Industry News
Gucci Launches a Circular Hub to Drive Sustainability in Fashion
Gucci and its parent company Kering have unveiled the 'Circular Hub', a luxury platform based in Italy, designed to transition the region's fashion industry to circular operations. Based in Tuscany, the platform is set to drive the transformation of the value chain...
PA Consulting and Pulpac to Develop Fiber-Based Bottles
PA Consulting and PulPac have launched The Bottle Collective, which aims to reduce single-use plastic bottles in various sectors by industrializing a high-speed, low-cost process for creating fibre-based bottles. This process utilizes Dry Molded Fiber technology,...
Origin Materials and Avantium to Accelerate the Mass Production of FDCA and PEF for Advanced Chemicals and Plastics
Origin Materials, Inc., a leading carbon-negative materials enterprise and Avantium N.V., a pioneering technology business in renewable chemistry, have joined forces to speed up the large-scale production of FDCA and PEF for use in advanced chemicals and plastics...
Thailand to Enforce a Ban on Plastic Imports by 2025
Thailand has announced that it will ban all plastic imports by 2025. The ban, which has been in discussions since 2020, will occur in three phases. Only 14 manufacturers in Thailand’s free trade zone that use scraps as raw materials will be allowed to import...
ACI Plastics Opens Largest Recycling Facility in Flint, Michigan
ACI Plastics, in partnership with Luxembourg-based Ravago, has launched a new state-of-the-art recycling facility in Flint, Michigan. Officials with the Michigan Dept. of Environment, Great lakes, and Energy (EGLE) joined with Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley and Genesee...
Clariter and TotalEnergies Fluids Have Launched the World’s ‘First’ Ultra-Pure Solvent Made From Plastic Waste
Clariter, a leading cleantech company, and TotalEnergies Fluids, a division of TotalEnergies, have unveiled a sustainable ultra-pure solvent derived from plastic waste. These solvents are typically used in pharmaceuticals and other industries, as they are colourless,...
Epson and Designer Yuima Nakazato Show a Glimpse of a More Sustainable Future for Fashion
Epson has collaborated with the renowned Japanese fashion designer Yuima Nakazato and his YUIMA NAKAZATO brand at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week Spring - Summer 2023, in order to unveil captivating yet sustainable creations. ...
Single-Use Plastic Production is Increasing Despite Pledges, Study Reveals
New research released on 6 February revealed that despite awareness and more stringent regulations around the world to curb plastic pollution, global production of single-use plastic had risen by 6 million tons per year from 2019 to 2021. Producers have failed to make...
The Puzzle You Have Struggled to Crack is Back with a Green Facelift: The Rubik’s Re-Cube
For almost 50 years, the iconic Rubik's Cube, invented by Ernő Rubik in the ’70s, has been a staple of puzzling fun. However, this classic toy was not so friendly to the environment - until now. Spin Master, the current owner of Rubik’s Brand, has released the...
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. ...