Belgium – In a joint letter to the European Commission, the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) and 30 other associations that represent market segments along the European plastics value chain call for the adoption of an EU-harmonized mass balance calculation rule for chemically recycled content in 2023.
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Finland – Wärtsilä and Carnival Corporation collaborated on a pilot project to cut back on the use of plastic in marine operations.
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Belgium – The NextGen District will soon house a plastic recycling facility, according to PureCycle and the Port of Antwerp-Bruges.
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Finland – VTT is spinning out Olefy technology in October after four decades of thermal conversion technology development – a process that can affordably convert most of the world’s waste plastics back to usable virgin grade materials an infinite number of times. VTT has also announced the filing of eight patent applications for the process.
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Germany – The Digital Watermarks Initiative HolyGrail 2.0 has been joined by INEOS Olefins and Polymers Europe to greatly enhance the sorting and recycling of waste plastic packaging.
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Belgium – The new Val’Up Plastic and Packaging Waste Sorting Centre in Mons, Belgium, has been officially opened by the Jan De Nul Group.
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United Kingdom – Jo Churchill MP, the Minister for Resources and Waste, opened Viridor’s Resource Recovery Centre in Avonmouth, near Bristol.
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United States – University of North Carolina chemists have flipped the script by discovering a way to break down plastics and create a new material that is stronger and tougher than the original – meaning that it could be more expensive.
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Spain – TotalEnergies and Honeywell established a strategic partnership to further the development of breakthrough plastic recycling technologies.
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United States – Braskem, an industrial producer of biopolymers, has invested in Nexus Circular—a commercial leader in advanced recycling that turns plastic waste into feedstocks for the production of sustainable virgin plastics.
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