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Hello friends!😎 Very proud to publish my newest piece of research with Cleantech Group. Do check out the free blog and my thoughts below if you don’t subscribe to our insight service. KEY TAKEAWAYS: 🌎 Global virgin plastic production will not slow anytime soon; even with dramatic transitions to bio plastics or reduced plastic use campaigns, creating new polymers is essential for our economy, opening the door for high quality recycled plastic. 🌍 Not all recycling is equal! -💰The status quo, mechanical recycling, handles about 90% of all recycling in an exceptionally energy efficient manner but can’t accept all plastic types and is very sensitive to process malfunctions while producing degraded mixed plastic outputs. -⚡️Advanced Recycling, physiochemical reactions used to isolate monomers and polymers within plastic waste, vary significantly in their energy need and environmental impact. -🔎Securing high waste purity, or homogeneous plastic type, for the recycling process is absolutely essential to improve profitability, regardless of which recycling process is used. AMP and Greyparrot are leading the way with robotics and algorithm enabled sorting. 🌏The recycling market is taking defined shape thanks to corporate involvement, but not always to produce plastic. -⛽️Oil & Gas companies like Shell, ExxonMobil, and TotalEnergies are investing in several recycling technologies but primarily in pyrolysis as it can be used to produce a variety of fuels. -👕Clothing companies like ZARA USA and adidas have made huge progress to decarbonize their production using recycled PET textiles. -🥤Similarly, The Coca-Cola Company and Nestlé are transitioning to recycled PET packaging; boosting the development of depolymerization significantly. -🚮In a suprising find, I expect WM and Republic Services to dominate this market in the coming decade. These institutional waste managers have invested billions in recycling technology in the last decade and enjoy monopolistic control over waste, positioning both to accelerate American plastic recycling in unprecedented scale. I would like to give a huge thank you to all the innovators and incumbents I spoke with to write this research below. The current state of plastic pollution is daunting and maturity of recycling underwhelming, but innovation is poised to make a real difference as it spreads globally. Thanks to my friends at: MacroCycle Technologies, JEPLAN, INC., Plastic Energy, PureCycle Technologies, Agilyx, ENCINA, Novoloop, Loop Industries, Enerkem, SYNOVA, Blue Polymers, Polystyvert, beworm, Norbite, Saperatec GmbH, Mura Technology, Pryme, Anellotech, Inc., PS Loop B.V., DePoly, Eastman, TerraCycle, and Ioniqa Technologies!

Plastic production is expected to double by 2050, and by 2060, emissions from plastics production and disposal are also expected to double. Can innovative #plasticrecycling methods evolve to help mitigate the environmental impact of plastics production? Leading technologies in advanced recycling include pyrolysis, depolymerization, and solvent dissolution. However, these solutions are not without disadvantages. Find out where the plastic recycling industry stands today in Parker J. Bovée’s latest perspective: https://hubs.li/Q02qgjM20 JEPLAN, Carbios, MacroCycle Technologies, Plastic Energy

I am delighted to participate in the Advanced Recycling Conference 2024 in Cologne, promoted by nova-Institut GmbH, where I will present BluePlasma Power technology capable of converting the very difficult carbon-based #waste (mixed plastics, textiles, foams, paper, solid digestate from bio-methane plants, etc - even mixed) that nowadays are going to landfilling or incineration into #CO2-free #Hydrogen and/or Circular Ultra-Low CO2 #Carbonates. Some of the #Circular Carbonates we can produce are sodium carbonate -soda ash-, sodium bicarbonate or potassium carbonate, among others (#LCA's: reduction up to 85% in the CO2 footprint compared to standard industrial processes).

🔷 Webinar Alert 🔷 ICIS will be hosting a webinar to provide a comprehensive outlook on the Recycled Plastics. Topics that are going to be explored during the webinar: ➡️ Overview of price trends ➡️ Regional comparison of the long-term outlook for mechanical recycling to 2050 ➡️ Deep dive into drivers and inhibitors to growth ➡️ Impact of recycled outlook on the virgin markets ➡️ Impact of recycled plastics outlook on the virgin markets ⚡ Register for free here: https://lnkd.in/dPUJGMYR ⚡ #icis #webinar #recycle #recycling

Our latest edition of Plastics Recycling World digital magazine is now available and features: 🕵️ Colour fidelity - the challenge of PCR plastics: Jennifer Markarian investigates how new colorants, equipment and measuring technologies address variability and sortability, plus the launch of PCR carriers for colour masterbatches. 🕵️ Finding consistency with in-line rheology Meet your new best friend: an in-line rheometer – that is the basis of new offerings from European institutes aiming to help compounders smooth out the variations of recycled content, David Eldridge investigates. 🕵️ Novel technologies advance PET recycling Alternative approaches to mechanical and chemical recycling of PET, including depolymerisation, are investigated by Mikell Knights. Subscribe for free: https://lnkd.in/enJaCgH2 #AMI #digitalmagazines #plasticsrecycling #sustainability

📢 Exciting News from Clean Planet Technologies 🌱 Clean Planet Technologies is thrilled to share that it has just been granted its second #patent, marking a groundbreaking advancement in the #recycling of #wasteplastics! This innovative process promises to revolutionize how we tackle environmental sustainability challenges by transforming highly olefinic oils derived from waste plastic #pyrolysis into cleaner, more efficient fuels and #circular products. The patented method utilizes a sophisticated two-stage technique, intricately combining #hydrogen gas with #olefinic #pyrolysis oil and a specialized attenuation stream. By significantly reducing olefins content, this #breakthrough enhances fuel #stability and #quality while addressing crucial concerns such as heat management and #safety. This #innovation not only offers a solution to the persistent problem of plastic waste but also contributes to the #circulareconomy by converting waste plastics into high-value, ultra-clean fuels. By reducing reliance on fossil fuels, minimizing #environmental #impact, and supporting #sustainable products, Clean Planet Technologies is leading the change towards a more responsible and efficient approach to resource utilization. For more details, you can read the full patent grant on our website. #CleanPlanetTechnologies #Sustainability #Innovation #CircularEconomy #GreenTech #Recycling #PlasticWaste #EnvironmentalImpact #RenewableEnergy #CleanFuel #LowCarbon #UKInnovation #Decarbonization #GreenFuture #ResourceUtilization #WasteConversion #TechInnovation #ClimateAction #GreenerFuture https://lnkd.in/e2_WUbGT

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🔷 Webinar Alert 🔷 ICIS will be hosting a webinar to provide a comprehensive outlook on the Recycled Plastics. Topics that are going to be explored during the webinar: ➡️ Overview of price trends ➡️ Regional comparison of the long-term outlook for mechanical recycling to 2050 ➡️ Deep dive into drivers and inhibitors to growth ➡️ Impact of recycled outlook on the virgin markets ➡️ Impact of recycled plastics outlook on the virgin markets ⚡ Register for free here: https://lnkd.in/dPUJGMYR ⚡ #icis #webinar #recycle #recycling

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ReOil helps to close the loop in plastics #recycling Plastics are essential to modern life, but they also pose environmental challenges. ReOil® is #OMV's proprietary chemical recycling technology that turns end-of-life plastic into circular feedstock, thereby replacing fossil resources in the production of chemicals, such as new plastics. Discover more in this new video. #ForwardForGood