10-11-2016 Paper Recycling breakthrough for cotton-polyester blend material United States – ‘Millions of tons’ of cotton-polyester blend material currently dumped in landfills could now be recycled thanks to…
01-01-2014 Business Uniform goal for polyester recycling Japan – Japan-based Teijin Ltd’s polyester textile manufacturing and processing company Nantong Teijin is working towards the launch of a…
10-08-2012 Plastics Teijin’s polyester recycling JV in China China – Teijin Ltd of Japan is to establish Zhejiang Jiaren New Materials Co., Ltd – a joint venture with…
15-04-2008 Business Recycled polyester in fashion Archiv – Basking in the catwalk spotlight of a Tokyo fashion show alongside a Yen 5 million (US$ 50 000)…
27-12-2007 Business Kureha to build polyester production plant in USA Archiv – Kureha Corporation, a global supplier of specialty chemicals and plastics, plans to invest over US$100 mln in a…
09-08-2019 Business Plastics Technology Eastman makes big strides in chemical recycling of plastics US chemical company Eastman has developed two circular production processes. Eastman is building a facility, expected to be completed in…
16-04-2019 Business Plastics Depolymerisation process ‘important step forward’ DuPont Teijin Films is the latest plastics manufacturer to announce developments in the innovative world of chemical recycling. The joint…
01-04-2019 Business Editors’ Top Picks Textiles Australian technology could revolutionise textiles recycling Approximately 3 million tonnes of post-consumer textiles is landfilled in Australia every year. Not for much longer, say Adrian Jones…
28-01-2019 Plastics Textiles Chemical recycling breakthrough from Taiwan Taiwan textile supplier Far Eastern New Century has developed an ‘all-in-one’ chemical recycling solution for mixed polyester textiles. ‘During the…
03-08-2018 Ferrous Metals Non-Ferrous Metals Research Fly away with me – to the recycling yard Aircraft recycling has proven to be a lucrative niche market. In the coming years, this sector will witness steady growth…
18-07-2018 Editors’ Top Picks Plastics Textiles Recycling potential not yet worn out: ‘shortcomings’ can be corrected Have you ever heard of a dual polymer recycling technology? British start-up Worn Again Technologies has just announced it has…
