PLASTIC WASTE COULD FUEL YOUR CAR ONE DAY
Published on 20 May 2015
Michael Murray, the CEO of the technology company Cynar, intends to convert millions of tons of plastic waste into a synthetic fuel.
Build Effective Public-Private Alliances
Published on 18 May 2015
Creating alliances between communities, businesses and governments has been an inspiring and effective way to address the marine litter.
Most Chinese Recycling Firms Left after 'Green Fence'
Published on 16 May 2015
More than 70 percent of China’s plastics recycling companies have left the industry over the past three years, taking hundreds of thousands of jobs away, according to Zhou Kaiqing, executive director of Banglue Zixun Co. Ltd.
Agua Costa Rica turns water bottles into roof tiles
Published on 16 May 2015
Donald Thomson sees the potential to take what some consider to be an environmental liability — the plastic bottle — and turn it into an asset that can change quality of life for people down the street and around the world.
Join our Twitter Chat: Sneak Preview of Plasticity Forum 2015
Published on 13 May 2015
Join our lively Twitter discussion on May 14 at 12am HKT / 5 pm GMT / 12pm ET / 9am PT. We’ll be discussing the current issues in plastic recycling, closed loop sourcing, circular economy models, plastic waste to fuel innovations, and more.
Toxic Plastic Found in the World’s Favorite Fish
Published on 07 May 2015
Researchers discover that tuna and swordfish are eating microplastics contaminated with harmful chemicals.
Dow Chemical, SPE providing speakers to Plasticity Forum
Published on 05 May 2015
The Plasticity Forum, scheduled for June 8-9 in Cascais, Portugal, will feature several speakers from the corporate world and the business and trade association community.
Plasticity Forum to host its 4th international conference in Cascais, Portugal
Published on 05 May 2015
June event to bring together leaders of industry to explore innovative, scalable solutions for plastics
Plastics-to-oil not out to compete with traditional recycling stream
Published on 01 May 2015
Plastics-to-oil technologies should not be considered a competition to traditional plastic recycling, according to three of the companies that are on the forefront of the plastics-to-oil industry
Hong Kong Recycler Builds Gate in China's 'Green Fence'
Published on 01 May 2015
A building shaded by palm trees in semirural Hong Kong is Fukutomi’s new glimpse of the future of the recycling business.