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September 3, 2026
Every year, more than 800,000 metric tons of plastic from vehicles at the end of their lives are burned or sent to landfill in Europe. But this has to change, fast. Under the EU's proposed revision of its End-of-Life Vehicles Regulation (EU ELV), new vehicles will have to contain at least 15% recycled plastic within...
September 1, 2026
Avantium NV, a leader in renewable and circular polymer materials, announces that Sukano AG, a global specialist in additive and color masterbatches for polyesters, biopolymers, and specialty resins, has signed a capacity reservation agreement for Avantium's PEF (polyethylene furanoate), marketed as releaf®. Masterbatches are specialty additives and color concentrates that improve plastics performance during manufacturing...
September 1, 2026
Polyblend has announced the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the conversion of an existing production line at its site in Bad Sobernheim, Germany. This €4 million investment will expand the production of compounds incorporating mechanically recycled materials, in line with the Company's ambition to strengthen polymer circularity through three key pillars: Rethink plastic use, Reduce...
August 11, 2026
We are advancing towards a world without waste. LG Electronics is shaping the future of the circular economy by recycling and reusing materials, and through products and services designed for longevity.
August 10, 2026
Demonstrating “The Material Effect” in action, Covestro announced its participation in the KOLLEKT research project — a publicly funded, interdisciplinary consortium dedicated to developing recyclable product concepts for automotive lighting, mechatronic and electronic components.
August 7, 2026
A new yarn combines the stretch of spandex with the recyclability of a single plastic, offering a potential path toward more sustainable clothing.
July 30, 2026
A mix of recycling technologies is necessary to ensure that a broad variety of plastics can be recycled. Unlike high-volume commodity plastics such as the polyolefins used in packaging, specialty plastics often require recycling technologies tailored to their specific properties and applications.
July 23, 2026
America has a well-deserved reputation for ingenuity. Innovative, pioneering, inventive… our nation has pushed the boundaries of ingenuity for 250 years, breaking barriers in science and technology to achieve unprecedented breakthroughs.
July 16, 2026
As composite use grows across industries, so too does the challenge of managing materials at end of life. With thermoset composite waste in Europe projected to have reached 924 kilotons, pressure is mounting to improve circularity. Yet sustainability is about more than recycling alone. Here, Kim Sjödahl, our Senior Vice President for Technology and Sustainability,...
July 16, 2026
In the July Price Know‑How, Plastribution reports that polymer markets continue to soften despite firmer crude oil values. Even with Brent averaging just above $100 per barrel, PE and PP prices have fallen sharply as the surge in stock‑building earlier in the year left converters with limited requirements. The easing of US–Iran hostilities and the...
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