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Diverting food packaging waste from landfills is now made possible with certified circular polymers
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Dear Industry Expert,
Diverting food packaging waste from landfills is now made possible with certified circular polymers. This new breed of polymers is obtained through advanced recycling of post-consumer plastic waste that is hard to recycle via existing processes. The idea is to use more recycled plastic in food and beverage packaging as well as healthcare products. |
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Recycled plastic in food packaging
TotalEnergies and Berry Global collaborate to make food packaging more circular, with TotalEnergies supplying Berry Global with Certified Circular Polymers obtained through advanced recycling of post-consumer plastic waste that is otherwise hard to recycle via existing processes. Through the processing of circular feedstock, TotalEnergies’s portfolio of Certified Circular Polymers exhibit virgin-like properties suitable for high-end, demanding applications. More... |
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Fully recyclable mono-material refill pouch
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Chemical recycling of mattresses
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Supercritical water approach to plastic recycling
The University of Birmingham has licensed the rights to a ‘supercritical water’ technology to Stopford, to develop a novel process for recycling mixed plastic packaging, that delivers a greater proportion of high value recycled plastic with less emissions, fewer processing steps than current recycling methods, and no solvent residues. More...
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Injecting higher PCR content efficiently
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Maximising the value of regrind
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Covestro , Mitsui Chemicals deliver renewable materials in Asia
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