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A New Life for Styrofoam?A New Life for Styrofoam?

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byRick Lingle
Packaging
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Circularity Drives Dow’s Deal with Freepoint Eco-Systems
May 28, 2024
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3 Min Read
byKate Bertrand Connolly 1
Extruded blue pipes
Advanced Recycling
GreenMantra Carves Path to Profitable, Efficient Sustainability
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4 Min Read
byGeoff Giordano
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Sustainability
Plastic Pail Earns Sustainable Stripes
Plastic Pail Earns Sustainable Stripes
May 9, 2024
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byRick Lingle
Albert Douer, co-CEO of UBQ Materials, at NPE2024
Advanced Recycling
The Coolest Thing We Saw at NPE on Day Three: UBQ’s Alchemy
The Coolest Thing We Saw at NPE on Day Three: UBQ’s Alchemy
May 9, 2024
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1 Min Read
byRobert Grace
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Business
Updated: Encina Abandons Plans to Build $1.1 Billion Advanced Recycling Plant
Updated: Encina Abandons Plans to Build $1.1 Billion Advanced Recycling Plant
Apr 26, 2024
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4 Min Read
byNorbert Sparrow
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Advanced Recycling
Brightmark Plans to Build $1 Billion Plastics Circularity Center in Georgia
Brightmark Plans to Build $1 Billion Plastics Circularity Center in Georgia
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byNorbert Sparrow
Advanced Recycling
Dow and P&G Partner on Dissolution Solution
Dow and P&G Partner on Dissolution Solution
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byKate Bertrand Connolly 1
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Advanced Recycling
Neste Cuts Deal with Lotte Chemical to Supply Renewable Feedstock
Neste Cuts Deal with Lotte Chemical to Supply Renewable Feedstock
Apr 8, 2024
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3 Min Read
byNorbert Sparrow
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Medical
Medical Plastic Waste Gets New Lease on Life Via Advanced Recycling
Medical Plastic Waste Gets New Lease on Life Via Advanced Recycling
Apr 2, 2024
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2 Min Read
byNorbert Sparrow
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Advanced Recycling
Chemical Recycling of Plastics Continues to Gain Ground
Chemical Recycling of Plastics Continues to Gain Ground
Mar 27, 2024
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byNorbert Sparrow
Sansu and TotalEnergies Corbion managers sign PLA bottle agreement
Packaging
Label-less Recyclable PLA Bottle Is Next
Label-less Recyclable PLA Bottle Is Next
Mar 27, 2024
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3 Min Read
byRick Lingle
Advanced Recycling
Analyzing the Advanced Recycling Sector
Analyzing the Advanced Recycling Sector
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byKate Bertrand Connolly 1
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Advanced Recycling
LyondellBasel JV Launches Advanced Recycling Facility in Germany
LyondellBasel JV Launches Advanced Recycling Facility in Germany
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byNorbert Sparrow
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Business
Eastman Secures PET Waste Stream to Feed $1 Billion Molecular Recycling Facility
Eastman Secures PET Waste Stream to Feed $1 Billion Molecular Recycling Facility
Feb 15, 2024
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byGeoff Giordano
Sustainability
AI-Driven Smart Recycling Is Here
AI-Driven Smart Recycling Is Here
Feb 14, 2024
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3 Min Read
byKate Bertrand Connolly 1
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Advanced Recycling
Novoloop Breaks Ground on Chemically Upcycled TPU Pilot Plant
Novoloop Breaks Ground on Chemically Upcycled TPU Pilot Plant
Jan 19, 2024
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3 Min Read
byStephen Moore
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Advanced Recycling
Covestro Signs Up with Encina for Supply of Circular Raw Materials
Covestro Signs Up with Encina for Supply of Circular Raw Materials
Jan 17, 2024
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1 Min Read
byGeoff Giordano
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Pharma-Grade PET Blister Film with PCR Content Debuts
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byStaff
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Automotive & Mobility
Polypropylene Makes Its Case for EV Lightweighting, Circularity
Polypropylene Makes Its Case for EV Lightweighting, Circularity
Dec 12, 2023
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3 Min Read
byStephen Moore
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Automotive & Mobility
Acrylic Depolymerization Plant Reimagines Plastics Value Chain
Acrylic Depolymerization Plant Reimagines Plastics Value Chain
Dec 7, 2023
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3 Min Read
byStephen Moore
Sustainability
We Don’t Have to Wait to Tackle Plastic Waste
We Don’t Have to Wait to Tackle Plastic Waste
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byMarc Yagoub
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Advanced Recycling
Chemical Recycling Just Isn’t Feasible
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byJohn Spevacek
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Advanced Recycling
World’s Largest Plastic Recycling Plant Opens
World’s Largest Plastic Recycling Plant Opens
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Advanced Recycling
Polystyrene Foam Recycling Incentivized by Investment, Innovation
Polystyrene Foam Recycling Incentivized by Investment, Innovation
Nov 14, 2023
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3 Slides
byRick Lingle
Advanced Recycling
Beyond Plastics Pillories ‘False Promises’ of Chemical Recycling
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Nov 1, 2023
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byNorbert Sparrow
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Advanced Recycling
Braskem Partners with Northwestern to Scale Novel Carbon Conversion Technology
Braskem Partners with Northwestern to Scale Novel Carbon Conversion Technology
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byGeoff Giordano
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Advanced Recycling
AI-Assisted Enzymatic Recycling of Plastics
AI-Assisted Enzymatic Recycling of Plastics
Oct 18, 2023
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byKate Bertrand Connolly 1

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