All Chemical recycling articles – Page 4
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Dow and Mura Technology collaborate to expand global advanced recycling capacity
Dow and Mura Technology have announced plans to build multiple facilities in the US and Europe, which the companies say could add as much as 600 kilotons (KT) of aggregate advanced recycling capacity by 2030 and will apparently enable the HydroPRS technology to be scaled globally.
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Neste to receive EU funding for chemical recycling project
Neste has received a positive grant decision from the EU Innovation Fund for up to EUR 135 million for its plans to expand chemical recycling capacities at its Porvoo refinery in Finland.
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Neste secures European rights to Alterra Energy’s chemical recycling technology
Neste has purchased the European rights to Alterra Energy’s thermochemical liquefaction technology, a chemical recycling solution for hard-to-recycle plastics that the companies are looking to scale at Neste’s refineries in Finland and the Netherlands.
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University research programme develops process to convert difficult-to-recycle packaging waste into feedstock
The Consortium for Waste Circularity, the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), and the Packaging Engineering programme at the University of Florida have expanded trials for a process that converts difficult-to-recycle packaging materials into methanol for use as feedstock in further plastics production via mass balance.
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Mura Technology on the WWF chemical recycling principles
In this podcast, Hannah Cole speaks to Dr Geoff Brighty from Mura Technology about what the WWF’s recently-released chemical recycling principles mean for the chemical recycling industry as it builds on current opportunities and challenges.
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Advanced chemical recycling: Connecting the dots to circularity
Understanding the supply-demand dynamics, current barriers and future growth areas for chemical recycling of flexible packaging.
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Chemical recycling principles established by The Consumer Goods Forum
The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Plastic Waste Coalition of Action has published a set of principles that it claims can help to guide the credible, safe and environmentally sound development of the chemical recycling industry alongside an LCA pointing to the potential of chemical recycling to reduce GHG emissions for hard-to-recycle plastic waste residue compared to incineration.
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SYSTEMIQ: European plastics system will need to make use of emerging technologies to meet circularity goals
According to a new report by SYSTEMIQ, the current measures being taken to adapt the European plastics system will not be enough to meet agreed climate goals, circularity policies, and the European Green Deal. The report emphasises the need to develop less mature pathways, such as green hydrogen, chemical recycling, and carbon capture, to support existing measures.
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New investment by Dow aimed at developing more energy efficient advanced recycling
Dow and Plastogaz SA have announced a strategic investment to develop the latter’s catalytic hydrocracking technology for advanced recycling, which the companies claim is less energy-intensive than other forms of advanced recycling.
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AIMPLAS aims to improve recycling of complex plastic waste with new project
AIMPLAS is working on the NEOREC Project to obtain recycled plastics from the mechanical and chemical recycling of complex waste such as tyres, old mattresses, and wires that would otherwise likely be sent to landfill.
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Limited evidence that chemical recycling can help tackle the issue of plastic waste, says WWF
The organization argues that there is not enough evidence to show that chemical recycling provides additional benefits to mechanical recycling.
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Is chemical recycling making progress?
A recent report from ecoprog has identified more than 90 chemical recycling projects focused on plastics worldwide, with around 20 plants currently operational – mostly for research and development purposes. What progress has the chemical recycling industry made so far?
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TotalEnergies to supply Berry with chemically recycled polymers for food packaging
TotalEnergies announces that it will supply Berry Global with polymers obtained through the advanced recycling of post-consumer plastic waste, which will be used in the company’s food, beverage, and healthcare packaging.
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The packaging stories and trends to follow in 2022
From the trends in e-commerce and reusable packaging to the events that will shape the sustainability agenda for packaging, we highlight some of the key issues facing the industry today.
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Successful conclusion for Neste’s industrial scale processing trial of liquefied plastic waste
Neste has today announced the conclusion of a series of industrial scale processing trials at its refinery in Porvoo, Finland, where it has been able to successfully upgrade liquefied waste plastic into drop-in solutions for plastic production.
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Repsol expands range of low-carbon grades for automotive and non-food contact markets
The new Repsol Reciclex range incorporates four new polymers for the automotive industry and three new circular polypropylene (PP) grades for non-food containers that reportedly include up to 80% recycled plastic content.
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Mura Technology on recycling the unrecyclable
We spoke to Mura Technology to learn more about their HydroPRS™ (Hydrothermal Plastic Recycling Solution) process and the launch of their first commercial scale plant in Teesside.
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European plastics producers call for mandatory EU recycled content target
Plastics industry representative PlasticsEurope says it endorses revisions to the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD), while calling for a new recycled content target of 30% by 2030.
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SABIC and Plastic Energy set to start construction of advanced recycling unit
SABIC and Plastic Energy are set to commence construction on the first commercial unit to produce SABIC’s flagship “certified circular” polymers, which are made from the upcycling of mixed and used plastic.
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Neste reveals new bio-based feedstock
Neste has announced Neste RE - a new recycled, bio-based feedstock that is compatible with existing polymer and chemical production infrastructures.