Industry News
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Circular Polymers By Ascend To Feature Portfolio Of Recycled Feedstocks And Compounds At Plastics Recycling Conference
3/6/2023
Circular Polymers by Ascend, a market leading recycler of post-consumer fibers, will exhibit its line of recycled polymer feedstocks at the Plastics Recycling Conference
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Collaboration Of Charter Next Generation And Revolution Brings Food-Grade Post-Consumer Resin To Food And Flexible Packaging Markets
2/28/2023
Charter Next Generation (CNG) and Revolution Sustainable Solutions, LLC (Revolution) are collaborating to drive market adoption of commercially available post-consumer recycled, linear low density polyethylene (PCR-LLDPE) for food and flexible packaging applications.
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PA Consulting And PulPac Announce Bottle Collective To Minimize Single-Use Plastic Waste
2/23/2023
PA Consulting (PA), the consultancy that's bringing ingenuity to life, and PulPac, the Swedish R&D and IP company behind the proprietary production process of Dry Molded Fiber, have launched the Bottle Collective
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Innovative Process Recycles All Types Of Plastic Waste
2/22/2023
Today, Nairobi non-profit Slums Going Green and Clean (SGGC) announced the success of its open-source Waste Free in '23 initiative utilizing profitable micro-recycling centers
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Chevron Phillips Chemical And Charter Next Generation To Bring Circular Polyethylene To Retail Stores
2/16/2023
Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem) and Charter Next Generation (CNG) announced today that overwrap film made with CPChem’s Marlex Anew Circular Polyethylene is bound for store shelves in the U.S. Versatile and efficient, overwrap films help preserve food, keep medical instruments secure and sterile, and provide lightweight and durable product packaging
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Alterra To License Technology To Freepoint For Its Gulf Coast Advanced Plastics Recycling Facility
2/15/2023
Today Alterra announces its license arrangement with a subsidiary of Freepoint Eco-Systems Holdings LLC ("Freepoint") for a proposed 192,000 tonnes per annum advanced plastics recycling facility to be sited in the Gulf Coast region
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Recycled Plastic Collected By Waste Pickers Turned Into 152 Million Buttons - Catalysing Inclusive Circularity
2/6/2023
In 2020, the philanthropic H&M Foundation launched a first of its kind USD 11 million initiative, Saamuhika Shakti, to address the gaps in the system that keep Bengaluru waste pickers in poverty and exclusion. Now, plastic waste collected by informal waste pickers is becoming a valued resource in the fashion and textile industry.
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Clariter And TotalEnergies Fluids Announce A World Premiere: The Production Of The First Ultra-Pure Solvents Made From Plastic Waste
1/31/2023
Clariter, a global cleantech company, and TotalEnergies Fluids, a division of TotalEnergies, have premiered the world's first sustainable ultra-pure solvent made from plastic waste.
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TAICEND's World-Leading Hydrophilic Polyurethane Foam Technology
1/27/2023
TAICEND's world-leading Hydrophilic Polyurethane Foam Technology is a patented, exclusive material that has demonstrated high safety and effectiveness in the medical field
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Berry, Coca-Cola Collaborate To Implement Tethered Caps In EU Markets
1/26/2023
After winning a prestigious sustainability award at PACK EXPO International last month for this circular solution, Berry Global Group, Inc. is the first plastic packaging manufacturer in Europe to supply The Coca-Cola Company with a lightweight, tethered closure for its carbonated soft drinks in PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles.