Recycling
Recycling | 05 February 2026

ExxonMobil's Baytown plant launches third advanced recycling unit, boosting plastic waste capacity

With the new unit, Baytown can now process up to roughly 250 million pounds of plastic waste annually

Recycling
Recycling | 02 February 2026

Aduro Clean Technologies picks Chemelot for first-of-a-kind industrial recycling plant

The facility will house Aduro’s First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) industrial plant using Hydrochemolytic Technology to chemically recycle waste plastics

Recycling
Recycling | 30 January 2026

Alfa Laval launches ThinkCircularity to turn old valves into new opportunities

Alfa Laval confirms that future units, made from a mix of reused and virgin plastic, meet all performance standards

Recycling
Recycling | 24 January 2026

Evonik launches premium eyewear made from recycled plastics

The material, branded TROGAMID R, is produced from post-industrial plastic waste generated during the manufacture of high-quality, non-prescription sunglass lenses

Recycling
Recycling | 23 January 2026

French textile recycling giant Reju to launch $390 million North American hub in Rochester

Reju specializes in turning polyester and post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate waste into high-quality regenerated textiles

Recycling
Recycling | 10 January 2026

Avro India sets up 500 MTPM plastic recycling facility in Ghaziabad

The capacity is scheduled to scale up to 1,000 MTPM by Q4 of FY 2025–26

Recycling
Recycling | 31 December 2025

EU launches bold new push for circular economy, plastic recycling

The immediate pilot package targets the plastics sector with concrete short-term actions to support circularity

Recycling
Recycling | 23 December 2025

Prysmian and Versalis launch groundbreaking chemical recycling partnership

Prysmian will collect plastic scrap from its own production as well as from decommissioned cables supplied by major customers

Recycling
Recycling | 21 December 2025

Borealis and BlueAlp join forces to accelerate chemical recycling in Europe

Renasci has been operating a 20 kt per year scale-up plant using BlueAlp’s technology

Recycling
Recycling | 19 December 2025

Borealis powers EU project to turn plastic waste into high-value materials

Project ELECTRO is reshaping the future of recycling by developing electrified thermochemical processes that convert mixed and hard-to-recycle plastics

Recycling
Recycling | 13 December 2025

BASF & Essity team up with TU Wien to turn diapers into chemical feedstock

BASF and TU Wien’s innovative gasification technology converts solid waste into gas at temperatures above 600 °C

Recycling
Recycling | 11 December 2025

Borealis and Borouge unveil recycled polyolefins 'Recleo'

The portfolio brings together post-industrial (PIR) and post-consumer (PCR) recyclates under one banner,

Recycling
Recycling | 10 December 2025

SK Chemicals forms JV with China-based PET recycler Kelinle to build a Feedstock Innovation Center

Targeting start-up in the second half of 2026; in-house feedstock to enhance cost competitiveness in the recycling business

Recycling
Recycling | 09 December 2025

ALPLA and NTCP pilot groundbreaking food-safe HDPE recycling tech

LPLA and NTCP are working to deliver an affordable, industrial-scale solution for plastic food packaging

Recycling
Recycling | 04 December 2025

CARBIOS and Wankai seal major deal to launch Asia’s first large-scale PET biorecycling plant

The partners will form a joint venture to build and operate a PET biorecycling facility capable of processing 50,000 tons of PET waste annually

Recycling
Recycling | 01 December 2025

Westlake Vinnolit unveils GreenVin circular PVC

Westlake Vinnolit’s new GreenVin circular-attributed PVC is produced using renewable power and circular ethylene derived from mixed plastics packaging waste

Recycling
Recycling | 25 November 2025

Carbios signs two new multi-year commercial agreements for biorecycled PET in beverage industry

These new commercial commitments are part of the pre-commercialization dynamic of CARBIOS' future industrial site

Recycling
Recycling | 21 November 2025

India’s battery recycling sector poised for explosive growth amid policy push

The Ministry of Mines has rolled out a Rs. 1,500 crore incentive scheme supporting recyclers of e-waste, lithium-ion batteries, and end-of-life vehicle

Recycling
Recycling | 16 November 2025

Deepening crisis in Europe’s plastics recycling industry

The industry remains far below the 6 per cent annual growth rate required to meet the Plastics Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) targets

Recycling
Recycling | 16 November 2025

Coveris Winsford secures dual RecyClass certifications for recycling excellence

The Traceability Certification strengthens Coveris’ ability to comply with regulatory requirements such as the UK Plastic Packaging Tax

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