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1. Technologies For Plastics Processing And Recycling Ensure Greatest Efficiency 4/15/2026

   At Chinaplas 2026 (21-24 April 2026, Shanghai, China) Coperion will exhibit its comprehensive technological and engineering expertise in plastics processing and recycling at Booth 2.1F98 in Hall 2.1.

2. Japan's Kansai Association Of Corporate Executives Praises SK Chemicals' Recycling Technologies 4/13/2026

   A Japanese business delegation visited SK Chemicals to gain a firsthand look at the company's recycled-plastics technologies and solutions.

3. Zyxel And Openreach Team Up To Reduce Plastic Waste In Full Fibre Installations 4/8/2026
4. WPU Plans New Chemical Recycling Facility For End-Of-Life Plastics In Rotterdam 4/7/2026

   WPU, Vitol’s plastics recycling business, plans to build a new chemical recycling facility for end-of-life plastics at the Port of Rotterdam, alongside Vitol’s refinery, VPR.

5. Researchers Turn Recovered Car Battery Acid And Plastic Waste Into Clean Hydrogen 4/6/2026

   Researchers have developed a solar-powered reactor to break down hard-to-recycle forms of plastic waste – such as drinks bottles, nylon textiles and polyurethane foams – using acid recovered from old car batteries, and converting it into clean hydrogen fuel and valuable industrial chemicals.

6. DataBeyond Unveils Asia's Largest Unmanned AI Sorting Center, Setting A New Circular Economy Benchmark 4/6/2026

   DataBeyond, a global leader in AI-powered intelligent sorting equipment, recently revealed that its flagship project in Taichung, Taiwan—Asia's largest unmanned intelligent sorting center for all-category mixed plastics—has entered a phase of routine, high-efficiency operation.

7. New Low-Heat Method Could Make Acrylic Plastics Endlessly Recyclable 4/2/2026

   A team at the University of Bath has developed a low‑temperature chemical process that breaks acrylic plastics back into their building blocks, potentially allowing them to be recycled again and again without losing quality.

8. Breakthrough Offers Endless Recycling For Acrylic Plastics Without The Environmental Cost 4/2/2026

   A breakthrough method for chemically recycling acrylic - one of the world’s most widely used plastics - has been developed by researchers at the University of Bath.

9. Using AI To Create Better Recycled Plastics: 'SmartReUSE' Boosts The Environment And The Circular Economy 3/30/2026

   The plastics industry faces a major challenge: it must increasingly use recycled materials while delivering the same quality as newly produced plastics.

10. Grandpuits Zero-Crude Platform: TotalEnergies Starts Production At France's First Advanced Plastics Recycling Plant 3/19/2026

    TotalEnergies has launched France’s first advanced plastics recycling plant, with an annual capacity of 15,000 tons, at its Grandpuits site southeast of Paris.