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Recycled Content
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Loop Industries takes next step to manufacturing
MONTRÉAL – Loop Industries is partnering with Chemtex Global Corporation and Invista Performance Technologies (IPT) to roll out manufacturing facilities that use Loop’s depolymerization technology. Infinite Loop manufacturing facilities will provide an end-to-end solution to meet the global demand for…
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Geomega looks to recycle rare earths from new U.S. plant
MONTREAL – Quebec-based Geomega Resources Inc. has been designated the recycler for rare earth-containing production waste from USA Rare Earth’s future production of sintered neodymium iron boron (NdFeB) permanent magnets (sintered neo magnets) in the United States. Based in Boucherville…
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Ocean plastics may buoy Europe R-PET market
Recycled polymer markets in Europe are developing at a much faster pace than their virgin counterparts
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Report slams corporate inaction on plastic pollution
BERKELEY, Calif. – The largest companies are far too slow in adopting responsive actions and promoting reusability, recyclability, or compostability in their packaging, and are failing to shift away from wasteful packaging and toward circular models that prioritize absolute reduction.…
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Bottled up frustration for PET
Changes in tourism and travel due to the pandemic will affect pries and supply of PET resin feedstocks
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Feds fund four SMEs’ works on ocean plastic
OTTAWA – Four Canadian small businesses will receive grants to expand their work recycling and adapting fishing and aquaculture equipment and abandoned fishing gear into useful biodegradable products. The over $2 million in funding is part of the second phase…
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False arguments being used to promote post-consumer recycled content
Specifying pre- and post-consumer targets is counterproductive
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NOVA Chemicals and Enerkem collaborate on plastics recycling
CALGARY – NOVA Chemicals Corporation, a producer of chemicals and plastic resins, and Enerkem Inc., a waste to renewable fuels and chemicals producer, will explore turning non-recyclable and non-compostable municipal waste into ethylene, a basic building block of plastics. Working…
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Sustana mill in Quebec now accepting recycled cartons
DENTON, Texas – Sustana Fiber’s paper mill in Lévis, Quebec, is now accepting recycled food and beverage cartons. Every carton recycled helps provide the raw materials needed to produce essential items, such as toilet paper and paper towels. “At Sustana,…
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Troy University researching uses for recycled medical plastic
TROY, Alabama – Troy University’s Center for Materials and Manufacturing Sciences is undertaking new research aimed to bolster production of personal protective equipment (PPEs) for healthcare workers and create new avenues for recycling medical plastic waste. The ongoing coronavirus crisis…