Category: Chemical & Advanced Recycling
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EU Industry Investment Plan in Chemical Recycling
European plastics manufacturers plan 7.2 billion Euros of investment in chemical recycling – ROQUETTE, Perfecting the Performance of PET
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Leveling Cost and Carbon Footprint of Chemical Recycling
Leveling the cost and carbon footprint of circular polymers that are chemically recycled to monomer
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Ineos and Lactel Partner on Milk Bottles from Chemical Recycling
INEOS and LACTEL partner to produce the world’s first HDPE Milk Bottles from advanced recycling
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Farrel Pomini Partners on Chemical Recycling
FARREL POMINI is pleased to announce its investment in WF RECYCLE-TECH, a United Kingdom company with a patented pyrolysis system for recycling end-of-life tires.
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Plastic Waste Converted Into Jet Fuel in an Hour
Deconstruction of high-density polyethylene into liquid hydrocarbon fuels and lubricants by hydrogenolysis over Ru catalyst
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SK Chemicals Goes Chemical Recycling
SK chemicals expands “chemical recycling” materials lineup Expansion to account for 50% of sales by 2025
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Orlen Unipetrol Goes Chemical Recycling
ORLEN Unipetrol is testing chemical recycling of waste plastics
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LCA Mechanical and Chemical Recycling
Life cycle assessment of mechanical and thermochemical recycling
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Dow Podcast on Advanced Recycling
What is Advanced Recycling? How does it work? And what does this game-changing technology mean for our industry and consumers
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Maryland Introduces Bill to Ban Chemical Recycling
Prohibition on the Chemical Conversion of Plastic
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ACC Reacts to Arizona Bill on Chemical Recycling
Arizona Is 12th State to Enact Advanced Recycling Legislation to Help End Plastic Waste. American Chemistry Council Reacts to Arizona Bill on Chemical Recycling
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New Hope Energy and Chevron Phillips Partner on Chemical Recycling (FREE)
New Hope Energy Signs Agreement with Chevron Phillips Chemical.
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First Application of Enzymatic Recycling in Car Tires
Carbios and Michelin take a major step towards developing 100% sustainable tires
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Chemical Recycling Face 2 Problems
Plastics-to-oil recyclers face a double struggle according to Financial Times
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Borealis Starts Feasibility Study Chemical Recycling in Sweden
True to its EverMinds™ mind-set, Borealis drives collaborative project in Sweden to increase supply of chemically recycled feedstock for the manufacture of more circular base chemicals and plastic products
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New Hope Energy and Chevron Phillips Chemical Partner on Advanced Recycling
New Hope Energy Signs Advanced Recycling Agreement with Chevron Phillips Chemical
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Financial Times Video on Chemical Recycling
Less than 9 per cent of plastic waste is recycled, but an emerging industry promises to change that
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American Chemistry Council Welcomes Vriginia Advanced Recycling Law
American Chemistry Council Welcomes Virginia’s Enactment of Bipartisan Advanced Recycling Proposal into Law
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Recycling Old Tires To Strengthen Concrete
Most conventional production processes for graphene are time-consuming, solvent-intensive, and energetically demanding
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PLA Chemical Recycling with Mg and Zn Catalen
Mg(ii)- and Zn(ii)-catalen complexes for PLA production and recycling of commodity polyesters
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Covestro Closes the Loop on Polyurethane Mattresses
Covestro has developed an innovative process for the chemical recycling of polyurethane (PU) flexible foam from used mattresses
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Renew ELP and Wood Partner on Chemical Recycling in UK
ReNew ELP Announce Commencement of World’s First Site with Wood as EPC
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David Attenborough Supports UK Chemical Recycling Technology
David Attenborough has appeared in a video campaign for a new plastic recycling technology in the U.K.
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Plastic Energy and ExxonMobil Partner on Chemical Recycling
Plastic Energy Collaborates With ExxonMobil On Advanced Recycling Project In France
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Coles, Nestlé, LyondellBasell, Licella and iQ Renew Partner on Chemical Recycling
Coles, Nestlé, LyondellBasell, Licella and iQ Renew announce study into Australian-first for recycling
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Sabic Converts PET in PBT (FREE)
Over 100 Million Pet Bottles Are Upcycled Into Sabic’s Lnp™ Elcrin™ Iq Products Contributing To Net Zero Carbon Goals.
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SK Chemicals Markets Chemical Recycled Plastic
SK Chemical to market materials made from chemically recycled plastic waste
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AmberCycle Aims to End Fashion Waste
The ambercycle process enables true circularity for polyester by separating fibers within garments on a molecular level and reprocessing them as if they were brand new
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Agilyx and NextChem Partner on Pyrolysis
Maire Tecnimont Group’s Nextchem And Agilyx Sign An Agreement For The Global Deployment Of Chemical Recycling Projects Based On Pyrolysis
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Sweden Converts Cotton into Sugar
Researchers have developed a method that converts cotton into sugar, that in turn can be turned into spandex, nylon or ethanol
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Sabic and BP Partner on Chemical Recycling
BP and Sabic Embark On New Cooperation For Products From Advanced Plastics Recycling
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First Thermoplastic PU made from Post Consumer PE Waste
Novoloop Targets Footwear, Sporting Goods and Automotive Industries with World’s First High-Performance Material made from Post-Consumer Plastic Waste
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Agilyx and ExxonMobil Partner on Advanced Plastic Recycling (FREE)
Agilyx and ExxonMobil Establish Cyclyx Joint Venture to Supply Plastics Recycling Industry
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Chemical Recycling in South Carolina
Is there a danger of fire and explosion when it comes to turning plastic waste into fuel?
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New Advanced Recycling Plant in France
This may be a world premiere. Is this the first example of advanced recycling? The plant will produce rABS, rPS and rPP
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Sudpack, Recenso and Count Partner on Chemical Recycling
Südpack, Recenso and Count partner on chemical recycling project
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Natural Molecules Provides Recyclable Polymers
Scientists from the University of Groningen (The Netherlands) and the East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) in Shanghai produced different polymers from lipoic acid, a natural molecule
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Renewcell and Valmet Partner on Textile Recycling in Sweden
Renewcell selects Valmet as the main equipment supplier for Sundsvall textile recycling plant in Sweden
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Singapore Decides on Chemical Recycling
To address climate change and promote sustainability, Singapore will soon launch a Green Plan that will be a major policy priority for the Government
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Eastman Goes Molecular Recycling
Eastman and Governor Lee Announce World-Scale Plastic-to-Plastic Molecular Recycling Facility to be Built in Kingsport, Tenn.
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Industry Attempt to Change EU Plastic Legislation
Joint-industry statement on the Single-Use Plastics (SUP) draft Guidelines– Packaging: Better Regulation and the Single Market
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Chemical Recycling Reviewed by HuffPost France
Is chemical recycling a real solution or a fairy tale?
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Shell Invests in Canadian Chemical Recycling
Shell Invests In Quebec’s First Waste To Low-Carbon Fuels Plant
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Rabobank Report on Advanced Recycling
The Basics of Advanced Recycling: The Next Step in Plastic Packaging Waste Management
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Nova Chemicals on Pennsylvania Chemical Recycling Bill
The need for recycling innovation, especially for plastic materials, has never been greater. While plastic materials have great value and make our lives healthier and safer, we also know we must act urgently to solve the issue of plastic waste in the environment
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Review of Loop Industries Technology
loop industries announces independent review confirming effectiveness of patented technology. Independent testing by respected third-party research center confirms that Loop’s Gen II depolymerization technology is effective at producing pure monomers.
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Japan Partnership to Recycle Polystyrene
A major Japanese polystyrene (PS) manufacturer PS Japan Corp. is pursuing a demonstration project to test the chemical recycling of used PS.
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ExxonMobil Goes Chemical Recycling
Agilyx forms joint venture with ExxonMobil for plastic waste recycling
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Yoghurt Pot Made From Chemical Recycled PS
Total, intraplás and yoplait successfully demonstrated the feasibility of incorporating recycled polystyrene from chemical recycling into yogurt pots.
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Is this the First Chemical Recycling Bill?
Legislation that eases the regulatory environment for facilities that use certain technologies to process scrap plastics
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First Chemical Recycling with Negative Carbon Footprint
Clariter’s Unique Plastic Recycling Solution Achieves a Net Negative Carbon Footprint
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Plastic Waste Solution by University at Buffalo
To address plastic pollution crisis, researchers turn to AI-guided robots, chemical recycling
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Chemical Recycling by University of Wisconsin Madison
New solvent-based recycling process could cut down on millions of tons of plastic waste
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Mechanical vs Chemical Recycling
What is the difference between mechanical and chemical recycling? This is a free article
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First Textile to Bottle Upcycling
Carbios produces first clear plastic bottles from enzymatically recycled textile waste
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NextChem Launches MyRechemical
Nextchem is growing in circular economy and launches MyRechemical, its subsidiary for Waste to Chemical technologies
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UK Government Invests in Chemical Recycling
UKRI funding puts UK at the forefront of next generation plastic recycling
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Towards Catalytic Chemical Recycling
Toward Catalytic Chemical Recycling of Waste (and Future) Plastics
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Chemical Recycling: Big Investments vs NGOs
Companies are placing big bets on plastics recycling. Are the odds in their favor? Chemical recycling is attracting billions in capital spending, but environmentalists don’t think it will solve the plastic waste problem.
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Plastic Fuel is GreenWashing
Converting Plastic Fuel Back Into Fossil Form Is a New Method of Greenwashing.
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First US Plastic Fuel Plant
Here’s a video of the first US plant that will convert plastic waste into fuel.
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First Automobile to Drive on Plastic Waste?
Is this the first automobile that drives on plastic waste? Are we coming closer to back to the future?
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Recycling Technologies Joins Chemical Recycling Europe
Chemical Recycling Europe is pleased to welcome Recycling Technologies, a United Kingdom based company as a new member of the association.
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VTT Goes for Circular Polystyrene
Polystyrene can be circulated back to raw-material: MoPo project develops collection and reuse of the waste in Europe
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Greenpeace Against Chemical Recycling
Deception by the Numbers: Claims about Chemical Recycling Don’t Hold Up to Scrutiny
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Chemical Recycling Company Goes Oslo Stock Exchange
Recycling Company Announces Intention to List on Merkur Market.
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Loop Industries and Suez Partner on Infinitely Recyclable Plastic
Loop Industries and SUEZ announce strategic partnership to build first infinite Loop facility producing 100% recycled and infinitely recyclable plastic un Europe.
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Chemical Recycling Methods Overview
Advantages and Disadvantages of All Chemical Recycling Methods and general overview.
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Top EU Official Gives Opinion on Chemical Recycling
Interview with Kęstutis Sadauskas, Director for Circular Economy & Green Growth at the European Commission’s DG Environment, about the EU’s upcoming “Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability”
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New Plant Converts Plastic Films in Chemicals
Is this the first operational chemical recycling plant in Europe that converts unrecyclable plastic films in chemicals? They intend to build similar plants in Europe.
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Scientists Invent Infinitely Recyclable Plastic
The plastic retains its strength and durability after being recycled.
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Ineos Styrolution and Recycling Technologies Partner on PP Recycling
INEOS Styrolution and Recycling Technologies sign joint development agreement for recycling polystyrene.
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Sabic VP On Covid, Circularity and Chemical Recycling
SABIC sees COVID-19 change plastic usage, need to maintain sustainability efforts.
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The Chemical Recycling of PPE
Will India pioneer the chemical recycling of personal protective equipment?
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Dow Goes Chemical Recycling of Polyurethanes
Subscribe Now! Dow Polyurethanes has been working with recycling companies, equipment and material manufacturers, brand owners and other value chain participants in Europe to put in place a new business ecosystem to create a circular economy for polyurethanes.
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Nestle Waters Pushes Biorecycling
Infinite recycling of plastic bottles! “Plastic-munching” enzymes: science or fiction? Can all PET really be recycled again and again?
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CEFIC Position on Chemical Recycling
Today, just 15% of EU-collected plastic waste in the EU finds its way back into the EU plastic market. Chemical recycling can treat waste that can’t be recycled mechanically, and therefore plays an important role in the mix of solutions to tackle the problem of plastic waste.
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NGO Recommendations on Chemical Recycling Legislation
Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) and the Rethink Plastic Alliance (RPa) published a policy briefing on 7 steps to effectively legislate on chemical recycling.
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Norway Invests in Pyrolysis Chemical Recycling
Innovation Norway, the government’s instrument for innovation and development of Norwegian enterprises and industry, has awarded grants and loans to Scanship AS, a subsidiary of Vow ASA, to further commercialize the application of its patented pyrolysis technology for chemical recycling of plastic waste.











