Erema enters a new dimension with large-scale recycling plants
As the demand for recycled plastics grows, so does the of the machines. This applies to the processing of polyolefins as well as to PET recycling.
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Piovan acquires 100% of the American leader IPEG further strengthening its global leadership
The Italian Piovan Group acquires the American IPEG, creating the global leader, with a turn-over of almost half a billion euro, in the field of industrial automation for the processing of virgin and recycled polymers and bioresins. Closing expected within the first quarter of 2022.
Design for Recycling Guidelines for EPS fish boxes and white goods
RecyClass published new Design for Recycling (DfR) guidelines and added them to its free, online RecyClass tool to enable self-assessment of recyclability of expanded polystyrene packaging.
Stadler designs and builds new Gaia and Iren sorting plants in Asti and Parma
As the 2030 Agenda targets loom, environmental service companies are increasingly incorporating in their business plans investments in recycling facilities capable of bringing us closer to the zero waste goal by turning it into secondary raw materials that can be returned to the commercial cycle with minimal waste.
MEWAR Award “Plastics Recycling Company of the Year 2021” given to Consent FZCO
The largest Producer of Polyester (PET) Strapping in Middle East, based in UAE, CONSENT FZCO received the Middle East Waste & Recycling Award.
Mixed waste sorting changing the game at IVAR IKS in Norway
Tomra and a Norwegian waste sorting plant have demonstrated that mixed waste sorting prior to disposal is a superior solution to separate collection.
ML Polyolefins resumed production
After last week's fire of one of the raw material warehouses, ML Polyolefins has resumed production. Following the firefighting operation, full production capacity was reached on 20 November 2021.
Record numbers attend Plastics Recycling Show Europe 2021
The fifth Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE) exhibition and conference held earlier this month in Amsterdam, The Netherlands attracted a record number of visitors and exhibitors from across Europe.
Erema awarded for the Recycling Machinery Innovation of the Year
Erema is winner at this year´s Plastics Recycling Awards Europe. At the award ceremony as part of the Plastics Recycling Show Europe at 5th November in Amsterdam, Erema was awarded for its recycling system Intarema TVEplus RegrindPro + ReFresher in the category Recycling Machinery Innovation of the Year.
Winners of The Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2021 announced at PRSE
Winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2021 were announced at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe in Amsterdam.
Stadler and Reclay Subsidiary RecycleMe announce cooperation on practical recyclability
The two partners join forces in the first cooperation of its kind, where recyclability consulting and sorting plant construction come together.
Stadler renovates the CITR waste management facility
FCC Medio Ambiente has completed the renovation of the CITR (Centro Integral de Tratamiento) waste management facility located in Las Marinas, El Campello, in the Alicante province, which it has been managing since April 2009.
100 % rHDPE – FDA gives green light for Starlinger recycling process
The two “Letters of No Objection” of the US Food and Drug Administration FDA confirm the use of up to 100 % recycled HDPE in food contact packaging.
Mondi serves up RetortPouch Recyclable to food and wet pet food manufacturers
Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, has added to its range of sustainable premium food and pet food packaging solutions with the launch of RetortPouch Recyclable.
Tomra’s Circular Economy Conference: Collaboration to “Close the Loop on Plastics”
High-quality recycling starts with targeted collection.
Alpla acquires German PET recycler
Purchase of the company BTB PET-Recycling to give Alpla access to the bottle-to-bottle loop in Germany.
Tomra celebrates opening a new flake sorting Test Center in Italy
On September 22, 2021, Tomra Recycling officially opened its new flake sorting Test Center, where the company will develop new applications and solutions in the fields of PO and PET flake sorting while simultaneously expanding its service offering.
Ampacet ThermProtectTM product range reduces recycled PET thermal degradation and yellowing
Ampacet has introduced ThermProtectTM PET, a range of rPET stabilizing masterbatches that reduce yellowing due to polymer thermal degradation, enabling processors to increase the content of recycled PET in virgin material without compromising product aesthetics or performance.
Breaking new ground in Turkey’s textile industry
Korteks, one of the world’s biggest yarn producers based in Bursa, Turkey, has started the production of recycled polyester filament yarn in its production facility using a Starlinger recycling line.
Ineos Styrolution introduces first post-consumer recycled Novodur ECO specialty ABS solutions
Ineos Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, announced today the introduction of the first Novodur Eco specialty ABS and Novodur Eco High Heat grades being the result of mechanically recycled post-consumer waste.
South Africa leading the African circular plastics industry
Waste management is currently one of the main challenges faced by the African recycled polymer supply chain. Plastic packaging are the largest fraction of waste after organic.
SABIC launches recycled automotive grades under Trucircle portfolio of circular solutions
SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, introduced today the company’s first automotive grades containing mechanically recycled content within the company’s Trucircle portfolio of circular solutions and services.
Returnable PET for sensitive beverages? Joint research project of Krones and Alpla delivers surprising results
Rising out of the niche: In the beverage packaging market, returnable PET containers currently play a rather small role. Wrongly so, say the results of a joint research project of Krones and Alpla.
Digitalisation as a tool for sustainability
Sustainability and digitalisation are currently the two defining issues in the packaging and logistics industry. But what happens when these two game-changers are combined?
Heat resistant and fully recyclable: white rPET100 packaging for dairy, hot drinks and ready meals
Made from recycled material and designed for recycling: Starlinger viscotec, a division of the Austrian machinery supplier Starlinger & Co GmbH, has developed a new material to make packaging for dairy and hot-fill products fully recyclable.
Sustainable rPET cups for school milk
School milk in Upper Austria is now packaged in 100% sustainable cups made of recycled PET (rPET). The project is revolutionizing the food packaging market and proves that a sustainable circular economy is possible.
Lindner at Fakuma 2021
Changing from a linear to a circular economy, the quality of the recycled material plays an increasingly important role. Lindner is taking on this challenge and will be presenting a new hot-wash system for recovering PET (polyethylene terephthalate) at Fakuma
Dry recyclables and light packaging: the sorting challenge
The varying and constantly changing composition of waste materials poses a challenge for designers of sorting plants, which need to deliver consistently high purity rates while managing an increasing degree of complexity.
AMI's new report on The Recycling of Flexible Polyolefin Films in Europe 2021
A new report from AMI Consulting presents a comprehensive analysis of the state of play and future outlook for the recycling of flexible polyolefin films in Europe.
Circular economy at industry highlight Fakuma 2021
The 27th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing extends its invitation to the live trade fair in Friedrichshafen from the 12th through the 16th of October, 2021.
Focus on circular economy - Weima shredders at Fakuma 2021
Finally, trade shows are back. After more than one and a half years without events and personal interactions, the anticipation of face-to-face trade shows is palpable.
Tomra and Gualapack join forces for a ground-breaking, full-scale recycling trial
Tomra and Gualapack work together to prove the recyclability of Gualapack’s first-of-a-kind monomaterial PP spouted pouch through all stages of treatment of a DKR rigid PP waste stream.
Repsol to expand its industrial complex in Sines to make it one of the most advanced in Europe
Repsol will build two polymer materials plants at its Sines Industrial Complex (Portugal), representing the largest industrial investment in Portugal in the last ten years, at €657 million. The new materials produced are 100% recyclable, like the rest of Repsol's polyolefins.
The Ferrero Group continues to make progress on its 2025 packaging commitment
The Ferrero Group is making further strides in its commitment to making 100% of packaging reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025. As part of this journey, the business has announced new global partnerships with HolyGrail 2.0 and Consumer Goods Forum (CGF).
Plastics recycling is part of the puzzle: how the industry continues to expand in Europe
Interview with Ton Emans, CEO of Plastics Recyclers Europe
Cedo announces recycling capacity increase
Cedo announces plans of expansion of its recycling capability, with an investment that will more than double its capacity for recycling of flexible plastic films before 2024.