Recycling
Recycling | 21 March 2026

Total and Plastic Energy launch France’s first chemical recycling plant

The plant, capable of processing 15,000 tonnes of plastic waste per year, will be located on Total’s new platform zéro crude in Grandpuits, France, and is expected to go online in early 2023

Recycling
Recycling | 19 March 2026

Asahi Kasei, Nippon Steel launch major titanium recycling initiative

In these cells, the anode relies on pure titanium to resist the corrosive effects of chlorine

Recycling
Recycling | 16 March 2026

Abundia taps Topsoe technology for Texas waste-to-fuel plant

The deal allows Abundia to deploy Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology at the Baytown plant

Recycling
Recycling | 16 March 2026

FSSAI grants final authorization to 17 recycled PET manufacturing plants

Unlocks 3 lakh tonne capacities for India’s circular packaging economy to cater to the Government’s mandate of 40% recycled content

Recycling
Recycling | 12 March 2026

Indorama Ventures, Nigerian Breweries, and Genesis Energy partner to develop rPET production facilities in Africa

This partnership combines the complementary strengths of three industry leaders to advance the PET value chain in Nigeria

Recycling
Recycling | 11 March 2026

DEScycle and Mitsubishi forge strategic pact to revolutionize e-waste recycling in Japan

MC will leverage its extensive customer relationships to market critical and precious metals recovered using DEScycle’s technology

Recycling
Recycling | 03 March 2026

Polyplastics unveils high-performance thermoplastics made from recycled materials

The two new developmental grades, PLASTRON RSG20011 and RSG20013, are currently undergoing sample production and evaluation

Recycling
Recycling | 02 March 2026

MUFG partners with Mitsubishi Chemical and Refinverse for circular office plastic recycling

This initiative aims to advance domestic recycling of plastic raw materials and will reduce environmental impact and resource procurement risk while creating new business opportunities

Recycling
Recycling | 26 February 2026

NOVA Chemicals launches new recycled polyethylene grades for North America

These additions expand the SYNDIGO portfolio, featuring resins made entirely from 100% post-consumer recycled (PCR) films

Recycling
Recycling | 25 February 2026

Indorama Ventures and AMB Spa launch fully recyclable PET trays to boost packaging in Europe

The new tray embeds recycled PET flakes at its core while using virgin food-grade PET for outer layers

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

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