Industry News

  1. SK Chemicals, Hyosung Advanced Materials, And Hankook Tire Commercialize South Korea's First Chemically Recycled PET Tire 3/5/2024

    To reduce carbon emissions, the South Korean industrial sector has developed and commercialized the country's first tire using chemically recycled PET

  2. Chlorophyll Water To Debut New Bottles Made From 100% Recycled Plastic With CleanFlake At Natural Products Expo West 3/4/2024

    Chlorophyll Water®, the first-ever bottled water in the United States to pass the strict Clean Label Project certification will launch their new bottles made from 100% recycled plastic (rPET) with CleanFlake label technology in the "Hot Products" section of Natural Products Expo West, March 13 to 15 in North Hall Booth N625

  3. Califia Farms® Converts All North American Bottles To 100% Recycled Plastic* 2/27/2024

    Califia Farms®, a leading, premium, plant-based beverage brand, today announced that it has transitioned all of its bottles in the U.S. and Canada to 100% recycled plastic (rPET), a move that will help reduce the company's greenhouse gas emissions by at least 19% and cut its energy use in half

  4. LyondellBasell Acquires Mechanical Recycling Assets And Plans Operations In California 2/20/2024

    LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) today announced it has acquired mechanical recycling assets and properties containing rigid plastics recycling processing lines from PreZero, a global recycling leader and waste management service provider

  5. Rumpke And Eastman Join Forces To Expand Recycling Of PET Waste 2/8/2024

    Leading North American recycler, Rumpke Waste & Recycling (Rumpke) and molecular recycling pioneer Eastman, today announced a groundbreaking partnership to help address the global plastic waste crisis

  6. SK Chemicals Targets The US Medical Packaging Market With Circular Recycling Solution 2/1/2024

    SK chemicals aims to enter the medical packaging market by unveiling a circular recycling solution at the upcoming Medical Design & Manufacturing West 2024 (MD&M) exhibition, held in Anaheim, USA from the 6th to the 8th of this month

  7. TotalEnergies Converts Feedstocks From Plastic Waste Into Circular Polymers At Texas Plant 1/30/2024

    For the first time in the United States, TotalEnergies has converted feedstocks from plastic waste into circular polymers at its polypropylene plant in La Porte, Texas

  8. IFCO Launches Dora, The Reusable Plastic Pallet, Leading The Way To A More Hygienic, Cost-Effective, And Durable Post-Wood Pallet Future 1/16/2024

    IFCO, the world's leading provider of Reusable Packaging Containers (RPCs), today announced the launch of Dora, a revolutionary reusable Plastic Pallet, across Europe

  9. Circularix And Republic Services Collaborate To Advance Circular Economy With Recycled PET Supply Agreement 1/16/2024

    Circularix, a pioneering manufacturer in the recycled plastics industry, today announced a supply agreement with Republic Services, a leader in the environmental services industry, aimed at advancing the circularity of recycled PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate)

  10. Lummus Strengthens Position In Circular Economy 1/10/2024

    Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced a major investment in Resynergi, a pioneering leader in plastic recycling technology, to scale production of Resynergi's modular Continuous Microwave Assisted Pyrolysis (CMAP) technology. CMAP converts plastic waste into reusable materials at a rate 20 times faster than traditional pyrolysis methods