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12 Exploring ocean plastic solutions Many organisations are tackling the problem of plastic pollution in the world’s waterways, says AMI Conferences ahead of the Ocean Plastic Virtual Summit in January
15 Chemical recycling makes global progress The number of projects for chemically recycling plastics waste continues to grow in Europe, North America and Asia. Peter Mapleston reviews progress among technology start-ups and major polymer producers
31 Advances in PET depolymerisation Recycling PET with mechanical technologies is well established, but a number of companies have developed depolymerisation processes as alternatives. Peter Mapleston reports
36 Opinion: Making sensible packaging decisions Major CO2 targets were key in talks at COP26 in Glasgow, but Ed Kosior of Nextek argues we need to focus on more rapid and achievable goals when it comes to packaging waste
39 Keeping on top of quality in PCR streams Plastics recycling can now rely on sophisticated inline control and measurement systems to help adjust processes to produce high quality recyclates. Suppliers are also specialising in colour and sorting controls, writes Mark Holmes
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