Circular Economy New tracking tool helps source recycled plastic February 9, 2021 With demand currently outstripping supply, particularly for food grade packaging plastics, many FMCGs, manufacturers and converters are finding sourcing the feedstock they require to hit regulatory and sustainability goals challenging.
Plastics LyondellBasell and SUEZ increase plastics recycling capacity December 28, 2020 ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands and PARIS – LyondellBasell, one of the world’s largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies and SUEZ, a supplier of environmental services, have jointly acquired Tivaco,…
Recycled Content LA pilots plastic asphalt December 23, 2020 Neo Founder and President Sean Weaver inspects the part of the road-recycling train that mixes his Neo polymer binder with the recycled asphalt aggregate to create the new Neo plastic…
Plastics Storopack makes packaging from post-consumer recycled expanded polystyrene December 16, 2020 METZINGEN, Germany – Storopack has delivered the first protective packaging made from 100 percent rEPS (recycled expanded polystyrene) to a customer. French medical supplies company Prevor is the first customer…
Plastics Loop Industries takes next step to manufacturing September 8, 2020 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…
Material recovery Geomega looks to recycle rare earths from new U.S. plant July 16, 2020 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…
Oceans Ocean plastics may buoy Europe R-PET market July 1, 2020 Recycled polymer markets in Europe are developing at a much faster pace than their virgin counterparts
Circular Economy Report slams corporate inaction on plastic pollution June 18, 2020 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…
COVID-19 Bottled up frustration for PET June 17, 2020 Changes in tourism and travel due to the pandemic will affect pries and supply of PET resin feedstocks
Oceans Feds fund four SMEs’ works on ocean plastic June 11, 2020 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…
