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  1. Braskem Announces REMADE Institute Grant Award For Advanced Manufacturing Of Sustainable And Recyclable Multilayer Plastic Films 11/20/2023

    Braskem ("Company"), the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas and leading producer of biopolymers in the world, today announced its polymer recycling technology research partnership has been awarded a $671,000 Research, Demonstration, and Development (RD&D) grant from the Reducing Embodied Energy and Decreasing Emissions (REMADE) Institute, a public-private partnership established by the United States Department of Energy (DOE)

  2. LyondellBasell To Build Industrial-Scale Advanced Recycling Plant In Germany 11/20/2023

    LyondellBasell (LYB) today announced it has made the final investment decision to build the company's first industrial-scale catalytic advanced recycling demonstration plant at its Wesseling, Germany, site

  3. Clearwater Paper Collaborates With Charter Next Generation (CNG) To Launch Circular Polyethylene In Consumer Tissue Packaging 11/16/2023

    Clearwater Paper Corporation today announced a collaboration with Charter Next Generation (CNG) for an early-to-market initiative to include advanced recycled polyethylene in Clearwater Paper's private label tissue packaging offerings

  4. Covestro Expands Access To Circular Polycarbonate Portfolio In The U.S 11/15/2023

    Covestro’s Newark, Ohio, polycarbonate compounding facility has achieved ISCC (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification) PLUS certification, increasing availability of the company’s mass balanced polycarbonate products in the U.S

  5. SK Geo Centric Breaks Ground On The World’s First Plastics Recycling Cluster 11/15/2023

    SK Geo Centric breaks ground on the world’s first integrated waste plastic recycling complex in Ulsan, opening a new chapter for South Korea’s circular economy

  6. Garmin Unveils The Descent G1 Solar - Ocean Edition Dive Computer, Its First-Ever Product Made With Recycled Ocean-Bound Plastics 11/14/2023

    Garmin (NYSE: GRMN) today announced the Descent™ G1 Solar – Ocean Edition, a rugged watch-style dive computer with features for both underwater and topside adventures

  7. Capture Or Reuse CO2 As A Chemical Source For The Production Of Sustainable Plastics 11/13/2023

    A scientific team led by chemists at the University of Liège has developed a new polyurethane production technique using CO2 to create new types of easily recyclable plastics

  8. Republic Services And Blue Polymers Break Ground On Innovative Plastics Recycling Complex In Indianapolis 11/9/2023

    Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) and Blue Polymers, LLC today broke ground in Indianapolis on the nation's first innovative plastics recycling complex that will house a Republic Services Polymer Center and Blue Polymers advanced polymer production facility to advance plastics circularity and supply recycled materials for use in sustainable packaging and other applications. Both facilities are expected to open in late 2024

  9. Amcor And NOVA Chemicals Announce Agreement To Source Mechanically Recycled Polyethylene 11/8/2023

    Amcor (NYSE: AMCR, ASX:AMC), a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions, today announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with leading sustainable polyethylene producer NOVA Chemicals Corporation ("NOVA Chemicals") for the purchase of mechanically recycled polyethylene resin (rPE) for use in flexible packaging films.

  10. Chlorophyll Water® Launches Bottles Made From 100% Recycled Plastic 10/30/2023

    Chlorophyll Water®, the first bottled water in the United States to pass the strict Clean Label Project certification requirements has transitioned to bottles made from 100% recycled plastic (rPET) with CleanFlake technology