2:40 min Cosmetics & Medical, Recycled plastics
Medical recycling

University of Bath is home to UK’s first pilot plant for recycling plastic lab waste

A company co-founded by a University of Bath graduate has opened the UK’s first ...
1:21 min Recycled plastics
rPET

FENC is expanding its recycled PET business

Far Eastern New Century Corporation (FENC) is committed to promoting a circular ...
2:43 min Facts & Figures, Recycled plastics
Forecast

ICIS: No peak season expected for Europe recycling markets in 2023

There will be no peak season for demand across European recycled polymers sectors in 2023, multiple players in multiple markets have forecast in recent weeks. This is due to a combination of: Bearish macroeconomic conditions blunting consumer purchasing power. Ongoing high costs ...
0:59 min Recycled plastics, Additives
Additives

Nexam in new success in Reactive recycling for PET

Nasdaq First North-listed Nexam Chemical – which invents, develops, produces and sells additives to the plastics industry worldwide – achieves new success in projects with additives for recycled PET. Nexam has received a first production order worth SEK 0.5 million for thermoformed ...
1:13 min Recycled plastics
PET recycling

Biffa diverts 1,600 tonnes of waste plastic back into the circular economy, since opening PET Recovery Plant in Washington last year

The Group has pioneered new technology that targets, then captures, tiny flakes of recyclable material from contaminated waste.
3:55 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Recycled plastics, rPET & PET Flakes
New rPET plant

SUEZ, Loop Industries and SK Geo Centric announce France as future site for production of virgin-quality PET plastic from 100% recycled material

Breaking ground of the new facility targeted for 2025 with commissioning expected ...
3:32 min Recycled plastics, Chemical recycling
Combining mechanical and chemical PET/polyester recycling

Systemiq: New study highlights the potential for complementary plastic recycling technologies

A new synthesis study by system change company Systemiq explores how the scale-up of ...
2:10 min America, Recycled plastics
Recycling partnership

Direct Pack has reclaimed more than 16 million lbs of recycled PET plastic through partnership with city of Phoenix

Direct Pack and the City of Phoenix are working together to maximize ...
1:16 min Recycled plastics, Biobased Material
Waste conversion

Biobased thermoplastic made from unsorted household waste: Vecoplan supports UBQ for Belgian plant

UBQ Materials has patented the world’s first thermoplastic material consisting ...
2:14 min Recycled plastics
Cooperation

Manjushree Technopack signs an MoU with IISc for innovative recyclable plastic packaging

Manjushree Technopack Ltd. (MTL), India's largest rigid plastic packaging solutions provider, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the top-ranked Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, to create innovative and sustainable plastic packaging solutions.