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The fashion industry is disrupting the PET circular economy by taking it into an application that recycles less than 1% of its products.

The V-Carbon technology is based on a patented “chemolysis” recycling process and offers up to 85% of carbon fiber’s original strength.

Evolve Additive Solutions said Nov. 8 at the Formnext show in Frankfurt, Germany, that it is launching a new 3D-printed parts production service, called STEP Parts Now, and introducing two new thermoplastic materials.

Carbios said on Oct. 26 that it has been granted a building permit to construct the world’s first PET bio-recycling plant in Longlaville, France.

U.S. Food & Drug Administration accepts LLDPE resin mechanically recycled from stretch film for use at up to 100 percent level in food-contact packaging.

Charge Amps uses circular grade of SABIC’s Lexan PC to injection mold a new EV charger housing. The resin reduces carbon emissions in housing production.

Plastics Europe, the polymer producers’ trade group, launched its Plastics Transition roadmap to establish a pathway to circularity and a net-zero future.

BComp, a Swiss composites company brings to the table a natural fiber alternative for reinforced plastics compared to carbon fiber.

Hellweg Maschinenbau designs a wet shredder for plastics recycling that significantly reduces energy costs while maximizing throughput rate.

Engel developed a technology that allows the production of parts with recycled plastic (PCR) at their core and virgin plastic at the skin.

Avient added new grades to its Sincere XLPE Series 200 grades for wire and cable insulation that don’t contain DBDPE additive, which Canada might ban.

Korean resin producer SK Chemicals agrees to supply Estée Lauder with recycled PET and PET-like resins to make the brand’s global packaging circular.