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  1. Blue Polymers Breaks Ground On Recycled Plastics Production Facility In Buckeye, Arizona 9/25/2024

    Leaders from Blue Polymers, LLC; Republic Services (NYSE: RSG); and the City of Buckeye broke ground today on Blue Polymers' latest innovative recycled plastics production facility, which will support sustainable packaging manufacturing throughout the Western United States.

  2. Kemira & IFF Explore Broadening Of Strategic Cooperation And Announce Successful Completion Of A Renewable Polymer Plant In Finland 9/24/2024

    As part of their strategic cooperation in providing new renewable alternatives to fossil-based products, Kemira and IFF today announced successful completion of a market-entry scale industrial polymer plant.

  3. Srichakra Polyplast Triples Bottle-Grade rPET production Capacities 9/18/2024

    Indian plastics recycler Srichakra Polyplast commissioned two new Starlinger PET bottle-to-bottle recycling lines in the first half of 2024. The company already recycles post-consumer PET bottles and polyolefin packaging on two Starlinger plastics recycling lines installed in 2021.

  4. Purple Bacteria Offer Path To More Sustainable Plastic 9/13/2024

    There's hardly a more ubiquitous substance than plastic. It's everywhere in the environment, from soil to air to water, and it's in our bodies

  5. Dow Launches REVOLOOP Recycled Plastics Resins For Cable Jackets, Advancing Circularity In The Global Wire And Cable Industry With Post-Consumer Recycled Content 9/13/2024

    Dow announces the launch of a range of REVOLOOP Recycled Plastics Resins that incorporate post-consumer recycled (PCR) material into cable jacketing to help address customers’ varying needs and circularity goals across the globe

  6. LyondellBasell Tackles End-Of-Life Challenges In Durable Goods By Investing In A New Recycling Center In Germany 9/11/2024

    LyondellBasell (LYB) is investing in a new closed-loop preparation center in Lich, Germany. This sophisticated recycling center is transforming plastic waste into high-quality feedstock for high-performance materials, supporting the circular economy and contributing to industry sustainability goals

  7. Schneider Electric Collaborates With GR3N To Tackle Plastic Recycling Challenges And Drive Circularity In Chemical Sector 9/9/2024

    Schneider Electric, the world's most sustainable company and leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation has partnered with GR3N, the Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) chemical recycler to create the first open automation system for the advanced plastic recycling industry

  8. Researchers Use 3D Imaging To Advance Microplastic Recycling 9/6/2024

    In a groundbreaking study, researchers Dr. William Anderson and Dr. Boxin Zhao, in collaboration with the National Research Council (NRC), have used 3D imaging technology to examine microplastics in unprecedented detail, a critical step toward improving plastic recycling methods

  9. New Process Vaporizes Plastic Bags And Bottles, Yielding Gases To Make New, Recycled Plastics 9/5/2024

    A new chemical process can essentially vaporize plastics that dominate the waste stream today and turn them into hydrocarbon building blocks for new plastics

  10. Aduro Clean Technologies Files New Patent Application To Transform Waste Plastics And Renewable Oils Into High Value BTX Chemicals 9/4/2024

    Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. (“Aduro” or the “Company”) (CSE: ACT) (OTCQX: ACTHD) (FSE: 9D5), a clean technology company using the power of chemistry to transform lower value feedstocks, including waste plastics, heavy bitumen, and renewable oils, into resources for the 21st century, today announced a new patent filing covering a new technology for transforming renewable oils and certain waste plastics into higher-value platform chemicals