Veolia Germany exits LDPE film processing business
(D) – The German subsidiary of Veolia will not rebuild its two fire-ravaged processing plants for -commercial mixed LDPE film. "The unsatisfactory earnings situation for sorted film grades on the plastics market currently does not justify the rebuilding and operation of these plants," said a Veolia spokesman, ...
PET recycler Carbios and Novozymes deepen cooperation
French plastics recycler Carbios and Danish biotechnology company Novozymes have entered a strategic partnership. The alliance is intended to secure the long-term supply of the proprietary enzymes Carbios uses in its recycling technology, supplying both the company's first industrial-scale biological PET recycling...
Sabic exploring "word-scale" chemical recycling plant
Saudi petrochemicals giant Sabic announced in Davos last week that it will increase its production of recyclable and renewable chemicals. It said its ambition is to "process one million metric tonnes of its Trucircle solutions annually by 2030". Part of the progress towards the new production target is to be achieved...
England to broaden bans on single-use plastics in October
The UK's Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) announced over the weekend that the list of single use plastic (SUP) products banned in England is to be expanded later this year. When the changes are implemented, the items subject to sales restrictions will be the same as those banned in the EU under...