Chemical Recycling

Commentary: Chemical and Mechanical Recycling—Complementing or Competing? Rising demand for recycled-content plastic means the two technologies can coexist, according to the CEO of a chemical recycling firm. Debate continues over what…

Recycled Plastic Bottles Leach More Chemicals Into Drinks, Review Finds More chemicals being released by reused plastic could indicate need for ‘super clean’ recycling process A widely used kind of recycled plastic bottle passes more…

Trinseo Chemical Recycling Plant on Track Trinseo's plant will be dedicated to recycled polystyrene (rPS), meeting increased demand for the material. PS is one of the most widely-used plastics. BERWYN, Pa.--Trinseo (NYSE: TSE), a global…

Heat and Bacteria Recycle Mixed Plastics Into Useful Chemicals Two-step process converts mixtures of plastic into small molecules, but could be challenging to implement at scale. Mixtures of plastics, usually a headache to recycle, have…

'Chemical Recycling' of Plastic Slammed by Environmental Group Most plastic "advanced recycling" plants in the United States aren't actually recycling plastic but instead converting it into a dirty fuel, while producing toxic waste in…

Recycled Plastic Bottles Leach More Chemicals Into Drinks, Review Finds More chemicals being released by reused plastic could indicate need for ‘super clean’ recycling process A widely used kind of recycled plastic bottle passes more…

Waste Wood Chemically Recycled to Produce Material Stronger Than Steel A treatment process can turn old pieces of wood into a new super-strong material called "healed wood" A material made from recycled wood is five times stronger than…

Chemical Recycling: ‘Green’ Plastics Solution Makes More Pollution: Report The plastics industry claims that ‘chemical recycling’ or ‘advanced recycling’ technologies, which use heat or solvents to convert waste plastic into chemical…

Chemical Recycling of Plastic: Neste Acquires European Rights to Alterra Energy’s Thermochemical Liquefaction Technology Neste has purchased the European rights to Alterra Energy’s liquefaction technology, further solidifying the company’s…

Chemical and Mechanical Recycling Can Coexist. Will They? There seems to be little doubt that chemical or molecular recycling (pyrolysis and a magnificent variety of other technologies) will be a big part of the plastics recycling industry…