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  1. Toyoda Gosei Launches Horizontal Recycling Technology For Plastic Automotive Parts 6/17/2025

    Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. has developed a new technology to recycle high-quality plastic from end-of-life vehicles (ELV) in order to meet the growing demand for recycled plastic in the automotive industry against strengthened environmental regulations.

  2. Birch Biosciences Enters Into Global Patent License Agreement With NREL To Advance Enzymatic Plastic Recycling Process 6/11/2025

    Birch Biosciences, a startup focused on AI-powered enzymatic plastic recycling, today announced a global patent license agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to commercialize a novel enzymatic deconstruction processing technology that breaks down polyethylene terephthalate (PET)—a common plastic used in packaging and textiles—to recover valuable chemical building blocks.

  3. Gunze Apparel Business Establishes Sustainable Supply Chain 5/8/2025

    Gunze Limited (Headquarters: Osaka, Japan, President: Toshiyasu Saguchi) is pleased to announce that Gunze has introduced a "recycled hanger" made of 100% *PCR material from plastic waste at the logistics bases of its Group company, Gunze Distribution Co., Ltd. This initiative is part of Gunze's efforts to promote "company-wide waste recycling" and realize a resource-recycling society.

  4. Eurofins Sustainability Services Introduces First Recycled Plastics Testing That Leverages Properties Of Plastics For Accurate Results To Support Authenticity Of Textile Claims 5/6/2025

    Eurofins Sustainability Services, a full-service provider for retailers, brands, and manufacturers of consumer products, has grown its extensive service offering to include recycled plastics testing for the textile, apparel, and footwear industries.

  5. Braskem And Fitesa Announce The Use Of Braskem's I'm Green Bio-Based Polyethylene Grade For Nonwovens 4/29/2025

    Braskem, the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas, as well as a global market leader and pioneer producer of biopolymers on an industrial scale, and Fitesa, one of the world’s largest nonwoven manufacturers and the first company to produce Spunbond nonwovens with I’m green bio-based polyethylene, are proud to announce the use of Braskem’s I’m green bio-based high-density polyethylene (HDPE) designed specifically for nonwoven applications.

  6. Digimarc Recycle Earns Industrial Scale Validation In HolyGrail 2.0 Trials 4/14/2025

    Digimarc Corporation, the global leader in digital watermarking, has been recognized for its pivotal role in the world’s first commercial-scale validation of digital watermarks’ ability to revolutionize plastic recycling.

  7. Plastics Environmental Council To Develop Biodegradation Standard For Plastics Additives And New Certification Seal 10/25/2011
    The Plastics Environmental Council (PEC) recently announced the sponsorship of a research study to produce the first standard specification for the landfill biodegradation of petroleum- and natural gas-derived plastics that have been treated with additives that enhance biodegradation
  8. ThermoFab Expands Design Capability 11/19/2008
    ThermoFab, a manufacturer of custom plastic enclosures, today announced an increased investment in the Company’s in-house product design services that will further ensure quality control and project delivery times to its customers
  9. KBR Selected For Pre-FEED Study For Polyethylene Units At Petrochemical Complex By Egypt Hydrocarbon Corporation (EHC) 11/19/2008
    KBR, today announced that it has been awarded a contract by Egypt Hydrocarbon Corporation (EHC) to complete a pre-Front End Engineering Design (pre-FEED) study for two polyethylene units at its proposed Petrochemical Complex. The complex will be located 25 km (15.5 miles) from Suez, Egypt, near the Red Sea
  10. Millipore Corporation Introduces First Bioplastic Product 11/17/2008
    Millipore Corporation, a life science leader providing technologies, tools and services for bioscience research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing, today unveiled its first biodegradable and compostable product, the EcoStand tube holder, made from environmentally responsible bio-based plastic resin