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LG Chem, a manufacturer of plastics precursors, has established a new research and development (R&D) centre in Frankfurt, Germany. The South-Korea based company inaugurated its Europe Innovation Centre on Oct. 27. The centre will research ‘eco-friendly future technologies’ including plastics recycling, biomaterials, and battery recycling, LG Chem said in a statement. The chemicals manufacturer said […]
Brazil’s plastic recycling rate fell from 25.6% in 2022, the best year on record, to 20.6% in 2023. It is the worst result since records began in 2018 in the South American country. MaxiQuim, a business valuation company in the chemical industry, compiled the data at the request of the Plastics Chain Incentive Plan (PICPlast, […]
Iterum, formerly known as PET Baltija, has opened Latvia’s largest PET recycling plant in Olaine. At a planned capacity of 80,000 tonnes per year, the plant is one the largest PET recycling facilities in Northern Europe and one of Latvia’s largest industrial buildings. It spans an outdoor area of around 40,000 square metres, and a […]
A new EU-funded project is aiming to scale mechanical, chemical, and biorecycling technologies for biodegradable plastics. The ReBioCycle consortium is a European Bioplastics project led by the University of Dublin, Ireland. It includes three hubs focusing on waste processing in Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands. The Dutch hub includes TotalEnergies Corbion, Torwash, Paques biomaterials, Kaneka, […]
Berry Global announced it has upgraded its plastic packaging recycling complex in Heanor, Derbyshire, United Kingdom. The facility can recycle a wide variety of flexible, or so-called soft, plastic waste, including retail packaging such as carrier bags, bread bags, film wrapping, and plastic pouches. The US-based packaging company has upgraded the Heanor wash plant to handle and […]
Schneider Electric has partnered with PET chemical recycler GR3N to create the first open automation system for the advanced plastic recycling industry. With 50% of global plastic waste ending up in landfills and only 9% recycled, GR3N developed MADE, the Microwave Assisted DEpolymerization solution. This new process breaks down PET into its chemical building blocks […]
Schneider Electric, a sustainable company in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has partnered with GR3N, the Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) chemical recycler, to create the first open automation system for the advanced plastic recycling industry. With 50% of global plastic waste ending up in landfills and only 9% recycled, GR3N developed MADE, the Microwave Assisted DEpolymerization solution. This new process breaks down […]
New Jersey-based GDB International Inc., through its subsidiary GDB Circular (MN) Inc., is reopening the former Myplas USA plastic film recycling plant in Rogers, Minnesota. Myplas USA, the U.S.-subsidiary of South African firm Myplas, opened the 170,000-square-foot facility in late 2023. The original facility was designed to recycle nearly 90 million pounds of end-of-life plastic per year, […]