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LyondellBasell (LYB) produced and marketed more than 200,000 tonnes of recycled and renewable-based polymers in 2024, a 65% increase compared to the previous year. The US-based polymer producer aims to produce and market 2 million tonnes of circular polymers annually by 2030. In its 2024 sustainability report, the company it is making ‘good progress’ towards […]
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) is launching a year-long plastic waste collection drive. The initiative, which is likely to begin on January 26, is set to cover all districts and the Greater Chennai Corporation every month. The initiative, aimed at reducing the use of plastic and raising environmental awareness, will be carried out […]
Vioneo is moving forward with its plans to build a 300,000 tonnes/year polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) plant using green methanol as feedstock in the Port of Antwerp, Belgium. The company was established in September 2024 as a subsidiary of A.P. Moller Holding, the investment group of Danish shipping and logistics company Mærsk. Vioneo announced […]
As Europe’s share of global plastics production is feared to have halved over 20 years, Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) is among the stakeholders calling for the European Union to regulate its virgin and recycled plastic imports and address high energy costs. Reportedly, the rise in imports of plastics recycled outside the EU, lower investments in […]
Cyclyx International, a joint venture between Agilyx, ExxonMobil, LyondellBasell, has made the final investment decision to build its second Cyclyx Circularity Centre (CCC) in Texas, United States. Last December, it decided to build its first CCC in Houston with capacity to produce around 136,000 tonnes (300 million pounds) of plastic feedstock for chemical and mechanical […]
Plastic can protect the climate and provide for the world. With its #daskannkunststoff (‘PlasticCanDoThis’) campaign, packaging and recycling specialist ALPLA is committed to a fact-based view of the recyclable material among the public. On 9th October, the company invited guests from the worlds of politics, business and academia to Berlin for a dialogue. They discussed […]
The government of The Gambia – along with Common Seas – has today announced a plan to tackle plastic pollution in the country, ahead of the final round of the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations later this year. An estimated 95,000 tonnes of plastics will escape from The Gambia into rivers and the sea between now […]
Consumer goods giant Unilever has partnered with consulting firm EY and the US Agency for International Development to launch the Circle Alliance, a new public–private initiative aimed at tackling plastic pollution. The partners have invested $21 million (€19 million) to support entrepreneurs and small businesses across the plastics value chain to scale solutions for packaging circularity, from […]