Economía Circular

 

Economía Circular

Sulzer launches PyroConTM to enhance plastic and biomass waste reduction
13/02/2025 - © Sulzer ChemtechSulzer’s new PyroCon technology rapidly cools the gases emitted during pyrolysis, a process that heats and liquefies plastic without oxygen, limiting harmful...
New PET bottle-to-bottle recycling facility in Türkiye
10/02/2025 - Istanbul-based construction corporation Doğa has set up a PET recycling facility in Kırklareli and recently commissioned two Starlinger PET bottle-to-bottle recycling lines.
100% recyclable skinpack container from recycled PET
10/02/2025 - Aimplas is collaborating with Covinil and Eroski to overcome the challenges of recycling multilayer packaging while promoting sustainability and the efficient use of recycled materials in the food...
Commission approves €500 million French State aid scheme to support chemical recycling of plastic waste
02/02/2025 - European Commission Press release Brussels, 03 Feb 2025 The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €500 million French scheme to support the chemical recycling of certain...
AIMPLAS Will Focus In This Phase on The Dissolution of PVC In Textile Waste and The Chemical Recycling of Polyurethane Foams.
30/01/2025 - tExtended solutions are to be soon tested on a Europe-wide level and replication potential is to be studied regionally.Activities will also involve local community actors in the development...
Plastic Energy publishes new LCA
- New research has found recycling plastics, using Plastic Energy’s (London, UK) proprietary technology, currently saves up to 78 % CO2 eq. compared to incineration with energy recovery.These...
Swiss trading group to acquire Danish recycler WPU / Distribution of pyrolysis oil to Braskem
30/01/2025 - Swiss trading group to acquire Danish recycler WPU / Distribution of pyrolysis oil to Braskem— By Plasteurope.com staff — Vitol (Geneva; www.vitol.com) said it plans to acquire a 90%...
Biochar and its role in carbon sequestration
28/01/2025 - The unchecked and ongoing buildup of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere poses an unparalleled danger to both humanity and the environment. The planet is warming at a rate that...
Vitol agrees to acquire 66.84% of plastics recycling company WPU
16/01/2025 - Vitol B.V. (“Vitol”) has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire a controlling interest in Waste Plastic Upcycling A/S (“WPU”). On completion, which is subject to certain...
EU-funded project PYSOLO: Free webinar „Facing High-Temperature CSP for energy applications”
10/01/2025 - The PYSOLO project, in collaboration with its sisterhood projects 
Chemical recycling specialist declares bankruptcy
06/01/2025 - Chemical recycling specialist declares bankruptcy— By Plasteurope.com staff — Blue Cycle (Heerenveen, Netherlands; www.bluecycle.frl), reportedly the first Dutch firm to produce...
Building permit for pyrolysis demonstration plant in Netherlands / Schedule significantly delayed
16/12/2024 - Building permit for pyrolysis demonstration plant in Netherlands / Schedule significantly delayed— By Plasteurope.com staff — (l. to r.) Itero project manager Sieto Schenkel and André...
New start for insolvent recycling tech company seems possible / Investor still unknown
13/12/2024 - New start for insolvent recycling tech company seems possible / Investor still unknown— By Plasteurope.com staff — The 
Trio of investors nixes PET chemical recycling plant at former cracker site in Carling
05/12/2024 - Trio of investors nixes PET chemical recycling plant at former cracker site in Carling— By Plasteurope.com staff — EUR 450 mn for a plant for processing mixed plastics waste and...
Suez cancels PET recycling project in Saint-Avold, France
02/12/2024 - Suez and its partners have abandoned their plans to build a large-scale chemical recycling facility for PET in Saint-Avold, France.…Full text:
Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), November 2024
29/11/2024 - 1) RCI’s Scientific Background Report: On 19 November 2024, the RCI published the Scientific Background Report “Evaluation of Recent Reports on the Future of a Net-Zero...
Large-scale expansion of chemical recycling capacity / Cyclyx Circularity Centres progressing
02/12/2024 - Large-scale expansion of chemical recycling capacity / Cyclyx Circularity Centres progressingThe recycling pilot plant at the Baytown site went into operation in 2022 (Photo: ExxonMobil...
Eletto nuovo presidente dei riciclatori 'chimici'
27/11/2024 - Rinnovato il board dell'associazione Chemical Recycling Europe, che resterà in carica per i prossimi due anni. 27 novembre 2024...
Axens, IFPEN and JEPLAN announce the launch of the commercialization by Axens of the Rewind® PET chemical recycling process
23/10/2024 - In line with the announcement made at the inauguration of a semi-industrial demonstration unit at Kitakyushu in Japan in October 2023, Axens, IFPEN and JEPLAN, partners in the project, are glad to...
Idemitsu and Suntory collaborate in chemical recycling demonstration test aiming for recycling caps and labels of used PET bottles
28/10/2024 - Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. and Suntory Holdings Limited announced they have started collaborating on a project aiming for recycling caps and labels of used PET bottles and have conducted a chemical...
Farrel Pomini announcing a new partnership with Lummus Technology
14/11/2024 - © FarellFarrel Pomini, a leader in continuous mixing systems for the polymer processing industry, announced a key partnership...