Recycling
Total has announced that it is terminating all crude oil refining activities at its Grandpuits refinery in Seine-et-Marne, France as of the first quarter of 2021.
Recycling Technologies, a UK-based company that has developed proprietary technology to recycle ‘unrecyclable’ plastic waste, has joined Chemical Recycling Europe.
Borealis and Menshen, a Germany-headquartered expert in plastic closures and packaging systems, have collaborated on a series of 10 packaging closures based on Borealis’ Borcycle recycling technology.
Berry Global Group, Inc. has signed a formalised working agreement with The Azek Company’s Azek Building Products business unit under which Berry will provide a consistent and high-quality material stream which AZEK will recycle for use in the manufacturing of its high-quality, sustainable building materials such as composite decking.
In the UK, Tesco customers can enjoy a world first: cheese packaged in plastic packaging derived from recycled flexible plastic collected from the collection points installed at ten Tesco stores in the south west of England in 2019.
Borealis has introduced a new portfolio of circular polyolefin products, produced with renewable feedstock derived entirely from waste and residue streams.
Packaging manufacturer Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co KG is investing €15 million ($17.7 million) in a high-density polyethylene recycling plant in Mexico, adding to a portfolio of HDPE recycling operations it bought in 2019.
In a joint statement released earlier today, Ineos Styrolution and Trinseo have announced that they are advancing plans from the planning process to the design phase to build what they are calling a ‘first-of-its-kind polystyrene recycling plant based on depolymerisation’ in Wingles, in the north of France.
NextChem, the Maire Tecnimont Group’s company for green chemistry and energy transition technologies, and its subsidiary MyReplast Industries, have taken a further step towards the goal of setting up a viable recycling business that meets the needs of customers seeking sustainable solutions for their products.
A new, global partnership between McDonald’s and TerraCycle's circular packaging service, Loop, will trial an initiative of the fast-food chain to introduce the use of reusable cups for hot beverages.
Chemical recycling pioneer Agilyx, has announced its intention to raise new equity through listing shares on the Merkur Market, part of the Oslo Stock Exchange.
The Circular Economy for Flexible Packaging (Ceflex) initiative, a fast-growing consortium of companies, associations and organisations collaborating to enhance the performance of flexible packaging in the circular economy in Europe, has announced that it has published its first Position Paper.
Materials manufacturer Trinseo and Fernholz, a plastics packaging manufacturer headquartered in Germany have developed a new grade of post-consumer recycled polystyrene.