Chemical recycling
Amcor and Greenback turn post-consumer flexibles into pyrolytic oil
Greenback Recycling Technologies and Amcor aim to convert post-consumer flexible packaging into pyrolytic oil for food-grade plastics by
Over 92% of Ferrero’s packaging designed for recycling last year, report says
According to its 2024 Sustainability Report, Ferrero designed over 92% of its packaging for recycling in the last fiscal year,
Is the European recycling industry truly doomed?
Words like ‘crisis’ and ‘breaking point’ are increasingly used to describe the European recycling industry, but are we past the
First pyrolysis oil recycled from mixed waste at Plastic Energy’s Dutch plant
At its Geleen facility, Plastic Energy has converted hard-to-recycle post-consumer plastic waste into pyrolysis oil for the
EU sets out landmark rules on chemically recycled content
For the first time in its history, the EU has unveiled rules for calculating, verifying and reporting levels of chemically-
EREMA machinery decontaminates post-consumer film rejects for recycling
EREMA has announced the launch of its AGGLOREMA recycling system for heavily contaminated post-consumer waste, designed to prepare film
From waste to resource: Innovations in recycling technologies
In anticipation of the Sustainable Packaging Summit 2025, we will be hosting a series of LIVE panels, focused on sustainability
650 million MT of plastics need chemical recycling to match virgin costs
A report from Bain & Company asserts that 650 million metric tons of polyolefins must be chemically recycled globally to
DePoly’s showcase plant to turn 500 tonnes of PET into raw materials yearly
DePoly is launching a showcase plant for converting PET and polyester waste into ‘virgin-quality’ raw materials without fossil fuels,
Scientists use air moisture to turn mixed plastic waste into building blocks
Chemists at Northwestern University are using moisture from the air to depolymerize plastic waste for further plastic production; this is
Albion aspires for circular cosmetics packaging in recycling partnership
Refinverse, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, and Japan Polypropylene are working with Albion to recycle its polypropylene cosmetics containers into new packaging
Completed OMV plant converts mixed, hard-to-recycle plastics into feedstocks
OMV has completed the expansion of its proprietary ReOil technology at its Schwechat refinery, where it plans to convert up