Industry News

  1. ReCreateIt Unveils International Collaboration: Turning Plastic Waste Into Sustainable Home Goods Through Community-Led Manufacturing 7/30/2024

    ReCreateIt, a global collaboration of business, education, and nonprofit organizations, announces the launch of an initiative aimed at transforming plastic waste into sustainable home goods through community-led manufacturing

  2. Polystyvert Secures $16M To Revolutionize Polystyrene Recycling, Enabling The Global Deployment Of Innovative Technology For Sustainable Polystyrene Production From Plastic Waste 7/8/2024

    Polystyvert, an innovative company specializing in recycling technologies and the circular economy of styrenic plastics (polystyrene and ABS), announces the closing of a first tranche of a Series B funding for over $16 million

  3. Dow Advances Its Mechanical Recycling Offering By Agreeing To Acquire Circulus, A North American Polyethylene Recycler 6/20/2024

    Today, Dow (NYSE: DOW) announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Circulus, a leading recycler of plastic waste into post-consumer resin (PCR). This transaction includes two facilities, one in Ardmore, Oklahoma, and another in Arab, Alabama, with a total capacity of 50,000 metric tons per year.

  4. Univation Technologies Announces Launch Of The UNIGILITY™ Tubular High Pressure PE Process Technology As A Licensed Platform For Production Of LDPE And EVA resins 6/16/2024

    Univation Technologies, LLC announces the launch of its latest licensed technology platform – a tubular high pressure PE process enabling production of both low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymer resins which is offered under the brand name UNIGILITY™ Tubular High Pressure PE Process Technology

  5. Deflecto™ Turning Ocean Bound Recycled Plastic Into Durable Chair Mats 6/7/2024

    Deflecto® LLC, a leading innovator in eco-friendly office solutions, is thrilled to announce the launch of the OceanMat Chair Mat

  6. SK Chemicals' Breakthrough Circular Recycling Technology Gains Recognition In Europe 5/29/2024

    European industries recognize SK chemicals' groundbreaking circular recycling technology. SK chemicals (CEO Ahn Jae-hyun) announced on the 29th that it participated as a presenter at the Plastic Industry & Environment Congress 2024, held in Douai, France from the 22nd to the 23rd.

  7. Zeolyst International Announces Start Up Of New Laboratory Pyrolysis Reactor For Advanced Recycling Of Plastic Waste 5/16/2024

    Zeolyst International, an Ecovyst Inc. (NYSE: ECVT) joint venture that is a leading producer of zeolites ("Zeolyst"), is proud to announce the successful commissioning of its new laboratory scale thermal pyrolysis reactor and cutting-edge analytical equipment for advanced recycling of plastic waste applications

  8. Dow And SCGC Sign MOU For A First-Of-Its Kind Partnership To Transform 200KTA Of Plastic Waste Into Circular Products 5/16/2024

    Dow (NYSE: DOW) and SCG Chemicals or SCGC, today announced the signing of a first-of-its kind memorandum of understanding (MOU) circularity partnership in the Asia Pacific region to transform 200KTA of plastic waste into circular products by 2030

  9. SK Chemicals Targets The North American Market With Circular Recycling Technology Participating In NPE 2024 5/13/2024

    Following Chinaplas last month, SK chemicals plans to expand the global market by introducing technology that leads the circular recycling industry in North America"

  10. LYB To Build Integrated Plastic Waste Recycling Hub In Knapsack 4/29/2024

    LyondellBasell (LYB) has secured a location for an integrated plastic waste recycling hub south of an existing industrial park in Knapsack, Germany, signing a land lease agreement with YNCORIS GmbH & Co. KG