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VTT has announced the licensing of its mixed plastic recycling technology, Olefy, to US-based company Refinity, which develops and commercialises new waste recovery technologies. VTT has sold a global license of its chemical recycling technology for mixed plastic waste to Refinity, a new subsidiary of Innventure Inc. Refinity says it intends to use the technology […]
The Taiwan Ministry of Environment announced discounted recycling and disposal fees for plastic containers using recycled material or adhering to green design standards. Under Article 16 of Taiwan’s Waste Disposal Act, manufacturers and importers of plastic containers must pay fees based on the type, weight, and recyclability of their products. This Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) […]
BASF has partnered with Endress+Hauser, TechnoCompound and the Universities of Bayreuth and Jena in Germany to study improving mechanical recycling of plastics. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding two-thirds of the 2.2 million-euros ($2.29 million) project, with the project partners providing one-third of the financing. The SpecReK project aims combine […]
The Light House Sustainability Society, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, says it has launched an initiative aimed at diverting and recycling plastic scrap generated at up to 10 Vancouver area construction sites. The pilot program, known as the Construction Plastics Initiative, is running from late 2024 through February 2026, with Light House saying it “is actively […]
EuRIC’s plastics recycling branch published a roadmap on the future of the European plastics recycling industry. The association represents the interests of the European recycling industries next to EU institutions. The roadmap advocates for five urgent measures to support the European plastics recycling industry which continues to grapple with low demand and competition from cheap […]
Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) has published its 2023 mapping of installed capacities across the continent (EU 27 member states plus the UK, Switzerland, and Norway). Following the trend from 2022, growth in installed plastic recycling capacity continued to slow down in 2023 to 6% year-on-year. The previous year the growth rate stood at 10%, down […]
Materials manufacturer Covestro and Ausell, a Chinese plastics recycling firm are taking their existing recycling collaboration a step further, the companies have announced. Having worked together since 2020, and recycling one million 19-liter polycarbonate water barrels each year into high-performance post-consumer recycled (PCR) polycarbonates used in various industrial sectors, the two companies have now agreed […]
Every project and product that has been shortlisted exemplifies the increasing level of investment that the Indian recycling industry is now applying at all levels of the sector,” said Taher Patrawala, Managing Director of Media Fusion. “We are delighted to be recognising the commitment and hard work of these finalists. May their success serve as […]