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Polyplastics Launches 40% Glass-Filled Recycled DURAFIDEⓇ PPS Based on New Post-Industrial Recycling System
Polyplastics has announced plans to launch a 40% glass-reinforced grade of DURAFIDEⓇ rG-PPS by December 2025 as part of its mechanical recycling business. The company will develop high-quality optimum formulations which will play a role in helping achieve 100% circularity of engineering plastics by expanding the applications of mechanically recycled materials.
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Circularity in the Mobility universe
The Circularity Gap Report annually assesses the circularity of the global economy, which refers to the proportion of resources that are reused or recycled after use. Although there is increasing discussion of a circular economy, the reality is quite different: our circularity, already low, is declining. In 2023, it stood at 7.1%, down from nearly...
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Recycling plant to close amid 'challenging' market
A recycling plant which employs 120 people is set to close at the end of the year. Waste management company Viridor – which owns the site – announced that the Resource Recovery Center in Avonmouth, near Bristol, is closing due to low recycling rates.
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Avient Expands Launch of New Recycled TPE Grades to Asia to Support Greater Use of Recycled Materials in Automotive Vehicles
Avient Corporation, a premier provider of specialized and sustainable materials solutions and services, today announced the expansion of its reSound™ REC Recycled Content Thermoplastic Elastomers (TPEs) AF 7210 grades to Asia. These new grades of TPEs, launched earlier this year in Europe, contain 25%-55% post-consumer recycle (PCR) content, complement the existing offering of PCR-based products...
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EV battery recycling is building a circular economy from scratch
Billions of dollars are sweetening early efforts by electric vehicle battery recyclers. But swings in materials prices and policy shortcomings complicate the long-term picture.
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Lithium battery recycling operation project (BOT)
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Malaysia sets for growth in EV battery, e-waste recycling market
THE global electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling market is projected to hit US$6.5 billion (RM27.56 billion) by 2030, growing at a 37.1% compound annual growth rate. This is due to rising electric EV demand, recycling regulations and resource concerns. The International Energy Agency (IEA) Global EV Outlook 2024 reports a continued rise in EV sales,...
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HP's Ocean-Bound Plastics Initiative: Transforming Waste into Sustainable Technology
Each year, 8 million metric tons of discarded water bottles and other plastic litter blankets our ocean floors and circulates through ocean currents – that's equivalent to the weight of 57,000 blue whales. What's more, that single-use plastic bottle someone just purchased will take 450 years to decompose.
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Govt Plans to Make Manufacturers Set Targets for Recycled Plastic Use; Overseas Market Loss Possible Without Recycled Plastic
Manufacturers that use large amounts of plastic will be required under a planned revised law to set targets for recycled plastic usage and to report the actual amount used, it has been learned.
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Dow advances its mechanical recycling offering by agreeing to acquire Circulus, a North American polyethylene recycler
Dow announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Circulus, a leading recycler of plastic waste into post-consumer resin (PCR). This transaction includes two facilities, one in Ardmore, Oklahoma, and another in Arab, Alabama, with a total capacity of 50,000 metric tons per year. Dow expects the transaction to close in the third quarter of...
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