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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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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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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Germany – Using its Newcycling-technology, APK AG was able to obtain pure plastic recyclates from mixed consumer waste.
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