Mastodawn

#ChemicalRecycling of plastics rises as #OilCrisis continues https://www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/chemical-recycling-of-plastics-rises-as-oil-crisis-continues/4023169.article

Fraunhofer UMSICHT Mar 10

Gemeinsam mit Covestro starten wir Aufbau und Betrieb einer smarten Pyrolyse-Pilotanlage für das Recycling von Polyuretha-Hartschaum – ein wichtiger Meilenstein für die Skalierung chemischer Recyclinglösungen. In der Anlage wird Isolationsmaterial aus Kühlgeräten und Baustoffen in hochreines Reanilin umgewandelt, das als Ausgangsstoff für die Herstellung von MDI dient.

👉 Details unter https://s.fhg.de/C9iD

#Kreislaufwirtschaft #ChemicalRecycling #CircularEconomy #Forschung

EcoTechNews.world Mar 8

Finland's UrbanFactory project pioneers next-gen chemical recycling. This matters for sustainable waste management. What role can chemical recycling play in reducing waste? #ChemicalRecycling #Sustainability #GreenTech 🌎 https://www.vttresearch.com/en/project_news/urbanfactory-project-next-generation-chemical-recycling-finland

NewsletterTF Feb 24

Investigations Into Plastic Recycling Claims and Industry Internal Records

Why plastic recycling claims are being investigated? Documents show industry knew recycling was difficult since the 1970s, while plastic production doubled.

#PlasticRecycling, #ExxonMobilLawsuit, #ChemicalRecycling, #PlasticPollution, #EnvironmentalInvestigation

https://newsletter.tf/plastic-industry-knew-recycling-was-difficult-since-1970s/

NewsletterTF Feb 24

New documents reveal the plastic industry knew recycling was difficult and expensive since the 1970s. Despite this, plastic production has doubled in the last 20 years.

#PlasticRecycling, #ExxonMobilLawsuit, #ChemicalRecycling, #PlasticPollution, #EnvironmentalInvestigation

https://newsletter.tf/plastic-industry-knew-recycling-was-difficult-since-1970s/

Plastic Industry Knew Recycling Was Hard for Decades, New Documents Show

Why plastic recycling claims are being investigated? Documents show industry knew recycling was difficult since the 1970s, while plastic production doubled.

Waste Badger Oct 17

#Derbyshire facility will trial first-of-its kind #ChemicalRecycling https://environmentjournal.online/waste-recycling/derbyshire-facility-will-trial-first-of-its-kind-chemical-recycling/
#GreenbackRecyclingTechnologies #Enval®

Waste Badger Sep 29

Honda Unveils Chemical Sorting Breakthrough https://www.plasticstoday.com/automotive-mobility/honda-s-chemical-sorting-technology-achieves-greater-than-99-purity
#ChemicalRecycling

Paul Houle Aug 12, 2025

⚗️ New device converts plastic waste into fuel using catalyst-free pyrolysis

https://phys.org/news/2025-07-device-plastic-fuel-catalyst-free.html

#plastics #recycling #chemistry #chemicalrecycling #cheme #technology #pyrolysis

New device converts plastic waste into fuel using catalyst-free pyrolysis

As tons of plastic waste continue to build up in landfills every day, Yale researchers have developed a way to convert this waste into fuels and other valuable products efficiently and cheaply. The results are published in Nature Chemical Engineering.

Phys.org

Getzler Lab at KenyonCollege Mar 16, 2025

Rereading the Pew Charitable Trust’s “Breaking The Plastic Wave” report to prep for tomorrow’s visit to Kenyon by one of the project’s leaders, Dr. Palardy. It’s equal parts sobering & inspiring. A tour-de-force of deeply informed, open-source analysis & system-level thinking. In short, no single solution (collect & dispose, #recycle, reduce & substitute) can do it - system change is needed. #plastic #OceanConservation #oceanplastics #reuse #chemicalrecycling

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2020/07/23/breaking-the-plastic-wave-top-findings

Breaking the Plastic Wave: Top Findings for Preventing Plastic Pollution

Plastic has become ubiquitous on store shelves and in our homes. From wrapped food and disposable bottles to microbeads in body washes, it’s used widely as packaging or in products because it’s versatile, cheap, and convenient. But this convenience comes with a price.

Francis Mangion (M)Jan 2, 2025

Organizers Fight The Greenwashing Of Plastic Pollution

#PlasticPollutionCrisis #FossilFuelIndustry #ChemicalRecycling #NorthSouthDivide #Greenwashing

https://mastodon.social/@br00t4c/113755987977136472

Organizers Fight The Greenwashing Of Plastic Pollution - PopularResistance.Org

By now, it’s indisputable that we’re experiencing a global crisis of plastics production and plastics waste. There may be as much as 200 million tonnes of plastic in our oceans. Humans annually consume thousands of plastic particles and their harmful chemicals. The Global North dumps massive amounts of plastic waste on the Global South. Powerful corporate interests, especially in fossil fuels and petrochemicals, are driving the ongoing boom in plastics production. The plastics industry is pushing false solutions like chemical recycling, even as it’s clear that we can’t recycle our way out of this crisis.

PopularResistance.Org