Current Headlines
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Lummus And RWDC Announce Agreement To Accelerate And Scale PHA Production
9/5/2023
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, and RWDC Industries, a biotechnology company developing biopolymer material solutions, announced a binding Joint Development and Commercial Cooperation Agreement (JDCCA) to rapidly expand manufacturing and global licensing of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA)
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Technip Energies And Versalis Join Forces To Integrate Plastic Waste Recycling Technologies
9/1/2023
Technip Energies, a leading engineering and technology company for the energy transition, and Versalis, Eni's chemical company, have signed an agreement aimed at integrating Versalis' Hoop and Technip Energies' Pure.rOil and Pure.rGas purification technologies by developing a technological platform for the advanced chemical recycling of plastic waste
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An Unexpected Way To Upcycle: Plastic Waste Transforms Into Soap
8/10/2023
A team led by Virginia Tech researchers has developed a new method for upcycling plastics into high-value chemicals known as surfactants, which are used to create soap, detergent, and more.
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Successful Polycarbonate Synthesis Using The Photo-On-Demand Interfacial Polymerization Method
8/8/2023
As an engineering plastic having high transparency and impact resistance, polycarbonate (PC) is employed in eyeglass lenses, camera lenses, DVDs, automobile headlights and bulletproof glass
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MSU School Of Packaging Researchers Make A Sustainable Plastic More Compostable
8/4/2023
Researchers from Michigan State University’s top-ranked School of Packaging have developed a way to make a promising, sustainable alternative to petroleum-based plastics more biodegradable
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Lindner & Erema: Together The New Benchmark In Plastics Recycling
8/3/2023
One Vision – One Goal – One Company. The future is plastics recycling, the owners of Erema Group and Lindner Holding agree
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Polyplastics Launches DURACIRCLE™ Sustainability Initiative For Recycling Engineering Plastics
8/3/2023
Polyplastics Group, a leading global supplier of engineering thermoplastics, has launched the DURACIRCLE (TM) initiative for recycling engineering plastics
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Republic Services And Ravago Partnering To Advance Sustainable Packaging Solutions
7/31/2023
Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG), a leader in the environmental services industry, and Ravago, a leader in polymer recycling and distribution, today announced the creation of Blue Polymers, LLC, an innovative partnership that will help advance circularity in the plastics industry
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Lyondellbasell Acquires 50% Share In Dutch Recycling Company
7/26/2023
LyondellBasell today announced it has acquired a 50% stake in Stiphout Industries B.V. ("Stiphout"). Stiphout is involved in the sourcing and processing of post-consumer plastic packaging waste.
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Aramco, TotalEnergies And SABIC Complete Mena Region’s First Processing Of Oil From Plastic Waste At Scale To Make Certified Circular Polymers
7/18/2023
Aramco, TotalEnergies, and SABIC have for the first time in the Middle East and North Africa successfully converted oil derived from plastic waste into ISCC+ certified circular polymers