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  • TotalEnergies has joined NEXTLOOPP, an initiative bringing together 48 companies from the plastics value chain that aims to create food-grade recycled polymer from advanced mechanical recycling. Launc ...
  • Delegates from 160 countries, industry representatives, and civil society groups gathered in in the coastal town of Punta del Este in Uruguay for the first round of negotiations on a global plastics t ...
  • Cove, a California-based material innovation company, launched the ‘first’ biodegradable water bottles in partnership with Erewhon, the Los Angeles premium organic grocer, the company announced on 6 D ...
  • EU policymakers could soon implement policies to sap emissions from tyres and brakes, an action which would help tackle the largest source contributing to microplastics in the world’s oceans. In Novem ...
  • LyondellBasell and Audi announced on 28 November a first-time collaboration to help close the loop for mixed automotive plastic waste. Audi is installing plastic seatbelt buckle covers in the Q8 e-tro ...
  • Balena’s BioCirSlides are made from 100% biodegradable plastic and are described as the first fully mouldable, biodegradable elastomer which provides a viable alternative to other polluting plastic ma ...
  • Dutch Global chemical company LyondellBasell announced on 18 November its decision to move ahead with constructing an advanced recycling plant at its site in Wesseling, Germany.  The commercial scale ...
  • An innovative proposal to tackle the global plastic pollution crisis with a combination of DNA-like encoding of plastics and international law has been put forward by a transdisciplinary team of resea ...
  • A leaked draft of the EU’s new packaging law has caused a furore among the beverage industry, who claim it poses significant risk to their business and existing recycling systems.  The revised packagi ...
  • Researchers from Victoria University believe seaweed can be harnessed to replace plastic packaging. Now, they have teamed up with China which grows and harvests around three-quarters of the world’s se ...