Biotechnology startup Rhea’s Factory and beverage leader Niagara Bottling have partnered under a U.S. Department of Energy initiative to pilot AI-driven enzymatic PET recycling at scale in California.
Niutech says it will supply an industrial waste-plastic pyrolysis line to an unnamed global energy company. The project could support SAF production, although commercial, certification and emissions details have not been disclosed.
MOPET Belgium has opened a new recycling facility in Neufchâteau capable of processing PET bottles and trays into food-grade recycled material. The investment expands Belgium’s capacity for bottle-to-bottle and tray-to-tray recycling.
Syntetica has raised $30 million to industrialize a recycling process designed to recover high-quality nylon from complex and blended textile waste.
South Korea is funding advanced textile and tyre recycling systems designed to recover higher-quality materials, reduce low-value waste uses and prepare manufacturers for emerging European ecodesign rules.
Pellenc ST’s optical sorters and artificial intelligence are helping Suez improve material recovery at the modernized Firminy sorting facility in France.
Titaneco-ECO positions Lotte Chemical in the growing market for recycled PET pellets, giving packaging converters a practical route toward cleaner, lower-impact food-contact packaging without major line changes.
Denovia’s depolymerization technology highlights how chemical textile recycling could turn contaminated polyester waste into valuable reusable monomers.
SynPet Technologies has cleared a key permit hurdle for its planned €300 million plastic recycling facility at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges. The project could process 250,000 tonnes of mixed plastic waste annually and turn it into circular feedstock for Europe’s petrochemical industry.
