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  1. PureCycle Technologies And TOPPAN Establish Partnership To Deliver Sustainable Packaging Solutions With Recycled Content 3/18/2026

    PureCycle Technologies (Nasdaq: PCT), a U.S.-based company revolutionizing plastic recycling, and TOPPAN, a global leader in packaging solutions, today announced a partnership to advance sustainability in flexible films and thermoformed packaging applications.

  2. Neste Commissions The World's Largest Upgrading Facility For Liquefied Waste Plastic And Scales Up Chemical Recycling 3/16/2026

    Neste has successfully commissioned its new upgrading facility for liquefied waste plastic (LWP) at its Porvoo refinery in Finland.

  3. Ocean Bacteria Team Up To Break Down Biodegradable Plastic 3/16/2026

    Biodegradable plastics could help alleviate the plastic waste crisis that is polluting the environment and harming our health.

  4. Konica Minolta And AIST Develop AI-Based Technology To Optimize The Conditions For Compounding And Molding Composite Plastics 3/13/2026

    Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) and the research group of National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Shun Muroga, Senior Researcher, Daisuke Kimura, Researcher and Kenji Hata, Director of the Nanocarbon Material Research Institute, today announced that they have developed an AI-based technology to optimize the conditions for mixing and molding composite plastics.

  5. Indorama Ventures, Nigerian Breweries And Genesis Energy Partner To Develop One Of Africa's Largest rPET Production Facilities 3/12/2026

    Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited, a global sustainable chemical company, together with Nigerian Breweries Plc, the foremost brewer in Nigeria, and Genesis Power & Energy Solutions Ltd, a leading African clean energy infrastructure development and asset management company, have entered a strategic partnership to establish one of Africa’s largest state-of-the-art recycled PET (rPET) production facilities in Nigeria, based on planned production capacity.

  6. Clariant Successfully Demonstrates Advanced Pyrolysis Oil Upgrading Technology For Circular Plastics With Borealis And SINTEF 3/12/2026

    Clariant, a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, today announced the successful completion of a collaborative pilot-scale project with Borealis, a leading provider of advanced and circular polyolefin solutions, and SINTEF, one of Europe's largest independent research organizations.

  7. UB Researchers Advance Solvent-Based Recycling For Flexible Plastics 3/5/2026

    Polypropylene and polyethylene are two durable and affordable plastics commonly used as packaging materials, snack wrappers, microwave containers, and other, usually flexible, plastic films.

  8. NOVA Chemicals Commercializes Two New Recycled Polyethylene Grades Under SYNDIGO Portfolio 2/23/2026

    NOVA Chemicals Corporation ("NOVA Chemicals") today announced the commercialization of SYNDIGOä rPE-IN3 and SYNDIGO rPE-IN4 recycled polyethylene (rPE) grades for general purpose, non-food-grade applications throughout North America.

  9. Cooper Plastics Unveils Dual Structural Foam & Web Technology, Transforming Injection Molding In 2026 2/23/2026

    Cooper Plastics has expanded its structural foam injection molding capabilities, strengthening its ability to produce large, lightweight, high-strength plastic components for OEM customers across multiple industries.

  10. Waterloo Researchers Turning Plastic Waste Into Vinegar 2/23/2026

    Researchers at the University of Waterloo have discovered a way to turn plastic waste into acetic acid, the main ingredient of vinegar, using sunlight.