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  1. UH Research Team Awarded $4M To Convert Plastic Waste Into Useful Materials 9/14/2023

    In today’s fast-paced world, convenience often comes packaged in plastic, from shopping bags to food containers, not to mention the seemingly endless supply of plastic water bottles.

  2. First Finished Products Made With Recycled Styrene Generated Through Pyrowave Technology 9/13/2023

    Pyrowave, a Canadian technology company, is proud to announce that Michelin and Knauf Industries have successfully produced batches of finished elastomer and plastic products incorporating 100% styrene from plastic waste recycled in Canada using Pyrowave technology

  3. NTU Singapore Scientists Invent A Bright Way To Upcycle Plastics Into Liquids That Can Store Hydrogen Energy 9/13/2023

    Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have created a process that can upcycle most plastics into chemical ingredients useful for energy storage, using light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and a commercially available catalyst, all at room temperature.

  4. Innovation In Plastics Processing: technotrans Cooperates With Covestro 9/12/2023

    technotrans, as a development partner of Covestro Deutschland AG, enables an innovative process in plastics processing

  5. Drake Plastics Develops Industry's Largest Extruded Torlon PAI Tube 9/12/2023

    Drake Plastics Ltd. has produced rigid tube extruded from Torlon® PAI with an unprecedented 450mm (17.7-inch) OD and a 150mm (5.9-inch) ID

  6. Braskem To Purchase Plastic-Waste-Derived Feedstock From Vitol SA, Produced By WPU – Waste Plastic Upcycling A/S In Denmark 9/12/2023

    Braskem and Vitol S.A. have announced an agreement for circular feedstock derived from plastic waste. Under the agreement, Vitol will start to supply Braskem Netherlands B.V. with pyrolysis oil produced in the chemical recycling process at the facilities of WPU – Waste Plastic Upcycling A/S, in Denmark.

  7. New Facility To Double Wales’ Plastic Reprocessing Capacity 9/6/2023

    Jayplas, a market leader in plastic reprocessing, will develop an advanced facility capable of processing at least 100,000 tonnes of flexible and rigid plastics a year, boosting the circular economy in Wales

  8. Chase Plastics Expands Sustainable Thermoplastics Offering 9/5/2023

    Like several products in the CP PRYME® lineup, the new offerings are manufactured from reprocessed materials, deemed appropriate for less stringent applications

  9. 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)

  10. 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