Industry News
Norwegian Waste Management Firm Geminor and Quantafuel Have Combined to Launch Polynate
Norwegian waste management firm Geminor and Quantafuel have come together to create 'Polynate', a new company to sort plastic waste from residual waste to supply chemical recycling plants. Polynate will be providing plastic waste...
Savage Joins Cyclyx Program to Help Reduce Plastic Waste
Savage, a supply chain partner to the plastics and chemicals industry, has teamed up with Cyclyx - a consortium-based business attempting to divert plastics away from landfills and increase plastic recycling rates from 10% to 90%. Savage strives to manage and...
Braskem and Nexus Circular Sign Contract for Circular Plastic Feedstocks from New Advanced Recycling Facility
Nexus Circular and Braskem, the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas, announced on the 23rd of January that they have inked a 10-year definitive commercial contract for the supply of circular plastic feedstocks from a new, advanced recycling facility. ...
Dow and LVMH Collaborate to Improve Beauty Packaging Sustainability
Made from sustainably recycled bio-based and plastic waste sources, Dow's SURLYN™ ionomers are being used in the production of plastics. Used cooking oil and other waste by-products and residues are expected to...
Sumika Partners with Hexagon to Reduce Carbon Footprint of New Vehicles
Hexagon's Manufacturing Intelligence arm and Sumika Polymer Compounds Europe (SPC Europe) have teamed up to optimise the performance of novel sustainable automotive-grade polypropylene (PP) compounds, Hexagon announced on 24 January. This enables engineers...
Carbios and Novozymes Form Partnership to Lead Bio-Recycling of PET
Carbios, a pioneer in the development and industrialization of biological technologies to reinvent the life cycle of plastics and textiles, and Novozymes, the world leader in biological solutions, announced on 12 January an exclusive long-term global strategic...
Horus Pharma and Plastic Bank Launch Plastic Recycling Initiative
French pharmaceutical firm Horus Pharma, a specialist in developing preservative-free ophthalmology products, has partnered with Canadian non-profit organization Plastic Bank on a plastic recycling initiative. The scheme aims to recycle nearly 100tpa of plastic and...
‘Spray-On Wrapper’ Provides a Plastic-Free Food Packaging Option
Researchers from Rutgers and Harvard University have developed a biodegradable spray-on food wrapper. The Scientists believe this wrapper can prolong the shelf-life of food, reduce food and plastic waste and increase food safety. “Food waste and food safety are among...
Tim Hortons Previews New Packaging, Cutlery and Launches Trial of Recyclable Fiber Hot Beverage Lids in Vancouver
Tim Hortons restaurants across Canada will be introducing wooden and fiber cutlery for guests, eliminating an estimated use of 90 million single-use plastics a year, starting in early 2023. The wooden cutlery and fibre spoon are both compostable. In another move to...
TotalEnergies Joins NEXTLOOPP to Accelerate the Development of Food-Grade Recycled Polymers
TotalEnergies has joined NEXTLOOPP, an initiative bringing together 48 companies from the plastics value chain that aims to create food-grade recycled polymer from advanced mechanical recycling (announced 9 Jan). Launched in October 2020 by Nextek Ltd, NEXTLOOPP is a...
Balena to Reduce Your Plastic Footprint with New Biodegradable Footwear
Balena’s BioCirSlides are made from 100% biodegradable plastic and are described as the first fully mouldable, biodegradable elastomer which provides a viable alternative to other polluting plastic materials. The company has created a new collection to...
LyondellBasell and Audi Create Automotive Plastic Parts from Mixed Plastic Waste
LyondellBasell and Audi announced on 28 November a first-time collaboration to help close the loop for mixed automotive plastic waste. Audi is installing plastic seatbelt buckle covers in the Q8 e-tron made using LyondellBasell plastic that supports the sourcing of...