NEWS Progress
for PMMA recycling
The Europe-wide polym- ethyl methacrylate (PMMA) recycling alliance launched last year by acrylic producer Röhm with partners from the plastics industry says it has attracted strong interest resulting in a significant increase in recovery rates. The alliance provides an advanced collection and sorting system for PMMA waste, along with options for mechanical recycling and, in the future, chemical recycling. Röhm has long been
collaborating with various partners on targeted projects to advance a circular economy for PMMA, particularly in the automotive sector. In partnership with supplier Valeo and the Renault Group’s consortium The Future Is Neutral, a prototype for vehicle taillights made from recycled PMMA has been already developed using material formulations containing 30% mechani- cally recycled content and will be displayed at this year’s K Show. �
www.roehm.com
Carbios confirms new timescale for plant
Carbios of France has confirmed a new timeline to build its enzymatic PET- recycling plant. The company says it
expects to resume construc- tion of the plant in Longlaville before the end of this year – subject to securing the necessary additional funding – and start production in 2027. It says pre-sales of
products from the future plant are progressing “supported by a favourable regulatory environment”. The company has also secured a “significant portion” of its raw material supply and signed polymer- isation contracts with customers. Carbios reported sales of €519,000 for the first six
reduction plan. “Our well-controlled
A home-compostable seal is one application of Carbios’ enzyme technology
months of this year – up from €73,000 in the same period last year. Taking costs – such as R&D expenses – into account, it made a loss of nearly €18 million in the period, slightly less than the €20m loss in H1 2024. This is mainly due to a cost
expenses and solid cash position allows us to move forward with confidence,” said Vincent Kamel, CEO of Carbios. Carbios says it plans to finance the Longlaville plant through with €42.5m in public funding – including a €30m grant “for which an agreement has already been signed” and €12.5m in regional aid, which “the European Commission has approved”.
It added that private investors have expressed “strong interest” in the project, subject to pre-sale of a “significant portion” of the plant’s capacity – a level not yet reached. �
www.carbios.com
New Honda sorting technology
Honda has developed a new technology to extract reusable plastics from automotive waste contain- ing solid contaminants unique to automotive waste. The technology uses chemical sorting that dissolves the resin in a solvent to remove solid
contaminants and extract high-purity resin. Until now, most recycling
of plastic parts containing solid contaminants such as metal or glass has been done manually or by machine achieving a separation rate of around 80%. However, the new
technology enabled Honda to improve the separation rate to more than 99%. The company now plans to build a pilot facility with a maximum processing capacity of 350 tonnes/yr and verify the technology by the end of 2026. �
https://global.honda
Portable MRF is launched by EU project
The RECLAIM project has successfully deployed the world’s first portable robotic Material Recovery Facility (prMRF) in Kefalonia, Greece, designed to enable full material recovery even in the most remote areas.
8 The EU-funded project was set up to
exploit AI-driven robotic waste management technology, improving and embedding it in a state-of-the art portable waste management tool. Its successful use in Kefalonia brings
PLASTICS RECYCLING WORLD | October 2025
the potential of on-site waste sorting to European islands and other remote destinations, with the robotic facility small enough to fit inside a shipping container. �
https://circulareconomy.europa.eu
www.plasticsrecyclingworld.com
IMAGE: CARBIOS
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