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Recycling

Ascend buys Circular Polymers

by Alexander H. Tullo
November 13, 2022 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 100, Issue 40

 

Bales of carpet being reclaimed at a Circular Polymers plant.
Credit: Ascend Performance Materials
Ascend sees Circular Polymers as a source of material for recycled resins.

Nylon producer Ascend Performance Materials has purchased a majority stake in the California recycler Circular Polymers, which reclaims nylon, polyester, and polypropylene polymers from discarded carpet. Ascend says Circular will supply feedstock for its new line of ReDefyne mechanically recycled resins. Since 2018, Circular has processed 40,000 metric tons of carpet and has supplied polyester for an Eastman depolymerization plant.

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