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CHEMICAL RECYCLING
Most plants worldwide still in test operation / Controversies about risks and benefits / Studies by ecoprog, WWF and DUH
24.02.2022
HONEYWELL
Recycled feedstock for Total Energies / Spanish production set for 2023
21.02.2022
UPDATE - YNCC
Explosion at naphtha cracker in South Korea claims four lives / Maintenance, repair work halted / Force majeure declared
11.02.2022
KEM ONE
Strikes paralyse four of five PVC sites in France / Force majeure declared: French media
04.02.2022
KEM ONE
Shutdown of PVC production at Spanish plant / Tight market remains a problem
17.01.2022
PLASTIC ENERGY
Second European recycling project with TotalEnergies / Spanish pyrolysis plant to supply feedstock for virgin quality resin
17.01.2022
KEM ONE
Sale of PVC maker completed / Acquired by Apollo Global Management
11.01.2022
INEOS
Environment permit for Antwerp ethane cracker / Shale-fed unit with “competitive and sustainable” cost base
10.01.2022
PLASTICS AND CLIMATE
Growing carbon footprint of polymer production driven by coal: ETH Zurich study / China, India, Indonesia, South Africa main contributors
06.01.2022
INEOS
Trial of Plastic Energy's process at Grangemouth refinery / Conversion of plastics waste into virgin-quality polymer / Tacoil as drop-in
06.01.2022
OMV
Demo plastics-to-oil recycling facility / Up to 200,000 t/y synthetic feedstock from plastics waste
05.01.2022
TEIJIN
LCA of carbon fibres begins / Identification of carbon hotpots in manufacturing
23.12.2021
GERMAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY
DZ Bank survey: Processor margins under pressure / Nearly one in five shops have rejected orders
17.12.2021
TOTALENERGIES
Partnership with Plastic Omnium to use rPP in cars
16.12.2021
EXXONMOBIL
Acquisition of California-based Materia / Company founded by chemistry Nobel prize winner
15.12.2021
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Producers grapple with EU's proposed regulatory changes / Cost of compliance said to be daunting / Cefic seeks navigable path to Green Deal
09.12.2021
SI GROUP
Distribution partnership with Brenntag renewed, expanded / Addition of chemical intermediates, coating resins in EMEA
06.12.2021
PETROCHEMICALS
Repsol, Versalis join “Cracker of the future” consortium / Focus on electric steam cracking / Technology partnership with Siemens, Technip
30.11.2021
BASF
Comprehensive plans to meet climate goals faster: Net Zero Accelerator / Standalone renewable energy company / CCS project at Antwerp
30.11.2021
NOVA CHEMICALS
EUR 1.75 bn investment in PCR / Projects with CNG and GreenMantra
24.11.2021
PLASTIC ENERGY
New advanced recycling partnership with Freepoint and TotalEnergies / First “Tacoil” plant in the US
23.11.2021
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Major producers partner to cut GHG emissions / Centralised development starts in 2023
15.11.2021
HONEYWELL
Advanced recycling technology commercialised / JV with Sacyr for 30,000 t/y facility in Spain
15.11.2021
LOOP INDUSTRIES
First commercial production of rPET bottle / Evian water bottle from 2022 / JV with SK Geo Centric / First plant in South Korea
12.10.2021
TOTALENERGIES
Doubling of recycled plastics production capacity in France
07.10.2021
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