Advanced Recycling

Tony Radoszewski, President and CEO of the Plastics Industry Association, made his remarks at a briefing titled, “Plastic Production, Pollution and Waste in the Time of COVID-19: The Life-Threatening Impact of Single-Use Plastic on Human Health.”

Braven Environmental will invest $31.7 million in the Cumberland County plant and create a total of more than 80 new jobs within 18 months of the first phase of the project.

The collected material will be used as feedstock for transportation fuel and wax at Brightmark’s facility in Ashley, IN.

Fraunhofer’s process represents an economically and environmentally sustainable recycling strategy capable of nearly completely depolymerizing the PLA substrate in a short period of time and under mild ambient conditions.

R Plus Japan, a new joint-venture company launched by 12 cross-industry partners within the Japanese plastic supply chain, provides the funding.

Too often a life-cycle assessment only looks at end-of-life options, such as recycling and what type of recycling is best, when an evaluation of material selection is also needed.

Cyclyx International Inc. aims to dramatically increase the recyclability of post-use plastics with a priority on fully circular pathways.

Case Western Reserve and the University of Wisconsin-Madison are advancing new solutions for difficult-to-recycle polymers.

The researchers will investigate polymers with the properties of polystyrene but that can be easily depolymerized and converted into raw materials for re-use.

Depolymerization of polystyrene post-consumer waste proves to be a viable recycling solution, according to a report from Ineos Styrolution detailing the results of the ResolVe research project.