Plastics

The LIFE4FILM project, financed by the LIFE programme of the European Union, has the objective of preventing the disposal of plastic film in landfill sites, and recovering this material.

Fraunhofer Institute Umsicht, Sabic and Procter & Gamble (P&G) today announced their collaboration in an innovative circular economy pilot project which aimed to demonstrate the feasibility of closed-loop recycling of single-use facemasks.

Hasler Ventures LLC plans to scale up to commercial levels a Purdue University patented technology that may accelerate the volume of waste plastic recycling.

Weibold Academy article series discusses periodically the practical developments and scientific research findings in the end-of-life tire (ELT) recycling and pyrolysis industry.

Aimplas coordinated the European Life Ecomethylal Project, which has ended with the construction of a plant capable of extracting up to half a kilo of methylal from each kilo of non-recyclable waste.

Based in Corsico in the Lombardy Region of Italy, Masotina operates one of Europe’s largest materials recovery facilities (MRFs) for the separation and recovery of plastic from municipal waste.

Strong downstream demand and tight supply for recycled high density polyethylene (R-HDPE) and recycled polypropylene (R-PP) could limit traditional summer holiday shutdowns, multiple market sources predicted on Thursday.

RecyClass Recyclability & Recycled Content Use of Claims Guidance sets do’s and don’ts for how to communicate transparently on the circularity of plastic products.

With almost one year of delay on the timetable set by the Singe-Use Plastics Directive, the long-awaited Guidelines have been finally published at the end of May 2021.

As part of the NextLap program, managed by the collaborative innovation consultancy Beta-i and promoted by the Portuguese management entity Valorpneu and the Danish-based recycler Genan, nine companies associated with the sector’s value chain and five entrepreneurs have started to develop six projects focused on giving a second life to materials derived from the recycling of end-of-life tires and promoting a more circular market.

Every year the average US consumer throws away 109kg of plastic, while their global counterparts may be a bit more responsible – on an average we’re looking at enough plastic to circle the world 40 times.