Polyester Fiber Market Growth Faces a Sustainability Test
The polyester fiber market has a strong long-term outlook, but volatile feedstock prices, excess capacity and recycling challenges could reshape its growth.
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Plastipak Prepares Single-Pellet Recycled PET Resin
Plastipak plans to introduce a single-pellet PET resin containing 30% recycled material, designed to help packaging manufacturers simplify processing while maintaining consistent performance.
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Mangrove Microbes Could Unlock Salt-Tolerant Plastic Recycling – Polymer Price Trends
Researchers studying Colombian mangrove soil have identified 12 potential plastic-degrading enzymes, including salt-tolerant and possibly heat-resistant candidates.
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APR Expands Recycled Content Certification for Plastic Products
APR has extended its PCR program to verify the percentage of post-consumer recycled plastic in finished and semi-finished products across the supply chain.
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AI Recycling Sorting Upgrades France’s Firminy Facility
Pellenc ST’s optical sorters and artificial intelligence are helping Suez improve material recovery at the modernized Firminy sorting facility in France.
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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.
