Keyword: Plastic Waste

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LyondellBasell Takes Veolia’s Recycling JV Stake

03.05.2023 -

LyondellBasell said it plans to acquire Veolia Belgium‘s stake in the joint venture Quality Circular Polymers (QCP), which has recycling facilities in Belgium and the...

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Maire Tecnimont and Biorenova in Chemical Recycling Pact

09.02.2023 -

NextChem, a subsidiary of Italian engineering contractor Maire Tecnimont, has agreed to acquire, scale up and commercialize Biorenova’s proprietary CatC continuous...

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LyondellBasell Progresses German Advanced Recycling Plan

23.11.2022 -

LyondellBasell (LYB) said it is moving ahead with engineering for a commercial scale advanced plastics waste recycling plant it intends to build at its Wesseling, Germany...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Whitepaper: Enzymatic Degradation of Plastic

16.11.2022 -

Plastic is everywhere: researchers have been able to detect it on Mount Everest as well as in the Mariana Trench. Particularly alarming was the recently published study...

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SABIC at K Show 2022

21.09.2022 -

During this year’s K show, SABIC will highlight its commitment to circular, sustainable solutions designed to reduce plastic waste and support the shift to product...

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Shell Invests Billions in Sustainability

21.07.2022 -

Shell Chemicals has announced it will earmark “billions of euros” from its current capital spending budget to make production assets more sustainable as it works to...

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EU Said Moving Toward Plastic Waste Tax

08.01.2020 - EU member states are now said close to agreeing on implementing a general tax on non-recyclable plastic waste as one means of filling the €15 billion gap that will be left in the...

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EU Parliament Passes Law Curbing Plastic Bags

22.04.2014 - Under a draft law passed by the European Parliament just before Easter, with 539 in favor, 51 against and 72 abstentions, EU member states would have to halve their use of certain...