The Canadian company Loop Industries and the South Korean firm SK Geo Centric Co. Ltd. (SKGC) have finalised a joint venture for the chemical recycling of PET waste in Asia. In early May, the groups announced that they had inked a definitive joint venture agreement to deploy Loop’s technology in Asia through multiple commercial manufacturing facilities.
The two partners also recently announced plans to build a chemical recycling plant for PET waste with the French environmental services firm Suez. This new location is to be built in the Chemesis industrial park in Saint-Avold, Lorraine. Construction work is slated to commence in 2025, with commissioning slated for 2027....