In this report, Economist Impact examines the distinguishing characteristics of a range of plastic recycling technologies, presenting the results of an in-depth assessment informed by an advisory board and desk research. The report further explores the policy framework necessary to ...

A collaboration between four Danish companies has resulted in the launch of new ...

According to their website BottleBank™ is an innovative mobile recycling program in ...

It is the third worldwide innovation from Werner & Mertz to be awarded the ...

A new report from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) finds that Principal Members in the organization’s ReSource: Plastic program – Keurig Dr Pepper, McDonald's Corporation, Procter & Gamble, Starbucks, and The Coca-Cola Company – cut their use of problematic plastic [1] by ...

“Talking plainly. Acting sustainably. Showing progress.” This is the title of the ...

Located in Albacete, the new plant will have a maximum input capacity of 150 000 tonnes of post-consumer food-grade mixed plastics per year and produce 54 000 tonnes of rPET pellets per year Repetco Innovations is planning to make an initial investment of €47 million and ...

Invest-NL and Energietransitiefonds Rotterdam will jointly invest €15 million in Umincorp for the construction of a new rPET factory in Rotterdam. With this, Umincorp (“Urban Mining Corp”) is taking the next step in recycling plastics from household waste. InnovationQuarter is ...

End of the deposit exemptions in sight: In May 2021, the German Bundestag and ...

​The number of microbial enzymes with the ability to degrade plastic is growing, in correlation with local levels of plastic pollution. That is the finding of a new study from Chalmers that measured samples of environmental DNA from around the globe. The results illustrate the impact ...