On 5 June, the European Commission published a Commission Notice providing further clarity about the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation in practice. We take a closer look at the document to understand its requirements in detail, including the current status of PFAS restrictions, the…
In this Innovation Spotlight, Dow outlines how its extrusion coating portfolio aims to support recyclability requirements and regulatory readiness, and how its collaboration with RDM Group demonstrates how lightweight polymer coatings can extend the use of fibre-based packaging into applications…
Chemists at Northwestern University are using moisture from the air to depolymerize plastic waste for further plastic production; this is set to save recyclers the task of sorting mixed waste streams while avoiding expensive, energy-intensive, potentially toxic processes.
Refinverse, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, and Japan Polypropylene are working with Albion to recycle its polypropylene cosmetics containers into new packaging in a closed-loop system.
OMV has completed the expansion of its proprietary ReOil technology at its Schwechat refinery, where it plans to convert up to 16,000 metric tons of hard-to-recycle mixed plastic waste into chemical feedstocks annually.
GPT Circular and iQRenew have finalized quality and specification criteria for the use of Australian soft plastics in global advanced chemical recycling – a move set to keep contamination low, ensure efficient processing, and result in food-grade packaging materials.
KINGFA’s Environmental SCI & TECH Spain subsidiary has inaugurated its Montalbo chemical recycling facility, expected to reach an annual capacity of 30,000 tons of ‘high-performance’ recycled plastics and bolster Spain’s plastic waste recycling system.
ExxonMobil has filed a lawsuit against California Attorney General Rob Bonta and various non-profit organizations, alleging that criticism of its advanced plastics recycling claims is defamatory.
Schneider Electric and GR3N have partnered to develop the ‘first’ open automation system for advanced plastic recycling – which, in the scale-up of GR3N’s depolymerization technology, is set to reduce human error by 40% and engineering costs by 30%.
A partnership between Plast Nordic and Norner aims to use alkaline hydrolysis to recycle 97% of PET waste generated in the Nordics back into their raw materials, targeting the packaging and textile industries with their ‘virgin-quality’ rPET resin.
Quantafuel and Eurazeo’s ReSource Denmark, the country’s ‘largest and most technologically advanced’ plastic sorting facility, has opened its doors; it aims to process 160,000 tons of plastic waste every year and increase plastic recycling capabilities nationwide.
As part of its goal to eliminate virgin fossil-based plastic in all its crisp and chip bags by 2030, PepsiCo Europe is supporting investment to scale GreenDot’s recycling solutions and implement the recycled plastic waste into its snacks packaging.
Dow and SCG Chemicals have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to accelerate advanced and mechanical recycling technologies in the Asia Pacific region – aiming to process 200kt of plastic waste annually by 2030.
BlueAlp and Recupero Etico Sostenibile (RES) have signed an agreement to establish Italy’s first industrial-scale advanced recycling facility, expected to process and convert 20kt of mixed plastic waste annually.
