Lincoln, California-based Circular Polymers says it is ready to supply the chemical recycling industry with consistent, high-quality feedstock made from postconsumer carpet and other forms of plastic ...

Mixed plastics are technically challenging to recycle, resulting in most post-consumer-use mixed plastic products going to landfills or incinerators. Now, scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National ...

The Brussels-based Polymers for Europe Alliance has selected Spain-based Repsol as winner of a Best Polymer Producers Award in the Circularity category for 2020. “We are proud to say that the number ...

IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ExxonMobil has completed its first commercial sale of certified circular polymers, using its Exxtend™ technology for advanced recycling of plastic waste. The purchaser ...

Graduate student RJ Conk adjusts a reaction chamber in which mixed plastics are degraded into the reusable building blocks of new polymers. A new chemical process can essentially vaporize plastics ...

Global industrial value chains are undergoing a major structural shift driven by waste reduction policies, lifecycle accountability frameworks, and corporate ESG compliance mandates. Biodegradable ...

Chemists have developed a catalytic process that turns the largest component of today's plastic waste stream, polyolefin plastic bags and bottles, into gases -- propylene and isobutylene -- that are ...