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LyondellBasell today announced that it is building a new small-scale pilot facility at its Ferrara, Italy site moving another step closer to converting post-consumer plastic waste into new plastics on …
LyondellBasell Announces Construction of New Small-Scale Molecular Recycling Facility Read More
Waste management comanpny Indaver has received the environmental permit for the construction of a new demo installation for recycling 15,000 tonnes of end-of-life plastics on an annual basis. With this, …
Permit for Indaver for a new installation for the chemical recycling of end-of-life plastics Read More
Chemical recycling is the new buzzword we keep hearing from different stakeholders, being them industry, policy officers or concerned activists. Zero Waste Europe has recently released a study to share …
Zero Waste Europe webinar – Chemical recycling: what it is and does it fit into the Circular Economy? Read More
Two Netherlands-based organisations – ISPT and DPI – are launching the Circular Plastics Initiative, bringing together major players that play a role in the plastic recycling chain in an international …
DPI and ISPT launch Circular Plastics Initiative Read More
BASF is to invest €20 million into Quantafuel, a specialist for pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste and purification of pyrolysis oil, headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Together, the partners aim to …
BASF invests €20 million in Quantafuel to jointly drive chemical recycling of mixed plastic waste Read More
ReNew ELP is launching a commercial-scale plant in Northeast England leveraging a chemical recycling process that breaks down plastics into their building blocks, in order to make virgin-equivalent products. Branded …
ReNew ELP launches a commercial-scale plant in Northeast England Read More
Coca-Cola is unveiling the first ever sample bottle made using recovered and recycled marine plastics, demonstrating that, one day, even ocean debris could be used in recycled packaging for food …
Coca-Cola, Ioniqa – Introducing Coke Bottle Made with Plastic from the Sea Read More
A new Dutch National Platform for chemical recycling should promote knowledge exchange and coordinate initiatives. The platform will also identify areas of innovation, so that (development) programs are designed to …
Dutch National chemical recycling platform created Read More