1:56 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Chemical recycling
Report

New European Commission study confirms chemical recycling is better than incineration of plastic waste

In Europe, about 30 million tonnes of plastic waste is collected every year. Still, 84% of that does not find its way back into new products, as most of it is incinerated, exported or sent to landfill. A mix of various technologies, including mechanical and chemical recycling, is ...
2:22 min Cosmetics & Medical, Enzymatic recycling
Recognition

Carbios and L'Oréal win Pioneer Award for the world's first enzymatically recycled PET cosmetic bottle

The Solar Impulse Foundation recognizes Carbios' breakthrough innovation and its ...
1:22 min Enzymatic recycling
Microbial Upcycling

ACS Central Science report: Use of E. coli bacteria to produce adipic acid from PET bottles

Mountains of used plastic bottles get thrown away every day, but microbes could ...
3:80 min Asia Pacific, Chemical recycling
Chemical recycling

Axens, IFPEN and JEPLAN announce the start-up operation of Rewind® PET industrial unit in Japan for the chemical recycling of PET

Axens, IFPEN and JEPLAN entered into a partnership in 2020 to develop and license an ...
2:50 min Enzymatic recycling
Construction

Carbios obtains building and operating permits, in line with announced schedule, for world's first PET biorecycling plant in Longlaville

The simultaneous acquisition of the building permit and operating authorization ...
1:49 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Chemical recycling
Alternative rPET application

SK chemicals, storing music in circular recycled plastics

Global record producer Sonopress develops "EcoRecord" with circular recycled PET ...
1:26 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Sorting and collection, Mechanical recycling
Recycling white opaque milk bottles

RESILUX and INEX close the loop in UHT milk packaging

Resilux, supplier of sustainable packaging solutions, has joined forces with Inex, ...
1:37 min Enzymatic recycling
Enzymatic recycling

Carbios demonstrates superior performance of its enzyme in world-renowned scientific publication

The publication in ACS Catalysis, one of the world’s most influential scientific ...
2:20 min Asia Pacific, Chemical recycling
Chemical recycling

PCG to construct Asia’s largest advanced chemical recycling plant

PCG reaches FID for the construction of an advanced chemical recycling plant in ...
2:51 min Enzymatic recycling
Enzymatical recycling

Carbios unveils major innovation in polyester recycling with new textile preparation line, in the presence of Roland Lescure, French Minister of Industry

Polyester textiles account for 2/3 of the global PET market of around 100 ...