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A team at the University of Illinois led by Professor Steven Zimmerman has developed a method to break down polyurethane waste and turn it into other useful products. Graduate student …
University of Illionois explores new method to chemically recycle polyurethane waste Read More
INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, announces today an agreement with Sirap, an international leader in the production of food packaging (particularly of XPS based food containers), to develop …
INEOS Styrolution and Sirap agree on joint project aiming at depolymerisation solution for polystyrene Read More
A research group at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has developed an efficient process for breaking down any plastic waste to a molecular level. The resulting gases can then be …
Chalmers University: all plastic waste could be recycled into new plastic Read More
BP has developed an enhanced recycling technology, BP Infinia, that enables currently unrecyclable polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic waste to be diverted from landfill or incineration and instead transformed back into …
BP opening $25M chemical recycling plant in Illinois Read More
Eastman (took a significant and definitive step forward to accelerate the circular economy. The company has begun commercial operation of an innovative chemical recycling technology that will help solve one …
Revolutionizing recycling at the molecular level: Eastman begins commercial operation of innovative chemical recycling technology Read More
Neste, the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel, renewable jet fuel, and an expert in delivering drop-in renewable chemical solutions, and REMONDIS, one of the world’s largest privately owned recycling, …
Remondis and Neste to cooperate on chemical plastics recycling, goal to process over 200 kilotons of waste plastic Read More
RECENSO launches joint project for Chemical Recycling: “CLR2020” provides firsthand information on the conversion of mixed and contaminated plastic waste and the potentials of the new resource. Chemical recycling is …
RECENSO launches joint project for Chemical Recycling Read More
Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in nutrition, health and sustainable living, announced at the K-Show that its engineering plastics business will offer a full alternative range of its …
DSM to introduce bio- and/or recycled-based alternatives for its entire engineering plastics portfolio Read More
For the first time, Henkel has produced bottles using chemically recycled plastic in collaboration with packaging manufacturer Alpla. Through chemical recycling, mixed plastic waste that was previously impossible to recycle …
First Henkel bottles made of chemically recycled plastic Read More