Breaking PET

Harnessing moisture from air, Northwestern University chemists have developed a new method for breaking down plastic waste. The non-toxic, environmentally friendly, solvent-free process first uses an inexpensive catalyst to break apart the bonds in PET. Then, the researchers merely expose the broken pieces to ambient air. Leveraging the trace amounts of

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Axens and Sorema sign partnership for providing advanced plastic recycling integrated solutions

Axens, a leading technology licensor in the field of plastics circular economy, and Sorema, an international technology and equipment provider for sorting, cleaning and mechanical treatment of plastic wastes, announced their cooperation for providing integrated solutions for advanced (chemical, physical) recycling of plastic wastes. Thanks to this cooperation, Axens and Sorema

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Shelf life extender oxygen scavenging additive for PET packaging

Avient Corporation announced the launch of ColorMatrix Amosorb 4020L, an advanced shelf life extender oxygen scavenging additive produced specifically for PET bottle packaging. This new additive claimes to offer brand owners and converters a cost-effective solution to enhance the shelf life and recyclability of their PET bottles. The additive is developed

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SK chemicals to establish Waste Plastic Recycling Innovation Center in Korea

SK Chemicals has successfully mass-produced chemically recycled materials and started to build a comprehensive center for plastic recycling solutions in Korea. This center will include the production of circular recyclable raw materials, demonstration research and material production. The company announced on February 18th that it will establish a Recycle Innovation Center

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Avantium and Amcor Rigid Packaging partner to advance more sustainable packaging with plant-based polymer Releaf

Avantium N.V., a leading company in renewable and circular polymer materials, has signed a joint development agreement with Amcor Rigid Packaging USA, LLC known for responsible packaging solutions. This partnership aims to explore the use of Avantium’s plant-based polymer PEF – branded as Releaf – in rigid containers for various products,

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Vilsa-Brunnen replaces shrink wrap with adhesive dots

Vilsa-Brunnen is the first German beverage manufacturer to eliminate shrink wrap on all its single-use bottles, replacing it with adhesive dots. With the introduction of the “VILSA NIX-PACK”, the company aims to redefine the classic six-pack [“NIX” meaning “nothing” in German, highlighting the absence of shrink wrap]. Instead of being held

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MacroCycle raises $6.5M to commercialise upcycling technology with 80% less energy

MacroCycle Technologies, a developer of a novel PET & polyester textile waste upcycling technology, announced the close of a $6.5M seed financing round. The round was led by Clean Energy Ventures and Volta Circle, with participation from KDT Ventures and Neotribe Ventures. MacroCycle will use the funding to grow its operations

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Avantium and EPC Engineering & Technologies collaborate to commercialise continuous PEF production technology

Avantium N.V., a leader in renewable and circular polymer materials, has signed a collaboration with EPC Engineering & Technologies GmbH, an international technology provider as well as an engineering and plant construction company. This partnership aims to advance the continuous PEF polyester production technology, targeting plant capacities of 100 kt/a and beyond. The collaboration will

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Eight copolyester resins for non-beverage packaging from Eastman receive RecyClass Approval

Eastman received RecyClass Recyclability Approvals for eight copolyester resins and their equivalent Renew grades, containing recycled content. Six copolyesters, also known as speciality PET, were classified as fully compatible with the state-of-the-art recycling processes for PET bottles in Europe. This includes: Additionally, two of Eastman’s resins, Cristal EN067 and Cristal EN059 were recognised

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DePoly and PTI collaborate to create closed loop recycled PET bottle

DePoly, a Swiss award-winning CleanTech company which specialises in advanced recycling of PET/polyester plastics, announced their collaboration with PTI (Plastic Technologies Inc) a leader in sustainable plastic packaging design and development, to create a closed loop recycled PET bottle. Using a mixed stream of feedstock, ranging from PET plastic packaging, polyester

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