Recently, a group of researchers at the University of Alabama stumbled upon a revolutionary way to recycle plastics.
This approach, which uses imidazolium to break down plastics, improves on traditional recycling processes and has the potential to produce higher quality recycled materials. This...
From January 1, 2025, Thailand banned the import of plastic waste.
Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Trade issued the regulation in early December and it was published in the Royal Gazette on December 16, 2024 to become law.
The provision allows for a bidding period between December 17 and 31, all...
The U.S. plastics recycling and reclamation market faces three major challenges in 2025: trade uncertainty, new capacity additions, and weak consumption. And, Trump's tariff policy is likely to hit the U.S. recycled plastics ecosystem. In addition, Coca-Cola's downward revision of its packaging sust...
December 12, 2024 - The California Senate is passing a new bill that by January 1, 2027, will require plastic beverage containers up to 3 liters, to use one-piece lids.
1. Bill to be heard in 2025
Disposable plastic lids are easily separated from the bottle, reducing the likelihood of recycling ...
On December 19, 2024, the European Commission formally adopted a regulation banning the use of bisphenol A (BPA) and other bisphenol substances harmful to the reproductive and endocrine systems in food contact materials.
BPA is a common chemical raw material widely used in the production of pla...
Recent reports indicate that the chemical recycling industry is on the verge of major expansion, with more than 40 plants currently in operation and more than 100 projects in the planning stage worldwide. The next few years will be critical in assessing the viability and cost-effectiveness of these ...
Recently, Canada Plastics Pact (CPP) released its 2023-2024 Impact Report, and among the report's key metrics is that 50 percent of the plastic packaging its partners put on the market in 2023 will be reusable, recyclable, or compostable, an increase of 7 percent from 2022. The Ottawa, Ontario-...
On December 18, the EU's Circular Biobased Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) published its annual work plan for 2025, outlining a new call for project proposals. The program allocates a budget of €165 million to support projects in the European circular bio-based industrial sector covering the 13 th...
In the first half of December 2024, the polylactic acid (PLA) market in Germany showed resilience with prices remaining stable despite a challenging economic environment. The country's manufacturing sector experienced a notable decline in November, particularly in terms of new factory orders and pro...
Initially inspired by the potential of mycelium as an alternative material, Mexican brothers AlexisGómez-Ortigoza and Axel Gómez-Ortigoza Aguirre decided to start their own business.
The brothers founded Polybion (from the Greek and Latin words meaning an entity capable of developing multiple t...
