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Funding for plastic recycling tech

Envirotec Magazine

Greenback Recycling Technologies , a company striving to develop circular solutions for packaging waste, has closed an approximately £8m series A financing round. The firm says it is building a globally distributed, decentralised network of advanced recycling plants near the sources of plastic waste.

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Blockchain set to transform quality assurance in the recycling market, suggests study

Envirotec Magazine

Blockchain technology will revolutionise the trade of recyclable materials by providing each part of the supply chain with vital data and assurance about the quality of secondary commodities, says The Recycling Association, following recent trials. The Traca is set up to facilitate this process.”

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Circulor, TotalEnergies and Recycling Technologies unveil plastic waste traceability software

Business Green

Backed by Innovate UK, the blockchain innovation aims to provide fully traceable and accurately-labelled record of recycled material. Sustainable supply chain software firm Circulor has unveiled its latest blockchain-enabled innovation, which is aimed at improving the traceability of hard-to-recycle-plastics, it announced this week.

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Ecosystems for good: How collaborator networks achieve sustainability

GreenBiz

Powered by accelerative technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, the cloud and the internet of things, digital ecosystems successfully marry forward-thinking partners and cutting-edge technologies to tackle the biggest threats that humanity faces today. One key area where this can have an impact is plastic recycling.

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Feasibility study will examine plastics circularity in Nigeria

Envirotec Magazine

A new study will examine the feasibility of advancing fully circular value chains in Nigeria, to help close the loop on plastics waste. The work is being undertaken by an ongoing partnership between chemicals firm Dow and Empower, a Norwegian circular platform company which uses blockchain technology to track plastics waste.

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Project BATRAW – raw material recovery from EV batteries

Smart Energy International

The four-year project, which has its roots in reducing Europe’s dependence on mostly imported critical raw materials and establishing supply chains to meet the expected future demand for EV batteries, should lead to improved recycling of batteries and the more sustainable use of materials. Battery passport.

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Inside the world’s first VR circular fashion summit: 4 key takeaways

GreenBiz

Digital technologies are opening up new ways for us to consume fashion without the waste or carbon footprint… . It has set three Action Goals to be achieved by 2021: recirculate 100,000 fashion item; tokenize 10,000 fashion items on the blockchain; and upcycle 1,000 pairs of sneakers. Attendee avatars can be seen. 4 summit takeaways.

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