Consumer brands reveal world’s first enzymatically recycled PET bottles
Carbios, L’Oréal, Nestlé Waters, PepsiCo and Suntory Beverage & Food Europe have announced that they have produced the world's first food-grade PET...
Lego unveils prototype bricks made from recycled PET bottles
Toy manufacturer Lego has demonstrated a prototype brick made from recycled PET bottles.
It is the first brick to...
Circulate Capital raises funds to help disruptive European and US plastic recyclers expand into...
Singapore-based investment firm Circulate Capital has closed the first phase of its new fund that will bring disruptive plastic recycling technologies from...
Ben Richardson on the PRN market: June 2021
In the last month, all the market has been talking about is plastics and Turkey. As reported by REB Market Intelligence, there...
China to implement plastic recycling standards this year
China's State Administration for Market Regulation has said new plastic recycling standards will be introduced this year.
While it...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 18 June 2021
Some paper and plastic recyclate grades saw rising prices this week as global demand seems to keep rising.
Covid...
UK company Mura signs chemical recycling licensing deal with Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
Mura Technology, and its licensing partner KBR, have signed an agreement for deployment of its plastic chemical recycling technology in Japan.
Fraunhofer, SABIC and P&G trialling chemical recycling of single-use face masks
The Fraunhofer Institute, SABIC and Procter & Gamble (P&G) have worked together to trial the chemical recycling of single-use face masks.
Recycled plastic export report: April 2021
Please note this report just focuses on the waste polymers of ethylene commodity code (391510), as exports of other plastics are relatively...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 11 June 2021
There was a mixed picture this week for the recycling sector, but most price adjustments tended to be downwards rather than upwards.