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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

Recycling
Recycling | 14 November 2025

PPG launches packaging-return programme to boost circularity in Dutch paint sector

The initiative is designed to help PPG increase the share of post-consumer recycled material used in its packaging

Recycling
Recycling | 12 November 2025

Carbios and Wankai forge strategic pact to build China’s first PET biorecycling plant

The partnership’s first milestone will be the construction of a large-scale biorecycling plant in China

Recycling
Recycling | 12 November 2025

Indorama Ventures and Jiaren Chemical Recycling form JV to boost circularity in textile industry

Jiaren Chemical Recyling’s ability to source, sort, de-color, de- and re-polymerise textile waste makes chemical textile recycling available at scale

Recycling
Recycling | 08 November 2025

CARBIOS and Wankai partner to build first PET biorecycling plant in China

Construction of the first plant is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2026

Recycling
Recycling | 04 November 2025

FENC, Carbios & Salomon win ITMF Award for pioneering bio-recycled polyester innovation

The collaboration resulted in a complete circular system — from waste to monomers, polyester polymers, and final products

Recycling
Recycling | 04 November 2025

Toray unveils breakthrough recycling technology to preserve carbon fiber strength and quality

Promoting application development from recycled carbon fiber nonwoven fabrics

Recycling
Recycling | 03 November 2025

Huntsman and Steitz Secura develop breakthrough PU solution to improve circularity of safety footwear

Innovative new approach closes the loop on scrap polyurethane - integrating it back into footwear

Recycling
Recycling | 02 November 2025

ETH Zurich and BASF pioneer recycling of automotive shredder residue and bio-waste into high-value feedstock

ETH Zurich study assesses emissions of a novel non-fossil feedstock pathway feasibility of chemical recycling via co-gasification of mixed plastic waste demonstrated

Recycling
Recycling | 10 October 2025

Trinseo to sell chemically recycled styrene monomer in Europe

Announces availability of polystyrene, ABS, and SAN for sale produced with Indavers’ chemically recycled monomer through depolymerization

Recycling
Recycling | 09 October 2025

Eni launches authorisation process in Priolo for new biorefinery, chemical recycling plant

The Versalis Hoop plant will employ the company’s proprietary technology for chemical recycling, based on the pyrolysis of mixed plastic packaging waste

Recycling
Recycling | 07 October 2025

BASF’s Ccycled material powers Pescafacil’s seafood transport

In BASF’s Ccycled production process, fossil feedstocks are replaced at the very beginning of the value chain with pyrolysis oil derived from post-consumer plastic waste through chemical recycling

Recycling
Recycling | 05 October 2025

Borealis upgrades Integra site for recycled polypropylene

The upgrade includes the installation of Borealis' proprietary Borcycle M mechanical recycling technology

Recycling
Recycling | 03 October 2025

BASF announces two new recycling processes for polyamides from end-of-life vehicles

Pilot projects with ZF and Pöppelmann demonstrate near-series applications using components for Mercedes-Benz

Recycling
Recycling | 03 October 2025

Dow, Zermatt, and Nature’s Variety launch pet food pouch with recycled content

The new pouch includes 10% recycled content and can help comply with the 2030 target required by the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation for contact-sensitive packaging

Recycling
Recycling | 01 October 2025

Taiyo Oil, Mitsui Chemicals join forces to boost chemically recycled products

This newly launched joint study represents the next step in strengthening both companies’ contributions to the circular economy

Recycling
Recycling | 29 September 2025

BASF, Porsche, and BEST complete pilot project on chemical recycling

For the first time, fossil raw materials have been completely replaced by circular, automotive waste containing streams through a gasification process to produce new plastics

Recycling
Recycling | 27 September 2025

Plastic recycler Resynergi to exit California

Transitions operations to new location to accelerate plastic recycling innovation

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