Chemical Recycling of Plastic: Neste Acquires European Rights to Alterra’s Thermochemical Liquefaction Technology

by Erin Shea | Jun 27, 2022 | News

Neste has purchased the European rights to Alterra’s liquefaction technology, further solidifying the company’s efforts to advance chemical recycling. Alterra is a US-based company that has developed a proprietary thermochemical solution for liquefaction of...

Alterra Looks to Blow the Lid Off Plastics Recycling

by Erin Shea | May 16, 2022 | News

The world has a plastic waste problem. That’s probably not news to you. Standard recycling programs can help, but a huge shortcoming with them is that so much plastic isn’t readily recyclable with their methods. That’s why you can only put certain types of plastic in...

Technip Energies and Alterra to Jointly Develop Sustainable Plastics Projects

by Erin Shea | Apr 14, 2022 | News

Combination of Advanced Recycling and Purification Technologies Enable More Efficient Processing and Reuse of Hard-to-Recycle Plastic Technip Energies and Alterra today announced they have signed a global joint development and collaboration agreement to integrate...

Neste Successfully Concludes First Series of Processing Trial Runs at Industrial Scale with Liquefied Waste Plastic in Porvoo, Finland

by Erin Shea | Jan 12, 2022 | News

Neste has successfully concluded its first series of trial runs processing liquefied waste plastic at its Porvoo refinery in Finland. After kicking the series off with its first-ever industrial scale trial run with liquefied waste plastic in 2020, Neste has conducted...

Here’s How Advanced Recycling Could be a Game Changer for Plastics

by Erin Shea | Jan 1, 2022 | News

Plastic is widely used in almost every aspect of modern life, and its benefits are extensive. It’s lightweight; helps avoid greenhouse gas emissions during transportation and use compared to many alternatives; and significantly extends the shelf life of perishables....