Industry News

  1. SK Chemicals To Establish Waste Plastic Recycling Innovation Center In Korea 2/18/2025

    SK chemicals, the first company in the world to successfully mass-produce chemically recycled materials, has embarked on establishing a comprehensive plastic recycling solution center in Korea.

  2. Kyungpook National University Researchers Discover A Novel Approach To Mapping And Engineering Enzymes For Enhanced Plastic Recycling 1/29/2025

    Polyethylene terephthalate is one of the few plastics that can be effectively broken down into its base materials by microbial enzymes.

  3. Water As A Waste Management Source: SEOULTECH Researchers Revolutionize Catalytic Plastic Recycling 1/21/2025

    Plastics are undeniably useful materials that have found their way into virtually all human activities. However, with yearly global plastic production exceeding 400 million tons, the environmental threat posed by increased plastic consumption and disposal, contributing to its pollution, is also bigger than ever.

  4. Revolution Sustainable Solutions, LLC Announces Acquisition Of Island Plastics, LLC To Expand Sustainable Materials Offering 12/12/2024

    Revolution Sustainable Solutions, LLC ("Revolution"), a leader in sustainable materials and recycling solutions, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Island Plastics, LLC ("Island Plastics"), a premier producer of 100% post-consumer recycled ("PCR") linear low-density and low-density polyethylene ("LLDPE/LDPE") film grade resin.

  5. Cyclyx To Invest In Second Cyclyx Circularity Center 11/26/2024

    Cyclyx International, LLC., a post-use plastic-to-feedstock innovator and joint venture among Agilyx, ExxonMobil, and LyondellBasell has reached a final investment decision for a second Cyclyx Circularity Center (CCC2).

  6. revalyu Resources Successfully Commissions Second Plant Of World's Largest Chemical PET-Plastic Recycling Site 11/14/2024

    revalyu Resources, a leading chemical PET recycling company with a global presence, has commissioned its second technology-leading PET recycling plant at its site in Nashik, India to further bolster its production capacity and meet growing customer demands.

  7. Citroniq Chemicals, LLC Selects Nebraska For World's Largest Decarbonized Plastics Production Facility 11/4/2024

    Citroniq Chemicals, an innovator in biochemical manufacturing, has selected Falls City's Mid-America Rail Campus to be one of its state-of-the-art bio-based production mega-sites.

  8. Circular Economy Partners Create Credible Sustainability Platform 10/31/2024

    With recycling claims being questioned, verifiable data has never been more critical for companies reporting their recycling results.

  9. 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.

  10. 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