Freudenberg Performance Materials (Freudenberg) has been shortlisted for the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2020, in the category “Building and Construction Product of the Year” for the project “The virtuous lifecycle of a PET bottle”. Every year, these prestigious awards aim to recognize…

In a world that seems to be drowning in plastic bottles, recycling this waste into useful materials would help to reduce its environmental impact. KAUST researchers have now invented a way to turn plastic bottles into porous membranes that could be used as molecular filters in the chemical industry.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is the first airline in the world to recycle PET bottles to make tools for repairing and maintaining its aircraft. Empty bottles are collected at the end of every flight and transformed into filament, the material used in 3D printers. This process means an empty water bottle…

Neste and REMONDIS have signed an agreement to collaborate in the development of chemical recycling of plastic waste. The companies will focus on developing and accelerating chemical recycling with a target to reach an annual capacity to process over 200 kilotons of waste plastic.

+++ Innovative extrusion process +++ Interseroh improves benefit to customers and the environment by investing in innovative “one extrusion process” +++ Recent study by the Fraunhofer Institute UMSICHT demonstrates the climate and resource protecting effects of the Recycled-Resource process +++

Complex PET plastics prepared for the production of insulating foam - The SOPREMA Group, one of the world's leading waterproofing and insulation companies, inaugurated the SOPRALOOP recycling plant in Strasbourg on 9 July 2019. 
This plant uses a globally unique process that makes it possible for…

Leading Austrian companies are joining forces in the RePETitio project, following an initiative of Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen GmbH to prove that PET-waste other than PET bottles can successfully be recycled into new high-quality products.

Government impact assessment demonstrates that ‘all-in’ deposit system is a no-brainer for the economy, says CPRE. The economic benefit of a deposit return system, which included every drinks can and bottle – both plastic and glass – would be eight times greater than the economic benefit of a…

University of Portsmouth scientists, who have engineered an enzyme that can break down some of the world’s most commonly polluting plastics, have been awarded £5.8 million through the Government’s modern Industrial Strategy.

SABIC today introduced its LNP™ ELCRIN™ iQ portfolio of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) compounded resins derived from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) to support the circular economy and help reduce plastic waste. By chemically upcycling consumer-discarded PET (primarily single-use water…

Plastipak Italia Preforme s.r.l., a subsidiary of Plastipak Packaging, and Garbo S.r.l. have entered into an exclusive relationship in Italy to develop and bring to market industrial scale PET chemical recycling for use in preform and bottle applications.