Category: (Bio-) PET
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European PET Industry encourages adoption of the CEN Design-for-Recycling Standards:A Needed Major Step Towards PPWR Implementation
https://petcore-europe.prezly.com/european-pet-industry-encourages-adoption-of-the-cen-design-for-recycling-standardsa-needed-major-step-towards-ppwr-implementation
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Selective PET recycling: Iron catalyst and alcohols convert bottles and textiles into valuable compounds
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-pet-recycling-iron-catalyst-alcohols.html
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CARBIOS and Wankai New Materials partner on PET biorecycling technology in Asia
https://www.carbios.com/newsroom/en/carbios-and-wankai-new-materials-a-subsidiary-of-zhink-group-are-committed-to-the-large-scale-deployment-of-carbios-pet-biorecycling-technology-in-asia
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L’Occitane en Provence rolls out first bottle made from 100% bio-recycled PET
https://www.premiumbeautynews.com/en/l-occitane-en-provence-rolls-out,26431
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Waste PET Bottle-Based Midsoles
https://www.cleanthesky.com/innovation/far-eastern-new-century
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One-Pot Synthesis of PBAT from PET Waste Using Metal-DES Catalytic Systems for Sustainable Packaging Applications
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsomega.5c04609
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Researchers in Japan advance in a biodegradable compound to replace petroleum-derived PET plastics.
Researchers in Japan advance in a biodegradable compound to replace petroleum-derived PET plastics.
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PDCA: The New Biodegradable Plastic That Could Replace PET
https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/pdca-the-new-biodegradable-plastic-that-could-replace-pet-1820002299-1
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Scientists Develop New Biodegradable Plastic Stronger Than PET
https://newsable.asianetnews.com/gallery/international/climate-change/new-biodegradable-plastic-stronger-than-pet-r2a4557?photo=1
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Scientists Create a Biodegradable Plastic Stronger Than PET
https://www.technologynetworks.com/applied-sciences/news/scientists-create-a-biodegradable-plastic-stronger-than-pet-404375
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Origin Materials signs PET bottle cap agreement with Hordijk
https://ecoplasticsinpackaging.com/end-markets/beverages/origin-signs-pet-bottle-cap-agreement-with-hordijk
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Boulder-based organization seeks to make pet food bags sustainable
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/boulder-based-organization-seeks-to-make-pet-food-bags-sustainable
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CARBIOS enters the r-PET market for tire textile filaments
https://www.carbios.com/newsroom/en/carbios-enters-the-r-pet-market-for-tire-textile-filaments
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Avantium plant-based polymer granted PET stream compatibility
What’s the point of buying PEF if it ends up in the PET recycling stream?
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RecyClass Validates Avantium’s PET/PEF Bottle as Fully Recyclable in PET Stream (FREE)
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CARBIOS signs its first biorecycled PET sales contracts with two global cosmetics leaders (FREE)
Read CARBIOS signs its first biorecycled PET sales contracts with two global cosmetics leaders
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Unpacking the Challenges of Life Cycle Assessment: Evaluating the Environmental Impact of PET Upcycling in upPE-T (FREE)
Plastics have become an indispensable part of modern life, yet their environmental footprint remains a critical challenge. Currently, over 98% of plastics are derived from non-renewable fossil fuels, contributing significantly to carbon emissions and environmental degradation. While some plastics are biobased, not all of them are recyclable, reusable, or biodegradable, limiting their role in sustainable material cycles. Among…
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Beyond Recycling: How Enzymicals AG is Advancing Enzymatic PET Upcycling (FREE)
Every year, over 70 million tons of PET are produced globally, contributing to persistent plastic waste. While conventional recycling methods have limitations, the EU Horizon 2020-funded upPE-T project is exploring enzymatic PET hydrolysis as a pathway to upcycle plastic waste into biodegradable polyhydroxybutyrate-valerate (PHBV). Enzymicals AG plays a key role in optimizing PETase enzymes for…
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Suez, Loop, and SK Geo Centric abandon Plans for Chemical Recycling Plant
The chemical recycling mirage is literally vanishing as we speak.
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The most sustainable plastic packaging for cosmetic products (My opinion)
This is probably the most sustainable packaging solution for cosmetic products. It will be launched in Austria and Germany in October. If you’re a fool, you try to look for a compostable plastic option from the certified plastic maffiosi and put your company at risk of greenwashing, or you can play safe and go for…
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Exploratory DSC investigation on the solvolytic depolymerization of PET in varied solvent systems and in the presence of model additives and contaminants
Exploratory DSC investigation on the solvolytic depolymerization of PET in varied solvent systems and in the presence of model additives and contaminants
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SK chemicals, Hyosung Advanced Materials, and Hankook Tire Commercialize South Korea’s First Chemically Recycled PET Tire
SK chemicals, Hyosung Advanced Materials, and Hankook Tire Commercialize South Korea’s First Chemically Recycled PET Tire
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Low-energy chemical recycling method could offer solution for mixed and biobased plastics
Low-energy chemical recycling method could offer solution for mixed and biobased plastics
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JEPLAN and Osaka Gas partner on PET chemical recycling
JEPLAN announces capital and business alliance with Osaka Gas
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Boosting PET recycling with higher standards for laboratory experiments
Assessment of Four Engineered PET Degrading Enzymes Considering Large-Scale Industrial Applications
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Project to convert PE(T) waste into PHA and PHBV
Interantional project to convert PE and PET waste into PHA of the type PHBV
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Soft Drinks and Water Industry ask to install Prima Nocta on recyclates industry
Why priority access to recyclates should be secured in the proposed EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation — I mean Why not go back to a planned economy? Or you know what, let’s just instate Stalinism.
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Will the fashion industry outgrow PET bottles if chemical recycling for textiles takes off?
As concerns about fast-fashion waste gain more attention, well-funded startups and longstanding chemical companies are starting to scale up the textile recycling market.
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Microbial Upcycling of Waste PET to Adipic Acid
Plastic-eating bacteria turn waste into useful starting materials for other products
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Axens, IFPEN and JEPLAN partner on PET chemical recycling in Japan
Axens, IFPEN and JEPLAN announce the start-up operation of Rewind® PET semi-industrial unit in Japan for the chemical recycling of PET
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EU Plastic Recyclers against the ‘Right of First Refusal’
The EU Plastic Recycling industry doesn’t want to become the ‘butler’ of the soft drink industry — Recycling Industry representatives will have to bow for soft drink industry reps. The soft drink industry have also asked to reinstall the ‘prima nocta’ principle.
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Revalyu builds US chemical recycling plant
revalyu Resources breaks ground on its first PET recycling facility in the United States
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The Dark Secret of Polyester
PET is the most circular plastic and it’s future is supposed to be prosper but social media influencer(s) may well put an abrupt end to this fairy tale. To tell you the truth, I’m a bit uneasy with what I’ve just seen and heard. How could I have missed that one.
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Neste, Suntory and Mitsubishi Partner on Bio-PET (FREE)
Cooperation marks the first time renewable Neste RE is used for production of PET, one of the most commonly used polymers for drinking bottles. This is a FREE article
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Origin Materials and Terphane Partner on Bio-PET
Terphane and Origin Materials form strategic partnership to produce sustainable, high-performance packaging
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PET Seems to be the Winner of the Bioplastics Fiasco
Is biodegradable packaging really the answer to the world’s plastic addiction? — It seems that more and more people step away from the bioplastics “mirage”. PET may be the winner of the vacuum created by the fake bioplastics promises. I think the main problem is that the ‘bioplastics pool’ is full of dishonest lobbyists. The…
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LanzaTech and Plastipak Partner to Produce World’s First PET Resin Made from Waste Carbon
LanzaTech and Plastipak Packaging, announce they have successfully produced PPKNatura, the world’s first polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin made from captured carbon emissions.
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Citeo launches first French PET closed loop recycling for PET pots and trays
Thanks to innovative technologies combining mechanical, chemical and enzymatic recycling, the majority of pots and trays used in France from 2025, for example for the packaging of cold meats or pastries, will be recycled to allow reuse in contact with food. This is a first that marks the start of a true circular economy for…
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Hasbro Goes Bio-PET Packaging
Hasbro goes for Bio-PET packaging — BIO-PET is the only bioplastics, to my knowledge, that “theoretically” has a circular end-of-life. In practice, it would depend from country to country or even region to region.
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Evergreen and Vinmar Join Cyclyx
Cyclyx International, a consortium-based post-use plastic innovation company with a mission to increase the recyclability of plastic from 10% to 90%, has announced the addition of Evergreen, North America’s largest producer of recycled PET (rPET), to the Cyclyx consortium.
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Study Compares Plastic Recycling Methods
Technical, Economic, and Environmental Comparison of Closed-Loop Recycling Technologies for Common Plastics
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EFSA Determines Plastic Produced by Poly Recycling is Food Safe
Safety assessment of the process Poly Recycling, based on the EREMA Basic technology, used to recycle post-consumer PET into food contact materials — While the bioplastics industry has chosen a divisive and exclusion strategy; the PET industry is making quiet but tangible progress. Good luck to dethrone the PET industry!
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US Enzymes Recycling Technology for Bottles and Textiles
Scientists Discover Enzymes That Could Make It Cheaper To Recycle Waste Polyester Textiles and Bottles Than Making Them From Petroleum
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RePEaT to License Polyester Chemical Recycling Technology
RePEaT is a joint venture formed by Teijin, JGC and Itochu.
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Eastman and Pepsico Partner on Chemical Recycling
Eastman confirms offtake agreement with PepsiCo for third US chemical recycling site
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L’Occitane Goes for rPET Cosmetic Bottles (FREE)
Loop Industries And L’occitane En Provence Unveil New Bottle Manufactured With 100% Recycled Pet Resin From Loop’s Upgraded Production Facility In Terrebonne Quebec, Canada — This may well be the most sustainable packaging choice I’ve seen this year. This is a FREE article
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Toray Bio Polyester Headsets
Toray Develops ”Ultrasuede™ nu” using 100% Plant-based polyester for Headrest Covers of ANA Green Jet
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PEF Bottles Have Lower Carbon Footprint than PET Bottles Says LCA
A new bio-based polymer could be good news for the environment. A recent assessment of its industrial production and use in bottles points to potentially major reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions — You want to replace billions of PET bottles with PEF bottles? Good luck with that!
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rPET Becomes Unpayable
In the EU, recycled PET is becoming almost as rare and expensive as white truffles or gold. The reason is everybody wants qualitative recycled PET from beverage bottles, and the demand significantly exceeds the offer.
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Coke Eliminates Green PET
Two of The Coca-Cola Company’s biggest brands in North America are taking major steps to support a circular economy for plastic packaging.
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rPET Accoustic Panels
Step by step, PET is becoming the most circular plastic; making the circularity gap with other plastics huge.
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EFSA Opinion on French rPET for Food Contact Application
Safety assessment of the process Wellman Neufchateau Recyclage (WNR), based on the NGR technology, used to recycle post-consumer PET into food contact materials — What a coincidence! Just in time for the PET Buffalo Bill show.
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CJ CheilJedang and Kyungpook National University Partner on PET Biodegradation
CJ Cheil Jedang works with university researchers to commercialize enzymes for biological plastic recycling
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rPET Used in Racing Cars
Titan race car features rPET honeycomb in front wing to withstand forces 1000 times its own weight — What looks like a details, is a giant leap
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Danone and Lanzatech Partner on Carbon Capture for PET
LanzaTech, with the support of Danone, Discovers Method to Produce Sustainable PET Bottles from Captured Carbon
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Leipzig University Research on PET Biodegradation
Newly Discovered Enzyme Breaks Down Pet Plastic In Record Time
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rPET Shortage in EU
Soft drinks industry faces a recycled plastic shortage, says Ribena maker
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Lotte Chemicals to Invest in Bioplastics
Lotte chemical will make a large investment in bioplastics
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EU Beverage Industry Wants Priority Access to rPET
Efficient waste collection schemes, closed-loop recycling and access to recycled content are crucial to accelerating the transition to a circular economy in Europe
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Imperial College London Research on PET and PU Biodegradation
The MIPLACE project, led by Imperial and involving partners based in Germany, Spain and France, investigates the use of microorganisms for the recycling of PET and polyurethane plastic waste
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Huhtamaki Launches Mono Material Pharma Packaging
Huhtamaki launches Push Tab® blister lid, a first-to-market, aluminum-free, mono-material PET blister lidding, for the global healthcare industry
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Italian Depolymerisation Plant for PET and Polyester
Video of the first depolymerization demo plant in Italy for PET flakes and polyester from textile waste.
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rPET Bottles are Toxic Says New Study
Recycled plastic bottles leach more chemicals into drinks, review finds
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Australian Advanced Recycling Technology
Australian National University are working on super enzymes to degrade plastic waste and nylon — ECHO INSTRUMENTS, Technology to Measure & Analyse Plastic Biodegradation
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Oxygen Barrier: PET vs PLA
PET Industry compares PET with PLA in terms of oxygen transmission
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PET Market in Europe 2022 Report
This report, delivered by PRE in partnership with PETCORE Europe, NMWE and UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe, provides the latest data and trends on: the current state of the PET market in Europe, key changes impacting the market and the challenges faced by the supply chain and also talks about how the future PET market will…
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Bio Pet Medical Material
Jones Healthcare Group Makes Impact on Sustainability and Pharmacy Operations With Expanded Medication Adherence Packaging Offering
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Engineered Microorganisms for PET Waste
Researchers Engineer Microorganisms To Tackle PET Plastic Pollution
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Coke, Changchun and UPM Partner on Biomaterials
Coca-Cola, Changchun Meihe and UPM Cooperate to Commercialize Next-Generation Biomaterials
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Coke France Goes Attached Cap
In order to be able to significantly reduce their carbon footprint, Coca-Cola France and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners France are announcing two new innovations: the launch of 50cl small-format bottles in 100% recycled plastic and the switch to the cap attached to all plastic bottles. plastic from its range, from the end of 2022.
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Converting PET Waste Into PHA
Direct fermentative conversion of poly(ethylene terephthalate) into poly(hydroxyalkanoate) by Ideonella sakaiensis
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FrieslandCampina Shoots First Bullet at Glass Packaging
Are glass bottles doomed to disappear from the shelves because of their carbon footprint?
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Clothes from PET Bottles is Greenwashing
Why making clothes from plastic bottles will not solve fashion’s waste crisis
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Lanzatech and Migros Partner on CO2 PET Bottle
LanzaTech leads the way in getting consumer goods from recycled carbon to market
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ALPLA Partners on PET Recycling in Romania
ALPLA, Ecohelp and UPT launch joint PET recycling operations in Romania
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