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31. A Mild Way To Upcycle Plastics Used In Bottles Into Fuel And Other High-Value Products 1/27/2021

    Plastic is ubiquitous in people’s lives. Yet, when plastic-containing items have fulfilled their missions, only a small amount is recycled into new products, which are often of lower quality compared to the original material. And, transforming this waste into high-value chemicals requires substantial energy

32. Chirik Discovers ‘Transformative’ Route To Recyclable Plastics 1/25/2021

    As the planet’s burden of rubber and plastic rises unabated, scientists look to the promise of closed-loop recycling to reduce trash. Researchers from Princeton University’s Department of Chemistry have discovered a potentially game-changing new molecule with vast implications for fulfilling that promise

33. Dow, Liby And LOVERE Ink MoU To Advance Sustainability In Packaging Agenda 1/20/2021

    Dow (NYSE: DOW), Liby, a leading laundry brand in China, and LOVERE, an internet environmental tech company, has signed a strategic three-way Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to address plastic packaging waste and promote a circular plastics economy in China.

34. Polyplastics Targets PBT And PPS Grades In Sensors For Autonomous Driving Applications 1/12/2021

    The growing trend toward electric vehicles is spurring materials suppliers like Polyplastics Co., Ltd., a leading global supplier of engineering plastics, to position its innovative resin products for use in Advanced Driver-Assistance System(ADAS) parts that enable autonomous driving

35. Campine Expands Recycling Activities 1/11/2021

    Campine expands its recycling activities with an innovative process to recycle chemicals directly out of post-consumer and industrial metal waste

36. Scientists Make Sustainable Polymer From Sugars In Wood 1/11/2021

    Not only does the new nature-inspired material reduce reliance on crude oil products, but its properties can also be easily controlled to make the material flexible or crystalline

37. Catalyst Transforms Plastic Waste To Valuable Ingredients At Low Temperature 1/5/2021

    For the first time, researchers have used a novel catalyst process to recycle a type of plastic found in everything from grocery bags and food packaging to toys and electronics into liquid fuels and wax

38. Sulzer Wins Contract For Biomaterial Processing In China 1/5/2021

    Sulzer Chemtech’s proprietary separation technology for lactide production has been selected for Zhejiang Depei New Material Co.’s latest plant in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China.

39. Mitsubishi Chemical To Establish CFRTP Pilot Facility 12/25/2020

    Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC; Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Masayuki Waga) has decided to establish a new pilot facility for carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP). The facility will be located in Fukui Prefecture and is scheduled to start operation by the end of 2021

40. Neste Successfully Completed Its First Industrial-Scale Processing Run With Liquefied Waste Plastic In Finland 12/21/2020

    Neste successfully processed 400 tons of liquefied plastic waste at its refinery in Finland this fall, an amount corresponding to the annual amount of plastic waste generated by 20,000 average European citizens