plastic waste

Alterra supports Viva Energy with plastic refining milestone

Iranpolymer/Baspar  The results of the trial shows that Alterra’s technology can be used to produce high-quality PPO at a large scale, which can then be refined and repurposed using existing infrastructure already in place. Together, Alterra proves its technologies capabilities and Viva…

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K 2025: The Power of Plastics

Iranpolymer/Baspar  From 8 to 15 October 2025, K in Düsseldorf will again become the main stage for the international plastics and rubber industry – making an unmistakable statement with its motto “The Power of Plastics! Green – Smart – Responsible”.…

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When “reusable” means more plastic waste: The vending machine loophole

Iranpolymer/Baspar  OPINION – In the wake of growing pressure to reduce plastic waste, Italy’s Ministry for the Environment and Energy Security has proposed a new technical regulation defining specific weight and size thresholds for plastic items to qualify as “reusable”…

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Review: K 2025 Düsseldorf – UK Press Launch

Iranpolymer/Baspar  One positive thing about this iconic building is that you don’t need to navigate Google Maps to perfection to find it. It stands out against the City’s beautiful backdrop – you just need to look up! And that’s what…

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Cedo strengthens leadership in flexible plastic film circularity with Plasta Group acquisition

Iranpolymer/Baspar The combined organisation boasts an annual capacity to recycle over 200,000 tons of plastic waste. Plastic bags made with recycled contents can then be manufactured, as well other film-based products. Cedo can now offer an expanded range of sustainable solutions…

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Sainsbury’s introduces plastic-free packaging for own-brand avocados

Iranpolymer/Baspar British supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has announced the trial of paper packaging for its own-brand Ripe & Ready Avocados twin pack. The company highlighted that the new initiative would eliminate 20.2 million pieces of plastic each year once fully implemented.…

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Is production really pollution?

Iranpolymer/Baspar An international team of volunteers collected and surveyed nearly 1.9m pieces of plastic waste across 84 countries over five years. The team found that the bulk of the rubbish collected was single-use packaging for food, beverage and tobacco products.…

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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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How basic mechanical recycling can capture value from mixed plastic waste

Iranpolymer/Baspar The Alliance to End Plastic Waste has published the third of a series of playbooks describing solution models for a circular economy for plastics. Titled ‘Capturing Value Through Basic Mechanical Recycling of Mixed Plastic Waste’, the playbook outlines cost-effective strategies for recycling mixed…

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BASF, research partners join forces to optimise mechanical recycling

 Iranpolymer/Baspar  Aiming to improve the mechanical recycling of plastics and to take this technology to the next level, BASF has teamed up a number of partners to study how this might best be achieved. In collaboration with Endress+Hauser, TechnoCompound 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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Plastic waste agreement to be signed at PRS Asia

Iranpolymer/Baspar 31 October 2024: In a move aimed at increasing plastic recycling and reducing the overall consumption of packaging, the Waste Management and Recycling Association of Singapore (WMRAS) and Singapore Logistics Association (SLA) will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU)…

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Idemitsu and Suntory collaborate on recycling demonstration for bottle caps

Iranpolymer/Baspar Petroleum refinery company Idemitsu Kosan has collaborated with beverage company Suntory for the chemical recycling demonstration test of used polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle caps and labels. The project has recently progressed to a demonstration test phase, where Chemical Recycle Japan, a subsidiary of…

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The new INTAREMA® sets the benchmark in plastics recycling

Iranpolymer/Baspar Premiere at EREMA: the new INTAREMA® 2325 sees the world’s leading manufacturer of plastics recycling systems grow its post-consumer series to enter a new dimension in recycling. The INTAREMA® 2325 T-VEplus® RegrindPro® with laser filter is the largest system ever built to recycle…

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Moretto puts stronger focus on grinders

Iranpolymer/Baspar Italy-based Moretto SpA has been supplying auxiliary equipment for the plastics processing industry for over four decades. Its booth at Fakuma is a window into its vast product portfolio, from sills to hopper loaders, from dryers to dosing units.…

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Post-recycled resins for diverse applications

Iranpolymer/Baspar Environmental campaigns have long revealed the negative effects of plastic waste in the environment. When plastic litter builds up on land and in the ocean, it poses serious threats to all species on Earth. To help people accept personal…

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Fossil-free future: UPM drives sustainability transformation of the rubber industry

Iranpolymer/Baspar UPM, whose history goes back 150 years to the origins of the Finnish forest industry with pulp and paper production, is using its vast experience in forestry and forest products to transform materials for a fossil-free future. The company is starting up its wood-based biorefinery later in…

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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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QM Recycled Energy installs a modular waste pre-treatment system

Iranpolymer/Baspar Exclusive to QMRE, the Q20 features a bale shredder, friction cleaner, fines segregation and a wet shredder to help reduce the plastic waste to a suitable size for VIXLA. It also has a sink float tank for the polymers, which are later…

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