INEOS and Recuro Plan Advanced Recycling Facility in Norway
INEOS and Recuro have signed an MoU for a proposed advanced recycling facility in Bamble, Norway, designed to process up to 33,000 tonnes of plastic waste per year.
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Recycled Plastics Italy: First Consumption Decline Signals Pressure on the Supply Chain
Italy’s recycled plastics market is showing its first consumption decline in years, as weak demand, cheaper virgin polymers and imports pressure recyclers.
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Plastic Packaging Europe: Why Plastic Keeps Rising Despite Stable Packaging Use
New EU research shows that overall packaging use remains high but broadly stable, while plastic packaging continues to rise across Europe. The trend puts pressure on recycling, reuse systems and the EU’s new packaging rules.
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Recyclable biobased polymers outperform common plastics
Researchers in Japan have developed recyclable biobased polymers from non-edible renewable materials that show tensile properties beyond common polyolefins.
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Recycled Geotextiles: Fraunhofer GREEN Moves Circular Plastics Toward Industry
Fraunhofer’s GREEN project shows how recycled PP, PET and HDPE can become durable geotextiles for infrastructure and industry.
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India Plastic Recycling: Why Advanced Technology Is Now a Global Competitiveness Issue – Polymer Price Trends
India’s plastics industry is moving from volume-based recycling to higher-quality, technology-led circularity as global standards and export pressure rise.
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Sulzer and Vitol’s WPU Advance Chemical Recycling in Rotterdam
Sulzer will supply PyroCon technology for Vitol’s WPU chemical recycling plant in Rotterdam, designed to process 80,000 tonnes of plastic waste yearly.
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Plastic bottle graphite -Scientists Turn Plastic Bottles Into Battery-Grade Graphite
Penn State researchers have developed a catalyst-free way to turn PET plastic bottles into highly ordered graphite for lithium-ion battery anodes.
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PET Supply Chain Resilience Tested by Geopolitical Shipping Risks
Geopolitical tensions are testing PET supply chain resilience as shipping disruption, freight volatility and regional sourcing risks reshape resin and rPET strategies.
