Neste, Uponor, Wastewise Group and Borealis enable chemical recycling of hard-to-recycle plastic waste into new high-quality plastic pipes
Neste Corporation, Press Release, 14 February 2023 at 10.00 a.m. (EET) Photo: PEX pipe production at Uponor. Source: Uponor · First production of cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) pipes based on feedstock from chemically recycled PEX waste · Project demonstrates chemical recycling can process hard-to-recycle waste plastic into high-quality polymer products · Partners to evaluate further cooperation to expand waste material pool as well as recycled volumes Neste, Uponor, Wastewise and Borealis have successfully produced pipes made of cross-linked polyethylene (PEX)