO Tony Radoszewski warned Canada’s new regulation banning single use plastics contradicts established science and could undermine the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). In a statement Radoszewski said: “The action being taken by the…
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Silk-producing bacteria next target for engineers
Team from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute exploring genetically engineered microorganism that “eats” petroleum-based plastic waste and converts it to a biodegradable plastic alternative
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Polystyrene recycling facility slated for Illinois
CHANNAHON, Illinois – INEOS Styrolution and AmSty, two of the largest global producers of polystyrene, plan to construct a joint 100-ton-per-day facility in Channahon, Illinois. The plant will use Agilyx’s technology to recycle post-use polystyrene products back into virgin-equivalent styrene…
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Recycling isn’t enough
The world’s plastic pollution crisis is only getting worse
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Milliken joins the Polypropylene Recycling Coalition
SPARTANBURG, South Carolina – As part of a multi-pronged strategy aimed to amplify plastic circularity, Milliken & Company has joined the Polypropylene Recycling Coalition, an industry collaboration established by The Recycling Partnership to improve polypropylene (PP) plastic recovery and recycling…
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BC takes sweeping action on plastics
VICTORIA – British Columbia is moving to approve bylaws banning single-use plastics for the municipalities of Richmond, Victoria, Saanich, Tofino and Ucluelet, clearing the way for those communities to implement their bans. The province will also consider other bylaws as…
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What happens to the plastic you recycle?
Researchers lift the lid