Norner, Plast Nordic and Dr Sarkissova establish collaboration in chemical recycling of PET

In June 2024, Plast Nordic entered into a collaboration with Norner, an expert in the polymer industry, with over 40 years of experience. Based in Porsgrunn, Norway, Norner operates advanced laboratories, polymerisation units, and industrial-scale process pilot plants. Norner is owned by SCG Chemicals in Thailand and serves over 700 customers

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Dow advances its mechanical recycling offering by agreeing to acquire Circulus, a North American polyethylene recycler

Dow (NYSE: DOW) announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Circulus, a leading recycler of plastic waste into post-consumer resin (PCR). This transaction includes two facilities, one in Ardmore, Oklahoma, and another in Arab, Alabama, with a total capacity of 50,000 metric tons per year. Dow expects the transaction to

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Krones Recycling is spun off as an independent subsidiary company

The demand for recycled plastics is increasing rapidly worldwide: consumer awareness is growing, companies are setting themselves ever more ambitious sustainability targets and recycling requirements from international governments are also increasing. As a company with almost 30 years of experience in plastics processing and almost 25 years in the field of

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Indorama Ventures secures $200 million loan to drive sustainability programme

Chemical producer Indorama Ventures announced it secured a new 7-year loan totaling $200 million from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to help fund the continued growth of the company’s strategic sustainability programmes in India, Thailand and Indonesia, and promote a circular economy as a leading PET recycler. The loan from the

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RafCycle by UPM Raflatac recycling service leads the way with Dekra validated CO2 calculation method

UPM Raflatac has received a new certificate of validity from leading international assurance service provider, Dekra, for its RafCycle recycling service. Going forward, this certification validates the credibility of the CO2 impact assessments provided by RafCycle in Europe and the US. As a result, customers can communicate their environmental contributions in

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Carbios and Zhink Group enter official discussions for long-term partnership to build PET biorecycling industrial capacities in China

Carbios and Chinese Zhink Group, one of China’s Top 500 Private Enterprises, specialising in two global industries, PET and textiles, announce the signing of a joint Letter of Intent to build a biorecycling plant in China using Carbios’ enzymatic depolymerisation technology to serve the global market. This agreement officialises collaboration towards

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Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim deliver bottle-to-bottle recycling plant to Magpet

For Indian preform and plastic packaging manufacturer Magpet Polymer Pvt Ltd, Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim are collaborating technologies in construction of an entire plant for bottle-to-bottle recycling from a single source. In addition to mechanical processing of used PET bottles, the recycling system encompasses all process steps leading up to extrusion

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Three PET UV barriers by Avient receive RecyClass Recyclability Approval

UV barriers developed by Avient and destined for PET bottles are approved as limited compatible with the PET bottles recycling stream in Europe Avient Corporation’s technologies for UV barriers, developed to protect PET packaging and its contents from the degradation effects of light and UV radiation, are the first to receive

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World’s largest plastics recycling event opens in Amsterdam next week

The world’s largest event dedicated to plastics recycling, the Plastics Recycling Show Europe, takes place next week at RAI Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from 19-20 June 2024. Visitors can still register for free at: www.prseventeurope.com The PRS Europe exhibition and conference attracts thousands of professional stakeholders of the entire plastics recycling value

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Borealis to establish recyclate-based polyolefins compounding line in Belgium

Borealis announces the installation of a semi-commercial demonstration recyclate-based polyolefins (rPO) compounding line in Beringen, Belgium. Set for construction during 2024, it is expected to be fully operational in the first half of 2025. The state-of-the-art line will use Borealis’ proprietary technology to transform mechanically recycled post-consumer waste into high-quality rigid

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