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

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PepsiCo Europe recycled-content flexible snack packaging
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byRick Lingle
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Circularity Drives Dow’s Deal with Freepoint Eco-Systems
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
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1 Min Read
byRobert Grace
chemicals in beakers and pellets
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
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byNorbert Sparrow
waste-sorting conveyor
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
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Dow and P&G Partner on Dissolution Solution
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byKate Bertrand Connolly 1
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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
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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
recycling bales
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
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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
Covestro Chief Technology Officer Thorsten Dreier (right) and David Roesser, CEO of Encina
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
PMMA depolymerization facility
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
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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
plastics and beakers with liquids
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Chemical Recycling Just Isn’t Feasible
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Nov 28, 2023
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byJohn Spevacek
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World’s Largest Plastic Recycling Plant Opens
World’s Largest Plastic Recycling Plant Opens
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byRick Lingle
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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
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Beyond Plastics Pillories ‘False Promises’ of Chemical Recycling
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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
Oct 24, 2023
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byGeoff Giordano
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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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