chemical recycling

Ascend achieves full chemical recycling of nylon 6/6

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Philadelphia — Ascend Performance Materials has achieved full chemical recycling of nylon 6/6 materials. Ascend reached that milestone in mid-2024 at its production site in Pensacola, Fla., Chief Technology Officer Vikram Gopal said March 4 at Antec 2025 in Philadelphia.…

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Innventure to commercialise VTT’s chemical recycling technology

Iranpolymer/Baspar A few weeks after partnering with Dow, technology commercialisation platform Innventure announced it has acquired exclusive rights to licence VTT’s thermochemical conversion technology for plastic waste. Technology licencing will be handled by Refinity, an Innventure subsidiary established for the purpose. VTT, the Technical…

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Recycled food-grade plastics

Iranpolymer/Baspar Now that the Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1616 on recycled plastic materials and other items that can come into contact with foods is in force, the volume of recycled food-grade plastics is expected to increase. One of the regulation’s key…

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Renewable feedstock derived through co-processing of raw materials

Iranpolymer/Baspar Neste expands its offering for the polymers and chemicals industry by introducing a co-processed renewable feedstock under its established Neste RE™ brand. By co-processing renewable raw materials such as used cooking oil together with fossil crude oil in its conventional oil refinery in…

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PRS Europe 2025 programme outlined

Iranpolymer/Baspar The latest trends in the plastics recycling sector will be explored in depth, providing a holistic view of the whole plastic recycling value chain and drawing together political leaders, major brands, recyclers and the plastics recycling and manufacturing industry.…

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Germany endorses chemical recycling in National Circular Economy Strategy

Iranpolymer/Baspar The German Federal Government has published its National Circular Economy Strategy (NKWS). The policy sets out Germany’s vision to transition to a circular economy across various sectors. The government’s coalition partners, which have recently broken up resulting in the call of…

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The BOTTLE4FLEX Project: Develop a 100% recyclable skin pack container from recycled PET

Iranpolymer/Baspar In Spain, only recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) has been authorised for post-consumer recycled content for food packaging. Flexible PET packaging cannot be recycled using conventional mechanical technologies because of its multilayer composition. AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Centre, Covinil and…

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ExxonMobil invest $200M to expand Texas chemical recycling capacity

Iranpolymer/Baspar  US-based ExxonMobil announced plans to invest over $200 million to expand chemical recycling capacity at its sites in Baytown and Beaumont, Texas. The oil and gas giant said it plans to add new pyrolysis units at the sites, increasing capacity by…

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New sustainable liquid crystal polymer

Iranpolymer/Baspar Polyplastics Co., Ltd., a global leader in engineering plastics, has launched LAPEROSⓇ bG-LCP. This sustainable liquid crystal polymer solution is based on biomass-derived materials (mass balance approach) which reduces CO2 emissions and improves the renewable content ratio. The new LCP expands the…

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Pyrolysis: the secret weapon in the fight against plastic waste?

Iranpolymer/Baspar The scourge of plastic pollution has ravaged our natural habitats for decades and the problem shows no signs of slowing down. As we approach the conclusion of the United Nations’ global plastic treaty at the end of this year,…

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Encina, Blue Planet sign feedstock agreement for chemical recycling

Iranpolymer/Baspar Texas-based Encina and Singapore’s waste management company Blue Planet have signed a memorandum of understanding for the supply of hard-to-recycle plastic waste. Blue Planet will supply feedstock for Encina’s circular chemicals manufacturing facilities in the Americas, Saudi Arabia, India, and Southeast…

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Promaplast and AMI join forces for Greenplast 2025

Iranpolymer/Baspar Following the success of the first edition in 2022, which saw the participation of 170 exhibitors across a net area of 6,000 square metres, attracting over 20,000 visitors from 55 countries, Greenplast – the international trade show and conference dedicated to…

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Novel recycling and upcycling solutions for bioplastics

Iranpolymer/Baspar The new EU-funded ReBioCycle project provides a portfolio of bioplastic sorting and recycling technologies within three complementary waste-processor-centric hubs. These hubs will be established for different technologies and technology readiness levels (TRL) in the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and partly in…

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LyondellBasell invests in new recycling centre for automotive parts in Germany

Iranpolymer/Baspar  LyondellBasell (LYB) has announced an investment in recycling of automotive and white good appliance parts. The Houston-headquartered materials company is investing in a closed-loop recycling centre in Lich, Germany. The investment will add new sorting and recycling technology to…

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Chemical plastics recycling is ready to go: Researchers show that it’s all about the stirring

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Hundreds of millions of tons of plastic waste are generated worldwide every year. Scientists are working tirelessly on new methods to recycle a large proportion of this waste into high-quality products and thus enable a genuine circular economy. However,…

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Plastic demand could be slashed by 30% in 2050, says WoodMac

Iranpolymer/Baspar Wood Mackenzie, a consultancy firm, forecasts that global Wood Mackenzie, a consultancy firm, forecasts that global plastic demand could be reduced by 30% in a scenario where the world reaches net zero by 2050. In a new report called ‘Chemicals…

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Berkeley scientists develop polyolefin depolymerisation technology

Iranpolymer/Baspar Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley have developed a depolymerisation technology to chemically recycle polyolefins. In a new paper, the team described the method as a scalable, energetically and environmentally viable solution to hard-to-recycle plastics. Unlike pyrolysis, the…

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Plastics recycling on show in the Middle East

Iranpolymer/Baspar The PRS brand – short for Plastics Recycling Shows – is a burgeoning phenomenon. What started as a small pilot show in Amsterdam in 2017 has today grown into a global name that is recognised around the world. Sustainable…

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Sweden scientists develop medical plastics chemical recycling technology

Iranpolymer/Baspar Scientists at Chalmers University in Sweden have developed a chemical recycling technology that promises to close the loop on medical plastics. The vast majority of medical plastic waste today gets landfilled or incinerated and the small share that gets recycled…

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Defossilising the chemical industry: Role of chemical recycling

Iranpolymer/Baspar At the Renewable Materials Conference 2024 organised by nova-institute, the overarching theme this year was the defossilisation of the chemicals and materials industry. The industry is one that is heavily dependent on fossil fuels, with currently 88% of the…

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