Envalior and SECARA are testing a chemical-recycling route that could turn mixed plastics from end-of-life vehicles into high-purity caprolactam for new automotive PA6. The project targets a key challenge created by the EU’s newly adopted vehicle-circularity rules.
A new high-capacity PET washing line in Karachi highlights Pakistan’s growing investment in bottle-to-bottle recycling and food-grade recycled plastic.
Lotte Chilsung is expanding recycled PET packaging across Chilsung Cider, ICIS, Pepsi and Saero as South Korea tightens packaging rules.
Aduro has selected Saipem for early engineering and procurement work on a first-of-a-kind chemical recycling plant at Chemelot in the Netherlands. The planned facility would process about 10,000 tonnes of complex plastic waste annually, but further project stages remain conditional.
Sumika is expanding recycled polypropylene capacity in southern France as Europe introduces binding recycled-plastic targets for new vehicles. The project could help carmakers build more reliable closed-loop supply chains.
Novatex has added more than 24,000 tonnes of annual bottle-grade recycled PET capacity near Lahore, strengthening Pakistan’s packaging circularity infrastructure.
A European industrial-scale trial has shown that several bio-based packaging plastics can be separated from mixed household waste. Strong results for rigid items offer a promising route to recycling, although film recovery remains a significant challenge.
Asahi Beverages says every plastic soft drink bottle it produces in Australia now uses 100% recycled PET, replacing virgin plastic in around 350 million bottles annually. Caps and labels are excluded.
Suntory, Indorama Ventures and Iwatani plan to introduce direct flake-to-preform recycling in Thailand. The project could supply around 400 million recycled PET bottle preforms annually from 2028.
