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Plastic Recycling Market
GreenDot acquires Italian advanced mechanical recycler Forplast SpA
Agilyx ASA reports GreenDot's acquisition of 80% of Forplast SpA, a quality Italian compounder of recycled high-density polyethylene and recycled polypropylene products, expanding GreenDo´s capabilities and business footprint. The all-cash transaction included an initial payment in 2023 and a final payment made at closing, fully funded by existing GreenDot cash reserves. Forplast is expected to...
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How can the car industry increase plastic recycling? A new supply chain analysis offers EU policy options.
Issue 624:A single car may contain around 240 kg of plastic, and much of this plastic waste is difficult to recycle at the end of a car's life. New research reveals ways to improve plastics circularity in the vehicle sector and offers policy insight.
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Recycled Content Use Surges as End-of-life Vehicle Legislation Approaches
The Borealis booth at K 2025 proved to be a treasure trove of automotive applications incorporating post-consumer and post-industrial recycled content.
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2024 Data Reveals a Deepening Crisis of the European plastics recycling industry
Europe's plastics recycling industry is entering its sharpest decline — with turnover down 5.5% — putting at risk Europe's circular economy, industrial resilience and thousands of local jobs. The latest annual report shows the largest capacity contraction ever recorded. Preliminary 2025 data reveal a 50% rise in recycling facility closures, resulting in the loss of...
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RecyClass certifies over half of Europe's plastic recycling capacity
Covering 60% of Europe's installed plastics recycling capacity, the RecyClass Recycling Process Certification has become the leading certification scheme for plastics traceability across the region in only three years since its launch.
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Sour cream cups with 30% recycled polystyrene available at Aldi
Sour cream cups containing 30% recycled polystyrene, developed by INEOS Styrolution and Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller, are now available from ALDI SÜD stores across Germany.
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Green materials: Qore starts up US$300 mn corn-based BDO plant; Dongyue Chemical opens industrial-scale chemical recycling plant in Guangdong
Qore, a joint venture of Minnesota-based Cargill and Germany-based Helm, is officially starting production of Qira, said to be the world's first large-scale US$300-million 1,4-butanediol (BDO) facility. It is set to produce 66,000 metric tonnes of Qira, using corn grown primarily within 100 miles of the site.
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Polymer prices – Weak demand, flexible prices, slow price erosion
The market went on vacation. Due to weak demand, polymer manufacturers and traders have resorted to flexible pricing. Planned and unplanned shutdowns by Central European polymer producers will ease supply pressures and prevent a large price drop.
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Increasing plastic circularity in the automotive sector: Supply chain analysis and policy options from the European Union (EU)
This study investigates plastic circularity in the EU automotive sector. It focuses on the drivers and barriers to recycling, informing the definition of policy options underlying the new End-of-Life Vehicles Regulation proposed by the European Commission in 2023.
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European project yields recycled-content ABS
ELIX Polymers works in partnership with Repsol and AnQore to produce feedstock materials to help produce 100 percent recycled-content ABS plastic.
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