Jan De Nul inaugurates plastic waste sorting centre in Belgium
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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Tag: plastic recycling
Viridor opens UK plastics reprocessing and waste management centre
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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US scientists create stronger material from recycled plastic
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 welcomes advanced plastic recycling
Spain – TotalEnergies and Honeywell established a strategic partnership to further the development of breakthrough plastic recycling technologies.
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Braskem boosts advanced plastic recycling with new acquisition
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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LG Chem to boost plastics recycling
South Korea/United Kingdom – LG Chem will make a full-fledged entry into the chemical recycling business in order to build a plastics circular economy.
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$13.4M funding for plastic waste recycling
United States – The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $13.4 million to seven projects for the research and development of novel recycling processes and technologies that will reduce plastic waste and the energy consumption and carbon emissions of single-use plastics at all stages of their lifecycle.
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APK AG achieves fully decolourized plastic recyclates
Germany – Using its Newcycling-technology, APK AG was able to obtain pure plastic recyclates from mixed consumer waste.
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First home energy solutions made from recycled ocean plastics unveiled
United States – The first home energy solutions made from ocean plastics have been unveiled by Schneider Electric.
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Trinseo wraps up acquisition of Heathland
The Netherlands – Acquisition of Heathland, a leading collector and recycler of post-consumer (PCR, EoL) and post-industrial (PIR) plastic wastes in Europe, has been completed by Trinseo, a global materials solutions provider and manufacturer of plastics and latex binders. Heathland, a plastic waste collector and recycler based in Utrecht, the Netherlands, focuses on PCR and […]
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