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Tackling the plastic waste challenge requires creative, scalable strategies that complement each other, like advanced and mechanical recycling techniques. Dive into this Waste Dive article to learn about game-changing innovations in advanced recycling and how we're pushing the boundaries of sustainable plastic management: https://dow.inc/40Me445 #Plastic #PlasticWaste #Recycling

Did you know that companies like ExxonMobil, Dow, and Eastman are investing in chemical recycling to turn plastic waste into valuable products? This new process breaks down plastic waste into its original building blocks, which can then be used to create new plastics or other products. Not only does this reduce plastic waste in landfills and oceans, but it also creates new opportunities for a circular economy. Learn more below. #plasticwaste #chemicalrecycling https://lnkd.in/e68qyAkC 

The #plastics industry is the #oilandgas industry. Unsurprisingly, they deceived the public with dubious recycling promises and “ambitions”; now plastic waste pollution is ubiquitous: from the oceans to inside our bodies. From the article: “industry appears to have championed recycling mainly for its public relations value, rather than as a tool for avoiding environmental damage. ‘We are committed to the activities, but not committed to the results,’ a vice president at #Exxon Chemical said during a meeting in 1994 with staff for the American Plastics Council” 30 years later, “advanced recycling” is -according to critics cited- the same sham. Gotta remember that the massive chain of plastics to waste begins with #oil and #gas fracking and then cracking in refineries. So this too, like #climatechange, can be stopped at the source.

"If plastic waste can become a valuable resource also in other parts of the world, incentives for its collection and management will be stronger than ever before."   Chemical recycling opens up new possibilities for hard-to-recycle plastics, making a circular value chain more achievable. In this #InnovationStory, ERT Member Wael Sawan, CEO of Shell, explains the company’s focus on pyrolysis, a heating process that turns these plastics into a liquid that can be used to create new plastic products.   Through investment in waste-to-chemicals technology, and cross-industry collaboration, Shell is helping build a circular value chain to close the plastic loop.   Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/eh-tsmb7 #sustainableliving #plasticwastesolution #greenfuture #circulareconomy

The plastics industry has long promoted recycling as a solution to waste, but documents reveal it knew recycling wasn't economically viable. Recycling was championed for PR, not environmental benefit. Less than 10% of plastic is recycled globally, leading to a waste crisis. A report calls out the industry for deception, ahead of UN talks on a global plastic waste treaty. Fossil fuel producers, dependent on plastics, may resist reducing production. Advanced recycling touted by industry faces criticism. Accountability is needed for real solutions. #sustainability #wastemanagement #recycling #circulareconomy #plasticpollution #PlasticRecycling #fossilfuels

Unlocking Plastics Circularity: The Key Roles of Chemical Recycling and Waste Infrastructure - https://buff.ly/47rKPGK #plasticscircularity #chemicalrecycling #wasteinfrastructure PlasticsToday

🌍♻️ recycling…. Willl…. Make…. The difference! 🚀 The Circular Economy for Plastics report is a stark reminder of the work ahead. While progress has been made, there’s more to be done. 💪 Did you know that more plastics are now sourced from recycled and circular materials, like biomass from mechanically and chemically recycled materials? 🌱 Yet, across Europe, too much plastic waste still ends up in landfills. 😔 Let’s urge regulators to implement landfill bans and create the right conditions for scaling up chemical recycling alongside mechanical methods. Yes, we can turn plastic waste into a valuable resource for a sustainable future. 🌟 #CircularEconomy #Recycling #FollowUsBeyond

Recycle? Not Recycle? It's not the first time that this fact has come into mainstream media. Producers of plastic have known for decades that the material built and used by them is almost impossible to recycle. Even today, producers of plastic do not close all the synthetic chemicals additives they put in plastic to give it the desired shape, color, texture etc. They claim issues of intellectual property. But slowly over the last few decades research has found some of the most harmful chemicals ever made by humans, used to create plastics. Today, several brands and companies are coming up with 'greenwashing' solutions or initiatives that do not really address the problem. For instance, not using MLP to print labels. Great, we all need MLP like plastics which have low recyclability to go out of production. But, how do we address the issue that the same companies continue to produce more plastic and aim to increase their sales because in a capitalist economy one must always grow and grow. Like cancer. So how and why should we trust the brands, producers, companies involved in the extraction, processing, making and selling of plastic products? Anooja Bashir Young India Fellowship at Ashoka University nina van toulon Judith Weis Howard Dryden Luc des Vallières 🌊 Ocean Plastics Leadership Network NOAA Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Plastic Soup Foundation Vedaansh Uberoi Blue Marine Foundation Cain Blythe Cristina Zenato CleanHub Zeeshan Khan Saahas Zero Waste Umang Sonthalia Parley for the Oceans Harry Chan Tin-Ming 陳天明, MH Hasiru Dala Innovations Lakshmi Menon PROMISE - Prevention of Marine Litter in the Lakshadweep Sea

Enhance your advanced recycling knowledge base with a new white paper series written by members of ExxonMobil’s advanced recycling team. This series covers critical elements that can help your understanding of advanced recycling and plastics circularity. Learn about the critical elements for building an advanced recycling infrastructure, an overview of AR technologies, and best practices from existing plastic waste take-back programs. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g7fUdbnW #advancedrecycling #circulareconomy #certifiedcircular

Despite the ubiquity of plastics in modern society, plastics waste management in the United States remains underdeveloped, with less than 10 percent of plastics waste recycled annually. “There are isolated examples of successful plastics recycling in the U.S., but overall, there is ample opportunity for higher levels of collection, reprocessing, and reuse of plastics,” said David Dzombak, chair of the committee that wrote a recent Transportation Research Board report on plastics waste. The report provides recommendations to better manage plastics waste by expanding and standardizing waste collection, increasing recycling, and exploring new applications for plastics waste in infrastructure. To learn more about the report, visit https://ow.ly/OC2p50Q8onh. #PlasticsRecycling #PlasticWaste #Plastics