Industry News

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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.

  4. 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

  5. Fastenal Teams With Trex To Turn Used Plastic Into Outdoor Building Products 8/8/2023

    One of the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) objectives of Fastenal Company (Nasdaq: FAST) is to reduce consumption and environmental impacts throughout its operations and provide solutions for its customers to do the same

  6. German Retailer Netto Hits Milestone In Commitment To A Future With Optimized Checkout And More Efficient Plastic Recycling 8/8/2023

    Digimarc Corporation and the German retailer Netto Marken-Discount announced an important milestone in delivering an easier, more efficient checkout while ensuring Netto-branded products at Netto’s 4,300 stores nationwide, are Digimarc Recycle-ready.

  7. Polyplastics Launches DURACIRCLE™ Sustainability Initiative For Recycling Engineering Plastics 8/3/2023

    Polyplastics Group, a leading global supplier of engineering thermoplastics, has launched the DURACIRCLE (TM) initiative for recycling engineering plastics

  8. Origin Materials And Husky Achieve Commercialization Milestone For Advanced Packaging 7/31/2023

    Origin Materials, Inc. (“Origin” and “Origin Materials”), a leading carbon negative materials company with a mission to enable the world’s transition to sustainable materials, and Husky Technologies (“Husky”), a pioneering technology provider enabling the delivery of essential needs to the global community, announced a milestone in the commercialization of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) incorporating the sustainable chemical FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid) for advanced packaging and other applications

  9. Republic Services And Ravago Partnering To Advance Sustainable Packaging Solutions 7/31/2023

    Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG), a leader in the environmental services industry, and Ravago, a leader in polymer recycling and distribution, today announced the creation of Blue Polymers, LLC, an innovative partnership that will help advance circularity in the plastics industry

  10. Lyondellbasell Acquires 50% Share In Dutch Recycling Company 7/26/2023

    LyondellBasell today announced it has acquired a 50% stake in Stiphout Industries B.V. ("Stiphout"). Stiphout is involved in the sourcing and processing of post-consumer plastic packaging waste.