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.
SABIC has introduced a new PCR polycarbonate compound designed for circular consumer electronics. The material combines 75% post-consumer recycled content with carbon fiber reinforcement, dimensional stability and thin-wall flame retardancy.
Denovia’s depolymerization technology highlights how chemical textile recycling could turn contaminated polyester waste into valuable reusable monomers.
Lassonde is reducing packaging waste by using more recycled PET, smaller labels and clearer recycling instructions across key beverage and food products.
The EU faces a major flexible packaging recycling gap as CEFLEX warns that 2.5 million tonnes of post-consumer recyclate may be needed by 2030. The challenge is no longer only recycling more, but building reliable markets that can use recycled material at scale.
SCS Standards and Assurance Systems has launched SCS-004, a new certification standard designed to verify responsible chemical recycling practices and improve trust in recycled plastics supply chains.
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.
Epoch Biodesign’s planned London demonstration plant could mark a turning point for nylon 6,6 recycling, bringing AI-engineered enzymes closer to commercial-scale circular materials production.
ORLEN Unipetrol has begun testing ISCC Plus-certified pyrolysis oil from recycled plastics at its Litvínov steam cracker, marking a practical step toward circular petrochemical production.
