That explains the excitement around a chemical plant that will start commercial operations this year in northeast England. In ...

Downcycling' plastic - i.e. recycling waste without sorting it - has 'almost as much' climate impact as incinerating it, ...

Despite growing interest in using PCR materials in packaging to reduce virgin plastic use, producers and recyclers report that widespread adoption has been slower than expected. There is a disconnect ...

Discover the fascinating process of turning waste plastic into high-quality PVC pipes. First, the discarded plastic is ...

US start-up MacroCycle Technologies has raised US$ 6.5 million (EUR 6.2 million) to advance its chemical recycling process.

A team of scientists from the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences - Biotechnology at Forschungszentrum Jülich worked together ...

“Taking a plastic bottle and turning it into part of a pair of sneakers that after a year will be buried or burned is not perpetuating a cycle,” said Kevin Budris, deputy director of Just Zero, a ...

Under the project management of Silicann Systems GmbH, SKZ is launching the SpectralAIge research project together with HAIP ...

The company is developing “upcycled” PET and polyester resins and plans to use the funding to grow its operations and scale ...

Unlocking Plastic Recycling Since their widespread adoption by the manufacturing industry in the 1960s, plastics have become an omnipresent material in our daily lives. They are also the cause of very ...

Siegwerk has introduced its nitrocellulose (NC) free ink series for surface printing on polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene ...

According to the company, the technology, protected by multiple international patents, facilitates the creation of a plastic-to-plastic circular economy, where commonly used plastics such as ...