Recycling
Dow Polyurethanes, a business division of Dow and Orrion Chemicals Orgaform together with Eco-mobilier - responsible for the collection of the matresses - H&S Anlagentechnik and The Vita Group have inaugurated a pilot mattress recycling plant as part of the Renuva programme.
Officials with AdvanSix in said that the new products offer customers a way to address sustainability goals by using materials built on recycled monomers reclaimed from waste streams into their end products without compromises on performance.
This week, the UK’s annual Recycle Week takes place for the 18th year. The slogan this year - Step it up this Recycle Week - is aimed at ‘galvanising the public into recycling more of the right things, more often’, says WRAP, the organisers behind the event.
Despite the disruptions in the waste management market during the Covid pandemic, installed recycling capacity for flexible film in Europe increased by almost 10% in 2020, according to the latest figures released by Plastics Recyclers Europe.
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Chemical company Versalis, a subsidiary of Eni has acquired the technology and plants of Ecoplastic, a De Berg group company specialising in the recovery, recycling and transformation chain of styrenic polymers.
A new joint venture, aimed at establishing a PET bottle-to-bottle recycling facility in Targu Mures, Romania has been formed by three partner companies, each with a different area of expertise.
California-based waste renewal company Brightmark and bp, an international oil company transitioning into an integrated energy company, are jointly looking at the feasibility of bringing Brightmark’s advanced recycling technology to Europe.
Korteks, one of the world’s biggest yarn producers based in Bursa, Turkey, has started the production of recycled polyester filament yarn in its production facility using a Starlinger recycling line.
Meguri, the Japanese word for circularity, is the name chosen by Sumitomo Chemical to introduce its new range of products derived from recycled waste materials and feedstocks.
PureCycle Technologies Inc. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Tokyo-based Mitsui & Co for the development of a facility for the production of what it calls ultra-pure recycled polypropylene (UPRP) in Japan.
"In one tire, we can process up to 143 yogurt cups and around 12.5 PET bottles with the high-tech recycling processes," Anish Taneja, CEO of Michelin's Northern Europe region.
PP recycling is currently limited, coming in a distant third behind PET and high density polyethylene, but the material is viewed as having the potential to be more widely recaptured.
Gr3n, headquartered in Switzerland, announced today that it has raised €6.3million in a Series B funding round led by Chevron Technology Ventures and joined by Standex International, among other investors.