Advanced Recycling

The two companies jointly developed the first commercially sold straws made of polyhydroxyalkanoate, a material verified as a reliable biodegradable alternative to traditional plastic.

After languishing for nearly two years in the California Assembly and Senate, the California Circular Economy and Plastic Pollution Act once again failed to come to a vote before the legislative session ended at midnight on Aug. 31.

The company’s Twentyby30 program outlines 20 measurable environmental, social, and governance goals to be completed by 2023 or sooner.

While the U.S. Plastics Pact follows the ambitious precedents set by the existing global Plastics Pact network, it is tailored to meet the unique needs and challenges of the U.S. market.

The PBTL polymer can be chemically recycled an indefinite number of times while maintaining its original properties, say researchers. The only catch is that it cannot be recycled with other materials.

Hi-Cone, a global supplier of plastic can-rings, has partnered with recycling technology company Avangard Innovative to put can rings in a recycled production loop and keep them out of landfills and the environment.

The launch of NextLooPP creates circularity for food-grade polypropylene (PP) food packaging from post-consumer plastic.

The inventor of Bubble Wrap has signed a collaboration agreement with advanced recycling technology company Plastic Energy and made an equity investment in its parent company.

The Japanese company has also made recent acquisitions in engineering plastics recycling and molding in Europe to complete the circle.

Recycling Technologies will adapt its pyrolysis-based depolymerization process to the commercial recycling of polystyrene.