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Companies worldwide are reevaluating their production processes. One major shift is the use of recycled content in manufacturing.

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) strategies drive sustainability of production, consumption, and disposal by making producers accountable for plastic waste and leveraging market-driven incentives.

Using recycled plastics in 3D printing reduces waste and carbon footprint, offering sustainable solutions such as filaments made from pre-and post-consumer recycled materials.

In 2024, leading players in the plastics industry actively shaped the market through strategic actions, including significant mergers, acquisitions, and innovations that drive market transformation.

Plastic credits aim to mitigate global plastic pollution and foster sustainable waste management practices.

The lower recycling rates worldwide have demonstrated that effectively managing plastic waste needs multiple recycling technologies.

GreenMantra Technologies diverts thousands of tons of plastic from landfills, dumps, and the ocean. They leverage molecular recycling to produce sustainable additives from plastic waste.

The Consultant Sphera was commissioned by the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) to conduct a Life-Cycle Analysis on pyrolysis and related chemical recycling technologies. The analysis will be conducted on pyrolysis and related chemical recycling technologies of post-consumer mixed plastic waste to evaluate the potential environmental impacts regarding climate change and fossil resource use of circular food-grade plastics-to-plastics systems compared to fossil-based ones.

The University of Houston has received a $4 million grant to expand its research into the recycling and upcycling of polyolefins into useful end products.