Category: Chemical & Advanced Recycling
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Minnesota Companies Join Initiative to Advance Film Recycling Efforts
The coalition says 18 companies and organizations are joining efforts to develop a circular economy for flexible film in the Upper Midwest region.
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Saipem and Garbo Partner on Chemical Recycling
The agreement also provides for the construction on an industrial scale of the first chemical plastic recycling plant in Italy
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Chemical Recycling Facility Bill in Illinois Highlights Tensions Around Future Permitting
The bill would extend the timeline for an unnamed facility to start construction, after the state previously passed a supportive law. It has also kicked off debate around a proposed EPS foam ban.
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Pyrolysis Kinetics of Lignin-Based Flame Retardants Containing MOFs Structure for Epoxy Resins
This study describes the preparation of a lignin-based expandable flame retardant (Lignin-N-DOPO) using grafting melamine and covering 9,10-dihydro-9-oxa-10-phosphaphenanthrene-10-oxide (DOPO) using the Mannich reaction
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What Is Chemical Recycling? The Good And The Bad
The term ‘chemical recycling’ is a little obscure, encompassing a range of recycling processes, with some offering hope and some sparking scepticism. Resource investigates the technologies and processes that sit beneath the umbrella term – to unpick which might be considered good, bad, or downright ugly. This article was published by Resource magazine
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Study on the World First Commercialization of Polycarbonate Resin Chemical Recycling
The Mitsubishi Chemical Group (the MCG Group) has started a study aimed at realizing a processing capacity of approximately 10,000 tons per year by 2030, seeking to commercialize the world’s first chemical recycling by depolymerization of polycarbonate resin (PC resin)
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TotalEnergies and Paprec Partner on Chemical Recycling in France
Grandpuits Zero-Crude Platform: TotalEnergies and Paprec Develop the First French Value Chain for Advanced Recycling of Plastic Film
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Single-use Plastic Waste Upcycled Using New Non-Toxic Process
Bags, masks turned into ‘carbon dots’ nanomaterial that has several uses in medical field
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Zero Waste Europe Says No to Clothes Made of PET Bottles
Materials must stay within their loop to ensure a true circular economy. Bottles to bottles, textiles fibres to textile fibres
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Hard Plastics Can be Recycled if they are Constructed Differently
Research Provides New Way To Recycle Hard Plastics
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Carboliq to Build Chemical Recycling Plant in Germany
Chemical recycling of complex multilayer films / Planned construction of a 10,000 t/y plant in Germany
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Aduro Clean Technologies and Chill Partner on Chemical Recycling
Aduro Clean Technologies and CHILL Collaborate to Advance Chemical Recycling Research at Brightlands Chemelot Campus
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Recon Technology Goes Chemical Recycling
Recon Plans to Expand into the Plastics Chemical Recycling Business and Attended the 27th China Plastics Recycling Conference and Exhibition to Explore Cutting-Edge Technologies
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Researchers Use Light to Convert Abundant Lignin into Plastic that can be Continually Recycled
New process could advance a waste-free system of polymer manufacture and re-use known as the circular plastic economy
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Morrisons Opens Chemical Recycling Plant in Scotland
Site tackles UK challenge of ‘hard to recycle’ soft plastic. The site is the first of its kind that can process a mix of plastics, including film, into reusable materials
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Lyondellbasell and Kirkbi Partner on Chemical Recycling
LyondellBasell and KIRKBI invest in APK to develop recycling technology
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Dow Caught Greenwashing on Shoe Recycling
Reuters investigation raises serious doubts over authenticity of Dow’s Singapore shoe recycling program — I think it’s beyond greenwashing; it’s fraud.
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Can Clothes Ever Be Fully Recycled?
The world’s first commercial-scale textile recycling mill is a milestone in tackling fashion’s colossal waste problem.
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Lyondellbasell and Nexus Circular Partner on Chemical Recycling
LyondellBasell and Nexus Circular today announced they have signed a definite long-term contract, which will supply LyondellBasell with approximately 24,000 tons of recycled feedstock per year.
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The Stealth Export of Waste Plastic Clothes to Kenya (FREE)
Textile waste, which is actually plastic waste (polyester), branded as second hand clothing for Africa. Is the export of second hand clothing a calamity for Africa? This is a FREE article
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EU Procedure Against France Regarding Waste Management Labels
Commission calls on FRANCE to ensure that its labelling requirements concerning waste sorting instructions comply with the principle of free movement of goods
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Mattress Recycling Not as Effective as Often Assumed (FREE)
Polyurethane foam recycling not as effective as often assumed. Analysis reveals foam recycling misses 1:1 displacement. Article by David Goldstein.
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The Problem With Recycling According to Tom Szaky
Tom is my favourite hoarder but he’s working on it and we should support him.
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Recycling Still a ‘Marginal Activity’ as Single-Use Plastic Production Ramps Up
Over the past few years, 15 times more single-use plastic was produced than recycled amid growing scrutiny of efforts by petrochemicals firms to stem the flow of plastic pollution.
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Aduro Clean Technologies and Western University Chemical Recycling Partnership Update
Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. a Canadian developer of patented water-based technologies to chemically recycle plastics and to transform heavy crude and renewable oils into new-era resources and higher-value fuels, is happy to provide a progress update on its joint research project “Tuning Supercritical Fluids for Polymer Recycling to Monomers and Chemicals.”
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Plastics Need a Complete Redesign to Make them Recyclable
The challenge is the complexity and diversity of plastics.
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New Study to Explore Upcycling the Microfibres Released from Laundering Clothes
Xeros Technology has partnered with the University of Surrey to jointly fund pioneering research to upcycle the microfibres captured from laundering clothes into a useful, and valuable carbon material.
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New Mexico NGOs Against Chemical Recycling
Letter To Governor Grisham About Chemical Recycling, January 17, 2023
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US Gov Study Says Chemical Recycling are Problematic
‘Advanced’ Recycling of Plastic Using High Heat and Chemicals Is Costly and Environmentally Problematic, A New Government Study Finds
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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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PureCycle to Build Chemical Recycling Plant in Belgium
Purecycle, Port Of Antwerp-Bruges Announce Nextgen District As Location For Purecycle’s First Plastic Recycling Plant In Europe
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Borealis Buys Majority Stake in Renasci
Borealis acquires a majority stake in Renasci signalling on-going commitment to leading the transformation to a circular economy
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Colorado Company First to Offer BPI Certified Compostable Bar Wrappers
BAR-U-EAT is demonstrating their commitment to sustainability and changing the packaging paradigm by becoming the first company to offer BPI Certified Compostable Bar Wrappers.
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Plastics Recycling Doesn’t Work Says Former EPA Official
The problem with recycling plastic lies not with the concept or process but with the material itself.
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Samyang Corporation Develops Recycled Content Polycarbonate
Samyang Corporation Develops Korea’s first eco-friendly polycarbonate with 90% recycled plastic content
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117 Organisations Urge New York to Reject Chemical Recycling
On the eve of a new legislative session starting in January, more than 117 New York organizations called on the New York State Legislature to reject state legislation that promotes the burning of plastics, also known as “chemical recycling.”
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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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Sumitomo Chemical Completes Construction of Pilot Facility for Acrylic Resin Chemical Recycling
Accelerating the development of a circular system for plastics through cross-industry collaboration
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TotalEnergies Joins Nextloopp
TotalEnergies joins NEXTLOOPP to accelerate the development of food-grade recycled polymers
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Plastic Energy and SK Geocentric Partner on Chemical Recycling
(CES) SK Geocentric signs license contract with British firm for plastic recycling plant
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US Lawmakers say Chemical Recycling Contributes to Climate Change and Environmental Injustice
Congress Urges EPA to Maintain Clean-Air Regulations on Chemical Recycling of Plastics
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Chevron Phillips Chemical Promotes Recycling in West Columbia
The West Columbia area will be able to participate in recycling again thanks to the efforts of Wendy Irwin, public affairs representative for the Chevron Phillips Chemical Co.
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Belgian NGO is Recycling Human Hair to Protect the Environment
A Belgian NGO has discovered a way to recycle hair collected from hairdressers to preserve the environment. The Hair Recycle Project uses machines to turn locks and braids into matted squares that can be used to absorb oil and other hydrocarbons that harm the environment or be turned into bio-composite bags.
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First Chemically Recycled Powder Coating Material Successfully Commercialized
Entis and Chokwang Paint collaborate to develop eco-products from recycled waste plastic.
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Working Group to Boost Chemical Recycling in China
A joint working group consisting of industrial associations, plastics producers and recyclers has initiated a program to beef up the recycling of flexible plastics in China, a move experts believe will reduce waste and help with national climate targets.
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New York Carpet Recycling Bill Update
GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL is seeking to rewrite sections of a carpet recycling bill in a way that critics say could open the way to controversial “chemical recycling,” leaving backers of the legislation in tense disagreement over how to respond.
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New Technique to Recycle Nylon-6
Nylon-6 can be depolymerized selectively, nearly quantitatively, with no solvent, and at moderate temperatures to recover the monomer, ε-caprolactam, using a readily available lanthanum trisamido catalyst. Similar to unthreading pearls from a chain, the monomers are taken out of one end of the polymer one at a time.
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Stella McCartney and Protein Evolution Partner on Fibre-to-Fibre Recycling
The British designer is working with plastic recycling company Protein Evolution Inc to create recyclable resources from polyester and nylon textile waste.
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Article on Biorecycling of Plastic by Waste Dive
Biorecycling of plastics shows promise in its research phase. Can it be scaled?
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Refuse and Recycling Collection is 7th Deadliest Job in US
Refuse and recycling collection is now the seventh deadliest job in the U.S. with 34 reported fatalities in 2021, a drop from 38 in 2020.
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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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Anellotech to Develop Chemical Recycling for Mixed Waste Textiles
Anellotech to Advance Development of Tex-TCatTM, an Efficient Recycling Technology for Mixed Waste Textiles
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ExxonMobil Starts Production at Texas Chemical Recycling Plant
ExxonMobil starts operations at large-scale advanced recycling facility
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New Report Reveals the Scam of Advanced Recycling aka Pyrolysis
Loopholes, Injustice, & the “Advanced Recycling” Myth
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US EPR Adoption to Drive Up Plastic Recycling Rates Over Time
The adoption of extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws in more US states will drive up plastic recycling rates over time, a consultant said.
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Plastic Waste Reprocessing for Circular Economy: A Systematic Scoping Review of Risks to Occupational and Public Health from Legacy Substances and Extrusion
Poor control of plastics reprocessing feedstock must be urgently addressed.
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First Commercially Available Recycled Ocean Plastic Pellets in North America
OLF produces first commercially available plastic pellet – Legacy Plastic™
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First Chemical Recycling Plant in Egypt
Environ Adapt, an Intro Sustainable Resources company, and Honeywell intend to advance plastics circularity in Egypt through MOU
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Toray to Sell Chemical Recycled Fiber Products Derived from Fishing Nets
Toray to Domestically Sell Chemical Recycled Fiber Products Derived from Fishing Nets
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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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Plastic Energy CEO Reelected as CRE President
Carlos Monreal, Founder & CEO of Plastic Energy, elected for a new mandate as Chemical Recycling Europe
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Exxonmobil VP is Pushing for Chemical Recycling
Dave Andrew, Exxon’s vice president of new market development, sees chemical recycling as key to solving the pollution crisis.
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Recycling Previously Unrecyclable PVC
PVC has a zero % recycling waste in the US. Researchers have discovered a way to chemically recycle PVC into usable material
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TotalEnergies Corbion White Paper on PLA Recycling
Stay in the cycle, rethinking recycling with PLA bioplastics offers a summary of the recycling market for PLA — TotalEnergies Corbion is clearly on a new strategy course going for recycling instead of composting.
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LG Chem Invests in Chemical Recycling in South Korea
LG Chem Spurs Investments in Future Materials in Dangjin, Chungnam
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ExxonMobil, IPE & Plastic Energy Partner on Chemical Recycling In Indonesia
ExxonMobil, PT Indomobil Prima Energi, Plastic Energy collaborate on chemical recycling initiative in Indonesia
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LyondellBasell Goes Chemical Recycling in Germany
LyondellBasell Makes Decision to Progress Advanced Recycling Plant in Wesseling, Germany
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Renew ELP and px Group Partner on Chemical Recycling
ReNew ELP awards px Group O&M Contract at World’s First Commercial Scale Plastic Recycling Plant
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Borealis Advances Chemical Recycling with Borcycle
Borealis advances plastics circularity with the first-of-its-kind Borcycle™ M commercial-scale advanced mechanical recycling plant
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Ineos and Plastic Energy Partner on Chemical Recycling
INEOS signs agreement with Plastic Energy for its largest plant to produce 100,000 tonnes of raw materials from plastic waste
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Cyclyx, Exxon and LyondellBasell Partner on Chemical Recycling Plant
Cyclyx, ExxonMobil and LyondellBasell Advance First-of-its-Kind Plastic Processing Facility in Houston
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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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Coperion and Renov8 Partner on Chemical Recycling in UAE
Coperion supplies plant for chemical recycling of PMMA to Renov8
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Aduro and Western Ontario Partner on Chemical Recycling
Aduro Announces Award of $1.15 Million Joint NSERC Alliance-Mitacs Grant in Partnership with Western University
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Recyclability by Design Guide for 2023
Plastics resource and recycling charity, RECOUP, launch the 2023 edition of the popular ‘Recyclability By Design’ publication, the essential guide for all those involved in the development and design of plastic packaging.
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TotalEnergies Corbion Stimulates Recycling of PLA
TotalEnergies Corbion is stepping up its efforts in closing the recycling loop for PLA.
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Swedish Restaurant Goes for Biocomposites Furniture
The first recyclable restaurant in Sweden has kelp chairs
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Associated Press on Chemical Recycling
The plastics industry says there is way to help solve the crisis of plastic waste plaguing the planet’s oceans, beaches and lands— recycle it, chemically
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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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Mitsui Chemicals and Shell Partner on Chemical Recycling
Mitsui Chemicals Group to Produce Chemically Recycled Polyethylene Derived From Plastic Waste. Memorandum of Understanding signed with Shell for ethylene derived from plastic waste
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Advanced Plastics Recycling Yields Climate Benefits
The City College of New York Grove School of Engineering today released a new report which examined advanced recycling.
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Bottle Consortium Announce New Strategy for Mixed Plastic Waste
BOTTLE Project Outlines New Strategy for Valorization of Mixed Plastic Waste
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Greenpeace Says CGF Call for Chemical Recycling is Greenwashing
Greenpeace USA Slams Consumer Goods Forum Calls for More Chemical Recycling as Greenwashing
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New Method to Create Aromatic Compound from Waste
Integrated strategy for the synthesis of aromatic building blocks via upcycling of real-life plastic wastes
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TotalEnergies and Indaver Partner on Chemical Recycling
TotalEnergies and Indaver sign an offtake agreement for petrochemical feedstock from advanced recycling
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Consumer Goods Majors Look for 800 K Tons Chemical Recycled Plastic
Major Consumer Goods Companies Signal Shared Demand for 800,000 Tons of Chemically Recycled Materials – The Consumer Goods Forum — Good luck with that and beware of fraud
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BASF and Mercedes Partner on Chemical Recycling and Mass Balance
Go!Create – from scrap tire to door handle: Pyrolysis oil and biomethane enable production of mass-balanced plastics
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Plastic Recycling Breakthrough by UC Santa Barbara
Scientists develop a method of recycling plastic into high-value plastic molecules
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Carbon Footprint: Chemical vs Mechanical Recycling vs Reuse
Climate impact of pyrolysis of waste plastic packaging in comparison with reuse and mechanical recycling — I knew Chemical Recycling was the worse, but I didn’t expect that ratio.
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Scientist Upcycles PE waste into PP
A group of scientists has developed a process that uses a series of coupled catalytic reactions to transform end-of-life polyethylene into new polypropylene.
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New Catalyst for Polyester Chemical Recycling
High-performance catalyst that dissolves polyester and realizes chemical recycling
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Petronas and ExxonMobil Partner on Chemical Recycling
PCG and ExxonMobil to Collaborate on Plastic Recycling in Malaysia
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Environmental Health News on Chemical Recycling
Industry says chemical recycling could solve the plastic waste crisis, but environmental advocates and some lawmakers are skeptical
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Chemically Recycled Tootbrush
SK chemicals and KNK jointly develop the first “chemically recycled toothbrush” in Korea
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Interzero and Eastman Partner on Chemical Recycling in France
Interzero and Eastman Reach Long-Term Supply Agreement for Planned Molecular Recycling Facility in France
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Partnership to Recycle Synthetic Grass (FREE)
TenCate Grass launches first-of-its-kind synthetic turf recycling program in the US. Joint program with ExxonMobil and Cyclyx International designed to help solve longstanding challenge: how to efficiently recycle synthetic grass. This is a FREE article
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Dow and Mura Partner on Chemical Recycling in Germany
Dow and Mura Technology plan to locate Europe’s largest advanced recycling facility at Dow’s site in Böhlen, Germany
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SK Chemical Builds Global Infrastructure for Chemical Recycling
SK chemicals is set to build global infrastructure in China and other countries to meet the rapidly increasing demand for recycled plastic waste around the world.
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