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UC Riverside engineers have developed a way to recycle plastic waste, such as soda or water bottles, into a nanomaterial useful for energy storage. Mihri and Cengiz Ozkan and their …
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Leistritz Extrusionstechnik from Nuremberg and Rittec Umwelttechnik from Lüneburg jointly develop solutions for the continuous recycling of PET plastics. The strategic partnership includes the implementation and market launch of the …
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Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP), the world’s largest independent Coca-Cola bottler, has taken an important step on its journey towards 100% rPET for its plastic bottles by funding CuRe Technology – …
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Loop Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: LOOP) announced today that they have entered into a multi-year offtake agreement with leading beauty industry brand L’Oréal to supply them with PET resin made of …
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Inline Plastics is integrating rDPET manufacturing across its entire product line. The new method develops food-grade packaging material infused with post-consumer content made from chemical recycling—a process that recycles material …
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Global specialty plastics provider Eastman addresses the increasing demand for recycled materials at the 2020 Plastics Recycling Conference and Trade Show held in Nashville, Feb. 17-19. The 15th annual event …
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Procter & Gamble (P&G) will start using Indorama Ventures’ Circular Plastics resin, obtained via chemical reprocessing, in its Pantene hair care products in the UK from Q4 2020. Making the …
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An innovative new chemical recycling solution for PET and polyester is on the precipice of commercial release having been funded by the EU’s Horizon’s 2020 programme and backed by a …
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Chemical recycling method breaks down plastics into their original building blocks, potentially allowing them to be recycled repeatedly without losing quality. Scientists from the Universities of Bath and Birmingham have …
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