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North American prices for recycled PET pellets have had a slight increase over the last quarter. Clear post-consumer PET pellet prices have increased by 2 cents per pound and green post-consumer pellets increased 1 cent, according to sources in contact with Plastics News. These price changes will be shown in the Nov. 11 PN resin […]
Dow Chemical Co. and Brazilian multinational environmental solutions company Ambipar recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore business opportunities leveraging the value of postconsumer plastic scrap and turning it into new products in the Latin American region. The companies say their partnership aims to create an effective platform for plastic recycling and boost […]
LyondellBasell (LYB) announced it closed the full acquisition of Germany-based plastics recycler APK on Oct. 17. The acquisition negotiations were first announced at the end of August. APK entered insolvency self-administration procedures in May 2024 and had since been looking for new investors. The economic situation of the Merseburg-based company deteriorated during a period when its investors […]
LyondebellBasell (LYB) has laid the foundation stone for its industrial-scale chemical recycling plant in Wesseling, Germany. The ceremony took place today in the presence of Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The facility is expected to have an annual capacity of 50,000 tonnes and is designed to recycle the amount of plastic packaging waste generated by over […]
Röchling Industrial announced it is investing almost €10 million to create a sustainability centre at its industrial recycling plant in Geeste-Dalum, Germany. The Germany-based plastics processor first opened the plant in March 2021, where it cleans, sorts, and grounds post-industrial PE and PP from its own production and from its customers. Röchling then reprocesses the recyclates […]
Mexico City — Alcamare International Recycling Group S de RL de CV says it has won approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to produce food-grade recycled polypropylene. “Alcamare has received a letter of no objection (LNO) from the … FDA confirming the capability of Alcamare’s recycling process to produce recycled polypropylene that is suitable […]
Syensqo, a leading global provider of Advanced Performance Materials and Chemical Solutions, has announced the introduction of five new high performance ECHO grades as part of the company’s growing Omnix® ECHO portfolio of circular polymers. With a mass-balanced (MB) allocated recycled content between 33% and 98% from post-consumer and/or post-industrial (PCR/PIR) sources, including fibers, the new sustainable […]
Eastman Chemical Co.’s three announced chemical recycling plants are at three very different stages at this point. As production levels at a now-operational chemical recycling facility are expected to move higher in Tennessee, and concrete plans are being made for a second domestic site in Texas, the future of a third location in France has […]