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Plants by Braven Environmental and Encina will take in a combined 225,000 metric tons of waste plastic per year. Two new plastic pyrolysis plants are in the works in the …
New plastic pyrolysis capacity planned in the US Read More
Fraunhofer IMWS and RECENSO GmbH want to support the establishment of chemical recycling solutions by pooling their expertise. “We have a lot of experience and excellent research opportunities in the …
Fraunhofer IMWS and RECENSO form partnership for chemical recycling Read More
Hoop™, a circle as the symbol of circularity per excellence, is the project launched by Versalis, the Eni chemical company, for the development of a new technology to chemically recycle …
Versalis to launch Hoop™, chemical recycling towards infinitely recyclable plastic Read More
Shell announced it has successfully made high-end chemicals using a liquid feedstock made from plastic waste. The technique, known as pyrolysis, is considered a breakthrough for hard-to-recycle plastics and advances …
Shell uses chemical recycled plastic waste to produce chemicals 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 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
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
Dow today announced an agreement with the Fuenix Ecogy Group, based in Weert, The Netherlands, for the supply of pyrolysis oil feedstock, which is made from recycled plastic waste. The …
Dow and Fuenix enter into a partnership for the production of 100% circular plastic Read More