Blue Cycle, Netherlands’ First Plastic-to-Oil Recycling Company, Declares Bankruptcy

Blue Cycle, a groundbreaking plastic recycling company based in Heerenveen, Netherlands, has declared bankruptcy. Established in late 2022, the company made headlines as the first in the nation to convert plastic waste into oil, offering an innovative solution to the growing plastic waste crisis. However, despite its technological success, Blue Cycle succumbed to mounting…

“They flaunt wealth but are in debt” – Insolvency Dept Reveals 50 M’sian Celebrities, Including a Datuk, are Bankrupt

Previously, we shared the latest statistics from the Malaysia Department of Insolvency (MdI), which revealed that a whopping 31,387 individuals in our country have been declared bankrupt since 2020, a majority of which (49.11%) were due to personal loans. Now, MdI director-general Datuk M Bakri Abd Majid revealed that among those who are insolvent are…

businesses shutter at pandemic levels

CreditorWatch chief economist Ivan Colhoun said businesses were facing the same cost pressures as consumers, including higher electricity, insurance and rental costs. “Together with some greater caution in discretionary spending and softness in interest-rate-sensitive sectors of the economy, this unsurprisingly has led to higher voluntary business closures and some rise in insolvencies,” he said. Loading…