Industry News

31. Spectra Systems Commercializes The World's First Certified Circular Polymer Banknote Substrate 4/2/2024

    Over the last several decades many central banks have utilized polymer substrates rather than paper to manufacture their banknotes, a shift that first began in Australia in 1988

32. LyondellBasell To Exhibit At NPE2024: The Plastics Show 3/27/2024

    LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB), a global leader in the production of plastics, chemicals, specialty compounds and circular solutions, today announced its participation in the upcoming NPE2024: The Plastics Show scheduled to take place from May 6 to May 10, 2024, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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