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1. ExxonMobil To Build Its First Large-Scale Plastic Waste Advanced Recycling Facility 10/11/2021

   ExxonMobil plans to build its first, large-scale plastic waste advanced recycling facility in Baytown, Texas, and is expected to start operations by year-end 2022. By recycling plastic waste back into raw materials that can be used to make plastic and other valuable products, the technology could help address the challenge of plastic waste in the environment

2. Kraton Collaborates With Plastship To Unlock PCR Value Enhancement For European Plastic Recycling 10/4/2021

   Kraton Corporation (NYSE: KRA), a leading global sustainable producer of specialty polymers and high-value biobased products derived from pine wood pulping co-products, is proud to partner with Plastship by offering CirKular+™ performance enhancement and compatibilization additives on  Plastship Additives Selector platform.

3. Tide Rock Holdings Acquires Pikes Peak Plastics Co. To Grow Plastics Portfolio 10/4/2021
4. TotalEnergies Doubles Its Recycled Plastic Production Capacity In France 10/1/2021

   TotalEnergies has inaugurated the extension of Synova in Normandy, the French leader in recycled polypropylene production.

5. Carbios Launches Industrial Demonstration Plant For Its Unique Enzymatic Recycling Technology 9/29/2021

   Carbios announced the official opening and launch of an industrial demonstration plant operating with its enzymatic recycling technology, C-ZYME, which was installed on the Cataroux site in Clermont-Ferrand

6. Jacobs Hits Milestones For NatureWorks New Biopolymer Plant 9/29/2021

   Jacobs (NYSE:J) has completed front-end engineering design for a new biopolymer production plant in Thailand for NatureWorks, the largest supplier of polylactic acid (PLA), a low-carbon bioplastic derived from renewable, agricultural resources

7. Toray Plastics (America), Inc., Launches A New, 8.7-Meter Polypropylene Film Line 9/28/2021

   Toray Plastics (America), Inc., announces that its Torayfan Division’s new, state-of-the-art, 8.7-meter, five-layer, in-line coating polypropylene film line with automated slitting began producing commercial volumes of packaging and label films in May.

8. Danimer Scientific And Chevron Phillips Chemical Collaborate To Develop Technology For Lower-Cost Biodegradable Polymer Manufacturing 9/22/2021

   Danimer Scientific, Inc. (“Danimer” or the “Company”), a leading next generation bioplastics company focused on the development and production of biodegradable materials, today announced it is collaborating with Chevron Phillips Chemical (“CPChem”) to explore a loop slurry reactor design for the manufacture of Rinnovo

9. Origin Materials Announces New Partnership With Alliance To End Plastic Waste 9/21/2021

   Origin Materials, Inc. (“Origin” or “Origin Materials”), the world’s leading carbon negative materials company, today announced it has joined the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, a global non-profit organization

10. Craemer Announces New TC3-5 Palgrip® Plastic Pallet 9/15/2021

    Craemer Group, one of the premier providers of plastic pallets, storage and transport containers, announces its official release of the TC3-5 Palgrip, the completely closed plastic pallet with a fully anti-slip coated top deck that puts safety and hygiene at the forefront