Industry News

1. Alterra Technology Enables Major Milestone In Plastic Recycling At Viva Energy Geelong Refinery 5/15/2025

   Alterra, a global leader in advanced plastic recycling technologies, is proud to announce the successful deployment of its pyrolysis oil in Australia, marking a significant step toward a circular economy for plastics.

2. Univation Technologies Announces World-Scale 800,000 Tonnes/Year Design Capacity For UNIPOL™ PE Process Technology 5/12/2025

   Univation Technologies, LLC announces the next-generation of the UNIPOL™ PE Process platform with its newest world-scale licensed capacity offering of an 800,000 tonnes per year design.

3. Gunze Apparel Business Establishes Sustainable Supply Chain 5/8/2025

   Gunze Limited (Headquarters: Osaka, Japan, President: Toshiyasu Saguchi) is pleased to announce that Gunze has introduced a "recycled hanger" made of 100% ^*PCR material from plastic waste at the logistics bases of its Group company, Gunze Distribution Co., Ltd. This initiative is part of Gunze's efforts to promote "company-wide waste recycling" and realize a resource-recycling society.

4. Eurofins Sustainability Services Introduces First Recycled Plastics Testing That Leverages Properties Of Plastics For Accurate Results To Support Authenticity Of Textile Claims 5/6/2025

   Eurofins Sustainability Services, a full-service provider for retailers, brands, and manufacturers of consumer products, has grown its extensive service offering to include recycled plastics testing for the textile, apparel, and footwear industries.

5. Braskem And Fitesa Announce The Use Of Braskem's I'm Green Bio-Based Polyethylene Grade For Nonwovens 4/29/2025

   Braskem, the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas, as well as a global market leader and pioneer producer of biopolymers on an industrial scale, and Fitesa, one of the world’s largest nonwoven manufacturers and the first company to produce Spunbond nonwovens with I’m green bio-based polyethylene, are proud to announce the use of Braskem’s I’m green bio-based high-density polyethylene (HDPE) designed specifically for nonwoven applications.

6. Digimarc Recycle Earns Industrial Scale Validation In HolyGrail 2.0 Trials 4/14/2025

   Digimarc Corporation, the global leader in digital watermarking, has been recognized for its pivotal role in the world’s first commercial-scale validation of digital watermarks’ ability to revolutionize plastic recycling.

7. Fictiv And EVCO Plastics Announce Strategic Partnership To Deliver End-To-End Injection Molding Supply Chain Solutions 4/8/2025

   Fictiv, a global supply chain solutions leader, has created a strategic partnership with EVCO Plastics, a leading custom plastics and contract manufacturer, to revolutionize injection molding services.

8. Aliplast Boosts Recycled PET: PET Recycling Site Acquired From Gurit Italia 4/1/2025

   The Hera Group subsidiary, a European leader in plastic regenerating, has integrated Gurit Italia's Carmignano di Brenta plant dedicated to PET recycling, an investment that looks towards the growth of an increasingly important market

9. APP Group Advocates Sustainable Packaging Solutions To Reduce Plastic Waste In The US 3/27/2025

   The United States has been identified as one of the world's largest producers of plastic waste. In 2023, the country emerged as a major contributor to global plastic waste, generating a staggering 42 million metric tons.

10. Gulbrandsen To Boost Polyethylene Wax Capacity, Build New Functional Polymer Facility At Dahej, India 3/24/2025

    Gulbrandsen, a global leader in the production of specialty polyethylene waxes and polymers, today announced its plans to build additional polyethylene wax manufacturing capacity and a new functional polymers plant at its site in Dahej, India.