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Day: November 17, 2022

BASF and TotalEnergies’ joint venture earns International Sustainability and Carbon Certification

US – BASF TotalEnergies Petrochemicals facility, a 60/40 joint venture between BASF and TotalEnergies based in Port Arthur, Texas – has obtained the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC PLUS). The two companies say that this recognition highlights their efforts to develop advanced recycling processes to recover waste and residues that can be turned into feedstock for circular plastics, chemical…

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RoadRunner Recycling closes US$20M series D funding extension round

US – Commercial waste recycling provider RoadRunner Recycling has closed on a US$20 million Series D extension round led by Fifth Wall. The financing will support the continued growth of RoadRunner’s core business, expanding its enterprise offering, and doubling down on its investment in technology. The new capital comes after RoadRunner’s US$70 million Series D raise that it announced last…

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Amp Robotics to scale operations with new headquarters in Louisville

US – US-based robotics company AMP Robotics has opened its new corporate headquarters in Louisville, Colorado. The new location unites the staff from the company’s previous offices in Louisville and Broomfield, Colorado, in a modern, nearly 84,000-square-foot facility. Amp says the new facility houses its manufacturing and production operations, where it assembles and ships its AI-guided robotics systems to recycling…

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Chemistry Industry Association of Canada launches ‘save plastic’ campaign

CANADA – The Chemistry Industry Association of Canada (CIAC) has launched a three-year ‘Save Plastic’ campaign, aimed at promoting plastic as a valuable resource that—when managed responsibly—is essential for a modern, sustainable way of life. The campaign comes amid imminent challenges from the Canadian government’s move to ban certain plastic products and label plastic as “toxic.” In an interview with…

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Philippines congress approves bill taxing single-use plastics to boost national waste infrastructure

PHILIPPINES – The Philippines’ lower house of Congress has approved taxing single-use plastics, following President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s commitment to tackle ocean pollution. The Senate must approve the tax measure before a reconciled bill is sent to Marcos for signature. The tax is expected to raise 9.3 billion pesos (US$481 million) in revenues annually, which will be used to fund…

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Ascend acquires controlling stake in carpet recycler Circular Polymers

US – Ascend Performance Materials has acquired a majority stake in California-based recycler of post-consumer, high-performance polymers, Circular Polymers. Ascend said the deal provides it with a consistent supply of high-quality PCR materials for its ReDefyne sustainable polyamides, launched at K 2022 in Düsseldorf, Germany, last month. Circular Polymers reclaims and processes post-consumer carpets using rotary impact separator technology developed…

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