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Europe sets new rules to boost plastics recycling, as Russia’s invasion highlights risks with fossil-fuel dependence

4 December 2022

Last week’s UN Conference confirmed that curbs on the production of virgin plastics are clearly on the way. Plastics companies have the technology and expertise needed to make advanced recycling of plastics a major success. They now need to accelerate their commitment if they want to remain a growth industry for the future.

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UN Environment Assembly starts endgame for single-use plastics

6 March 2022

Plastics recycling is set to become a major new industry, based on the need to use renewable carbon. As the Nova Institute has shown, there is scope to expand production by 15x by 2050. And so if plastics companies don’t get to work now, new entrants will quickly emerge to replace them.

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Plastics producers need to move to recycled feedstocks as Western refineries start to close

21 November 2021

The new business models, based on using locally-produced recycled plastic feedstocks, are a ‘once=-in-a-lifetime’ opportunity to create growth for decades to come.

Europe sets new rules to boost plastics recycling, as Russia’s invasion highlights risks with fossil-fuel dependence

UN Environment Assembly starts endgame for single-use plastics

Plastics producers need to move to recycled feedstocks as Western refineries start to close

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