Cyclize transforms plastic waste and CO2 into synthesis gas. As such, it’s the key building block for producing plastics, methanol, and fuels.

Founders (from left to right): Dominik Novakovic (CFO), Jan Stein (COO), Maike Lambarth (CEO) and Stephan Renninger (CTO).

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The cooperation between Lindner Washtech and Erema aims for consistent quality in post consumer recycling. At IFAT 2024 they presented the first results of their joint venture.

At a joint presentation at IFAT in Munich, Michael Lackner, Managing Director of Lindner (on the right), and Manfred Hackl (on the left), CEO of the Erema Group, presented the initial results of their two companies‘ joint venture.

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In a research project SKZ and Plastship developed concrete proposals for the industry to increase the proportion of recycled materials in the future.

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Coperion: ZSK FilCo system for PCR and polymer recycling.

The ZSK FilCo filtration compounder simplifies recycling of post-consumer recyclate (PCR) and any highly contaminated polymer: Filtration and compounding can take place in one single production system.

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The Erema Group closes the financial year 2023/24 with total revenues of EUR 380 million.

Erema Group Generates EUR 380 Million in Revenues

Plastics Insights gathered impressions of the plastics show and seized the opportunity to interview the trade fair organizer.

There is much going on at Chinaplas; injection molding machine manufacturers are in high demand. Here is a view from the Arburg stand.

Plastics Insights gathered impressions of this mega-event and had the opportunity to interview the trade fair organizer.

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Neste, Borealis and Covestro have signed a project agreement to enable the recycling of discarded tires into high-quality plastics for automotive applications.

Strong partnership for a circular economy (from left to right): Jeroen Verhoeven (Neste), Thomas Van De Velde (Borealis), Guido Naberfeld (Covestro) aim to make new car parts from discarded tires.

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From Old Tires to New Car Parts

Carbios and Tomra Textiles will collaborate to close the textiles circularity gap between collection of textile waste and innovative technologies for textile-to-textile recycling.

Representatives of Tomra and Carbios visiting the Carbios depolymerization plant in Longlaville, France.

Joint Forces to Scale Circularity of Polyester Textiles

The winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2024 have been announced at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe in Amsterdam.

Winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2024 received their awards at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe in Amsterdam.

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Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2024: Winners Announced

Through its conversion technology, UBQ Materials has created a bio-based thermoplastic, called UBQ, which is entirely made from residual waste.

The company processes unsorted household waste to bio-based thermoplastic material.

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Re:Fibre has paved the way for Puma to produce recycled polyester from old clothes rather than PET bottles.

The basis for Re:Fibre textiles: Used clothing recycled through a chemical process.

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Soccer Shirts Made from Recycled Textiles

The efficiency of the OMNI recycling systems from Gneuss makes it possible to close new recycling loops – also for polystyrene.

The Omni series is based on a Gneuss extruder, a robust vacuum system and an RSFgenius high performance filter. As an option, material can be fed into the extruder via a 3C Rotary Feeder.

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FRPs are more difficult to recycle than unreinforced polymers. This changes when they are reinforced with polymer fibers instead of conventional fibers.

A major advantage of self-reinforced plastics is that they can be used in the morphology best suited to the application.

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APK AG has scaled its proprietary Newcycling technology for the recycling of post-consumer plastic waste. Flexible, multi-material packaging waste is the focus material.

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APK Scales Newcycling Technology

The newly founded company Krones Recycling GmbH takes over all activities relating to plastics recycling, but continues to utilise Krones‘ global production, sales and service network.

A wide range of plastics such as PET, PE, PP and PS are already being processed on Krones´ Recycling lines.

Krones Recycling Is Spun off as an Independent Subsidiary

Asahi Kasei and Microwave Chemical launch joint demonstration project for chemical recycling of polyamide 66 using microwave-based technology.

Asahi Kasei and Microwave Chemical launched a joint demonstration project in April 2023 with the objective of commercializing a chemical recycling process for polyamide 66 using microwave technology. The process utilizes microwaves to depolymerize PA66 and directly obtain the monomers hexamethylenediamine (HMD) and adipic acid (ADA), which is expected to be accomplished at high yield with low energy consumption. The monomers obtained can then be used to manufacture new PA66. In the demonstration, scraps from manufacturing and post-use waste material of PA66 for airbags and automobile parts are depolymerized.

Asahi Kasei produces fossil fuel-derived HMD and adipic acid as intermediates to manufacture Leona PA66, an engineering plastic featuring outstanding heat resistance and rigidity. PA66 is used in various applications, including plastic parts for automotive and electronic products, and yarn for airbag fabric, and its demand is expected to increase worldwide.

As the world moves toward carbon neutrality, attention is increasingly focused on manufacturing processes for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from chemical products derived from fossil fuels. Microwave Chemical is promoting technological and business development to achieve carbon neutrality in the industrial sector focused on process development using microwaves, which can directly and selectively heat target substances with high energy efficiency. For chemical recycling, Microwave Chemical is advancing its proprietary PlaWave technology platform for decomposing plastic using microwaves.

Through development combining Asahi Kasei‘s experience in manufacturing HMD and ADA for more than half a century together with Microwave Chemical‘s achievements in the industrialization of microwave technology, the two companies aim to commercialize a manufacturing process for PA66 that can reduce GHG emissions compared to the conventional manufacturing process.

Laboratory-scale studies that began in fiscal 2021 have confirmed the high-yield depolymerization of PA66 using microwaves, as well as the principle of the separation and purification process after depolymerization. Bench-scale equipment will now be assembled at Microwave Chemical’s Osaka Factory by the end of fiscal 2023, and a small-scale demonstration trial using this equipment will be performed in fiscal 2024 to collect basic process data for commercialization.

Microwave Chemical’s PlaWave technology platform for decomposing plastic using microwaves can depolymerize PA66 with low energy and obtain HMD and ADA monomers in high yield. The manufacturing process for PA66 using HMD and ADA obtained by depolymerization with this technology is expected to reduce GHG emissions compared to the conventional PA66 manufacturing process, while further reduction of GHG emissions may be achieved by the use of renewable energy for the power required to generate the microwaves.

By verifying the process from depolymerization to separation and purification in an integrated manner, this demonstration project aims to enable resource circulation of PA66 for further reduction of GHG emissions.

Moving forward, based on the results of the small-scale demonstration trial, a decision on the possibility of commercialization will be made by fiscal 2025 following detailed analysis. Concurrently with the small-scale demonstration trial, construction of a business model that involves the entire value chain in the chemical recycling of PA66 will be advanced, aiming to achieve a circular economy together with stakeholders in the PA66 value chain.

Asahi Kasei aims to be a global partner for its PA66 customers by providing optimal solutions for their carbon neutrality initiatives through studies of the practical application of material recycling and chemical recycling as well as trials for the commercialization of PA66 made using biomass-derived intermediates.

Microwave Chemical is working to increase the scale of equipment and to make PlaWave more generally applicable in order to achieve the practical application of the chemical recycling of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA, also called acrylic resin), automotive shredder residue (ASR), plastic containers and packaging, flexible polyurethane foam, etc.

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Schematic diagram chemical recycling of PA66 using microwave technology compared to conventional manufacturing process of HMD and ADA.

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