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A unique process has become the world's most successful PET recycling technology within only a short space of time: the patented Vacurema technology from Austria's plant engineering specialists Erema.
The European Commission has adopted a strategy to shift the European economy towards greater and more sustainable use of renewable resources.
Green Tech are dedicated in this wake up call for the environment and saving natural resources by recycling your printer cartridges in the UK and across the country since 2000.
Walki’s fibre based lid is made of paper and plastics that can be separated from each other as a part of the normal paper recycling process.
To capture the full value of plastics waste, it is necessary to combine different waste management options. Solutions vary from one country to another depending on the infrastructure, the national waste management strategy and the available technologies.
REPREVE® is Ford’s plan for a cleaner environment. About 2 million post-consumer plastic bottles are planned to be used as the seat fabric in the new Focus Electric and other new vehicles for the next model year.
According to PlasticsEurope, thanks to continuous improvement in plastics end-of-life management options and a growing public awareness, the amount of plastics ending up in landfills is constantly decreasing despite an increase of 2.5% in post-consumer plastic waste in 2010 (last year analyzed by PlasticsEurope).
By international standards, Switzerland can be proud of a high PET recycling quota of more than 80%. The trade organization PET Recycling Switzerland wants more and, with this in mind, engaged top Swiss photographers. The project “PET is fashion” attracted much attention way beyond the country’s borders.
Two market leaders have come together to provide a new concept for tyre recycling.
'Bin It' it is a new game launched by Plastics Make it Possible®, an initiative sponsored by the plastics industries of the American Chemistry Council. A goal of the game is simple: to encourage more plastics recycling through fun.
Luton-based 2K Manufacturing, producer of Ecosheet, the recycled alternative to plywood is going to double production of the board to 1300 items per week from early next year.
Under the aegis of the EU’s programme for competitiveness and innovation, the European Commission is supporting Krones in introducing an FDA-compliant flake recycling process.
Coca Cola has announced plans to collect all clear PET plastic bottles at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and recycle them into 80 million new plastic bottles.
A new report on the analysis of official EU data on packaging shows that over the past 11 years the amount of packaging waste going to final disposal in EU-15 has fallen by 43%.
The UK's first recycled plastic bridge capable of carrying heavy goods vehicles has been completed.
Cavalluccio manufactured by Eurocomitalia has been awarded with “Best Recycled Product” for 2011, granted by EPRO (European Association of Plastics Recycling and Recovery Organisations).
Thanks to the high-quality processing of plastic waste, people who use Erema plastic recycling systems have already been able to make a valuable contribution to sustainability.
The overall recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans in the EU 27 including EFTA countries and Turkey increased by 1.2% to 64.3% in 2009.
Global demand for plastic recycled packaging is set to increase 10% to $162bn (€112.5bn), according to a new report from Freedonia.
Originally developed for reprocessing tyres, Pallmann’s “Tiger” single-shaft shredder is increasingly turning out to be a universal machine for numerous applications. The lifetimes of the cutting tools, as well as the output, exceed all original expectations.
Indorama Ventures to invest in new Thai recycling plant and high technology business in Thailand and Indonesia.
One of the largest plastics recycling companies in UK, Luxus has invested half a million pounds in a new plastics processing line to deliver 8,000 tonnes of compound a year using 100 % recycled materials.
The glass packaging industry in Europe posted a 3.5 per cent year-on year production increase to 20.7 m tonnes in 2010 as output partially recovered from its 2009 slump.
Petcore and EuPR has announced that European post-sorting PET collection reached 1.45 million tonnes in 2010, an increase of 6.5% on 2009.
Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd announces a joint venture with ECO Plastics to develop a new purpose-built recycling facility in Lincolnshire.
The European PVC industry released the final Progress Report on Vinyl 2010 – the ten year voluntary commitment launched in 2000 to enhance the sustainable production and use of PVC.
APPE has invested €10m in increasing capacity at its PET recycling plant in Beaune, France, by 40%.
European Bottled Water & Soft Drinks Industries drive initiative to improve recyclability of PET bottles.
The target rate for the recycling of plastic packaging in Great Britain is supposed to increase in the next two years from the current rate of 29 percent to 32 percent. The target rate for steel will increase from 69 percent to 71 percent. The new standards are supposed to ensure that the United Kingdom reaches the goals formulated in the EU Packaging Directive.
Coca Cola and ECO Plastics (AWS) set to double PET recycling facility to 75,000 tonnes per year.
With the revised Waste Framework Directive due to come into force on 12 December 2010, EU Member States are busy planning how to deliver the requirements set out in the directive.
Pallmann have developed and launched new technology: Plast-Agglomerator, type PFV.
Volvic has launched its Greener Bottle made from 20 percent sugarcane waste. The beverage maker says it is the first UK company to introduce a 100 percent recyclable PET plastic bottle using this renewable plant material.
Two former German Freudenberg and Rethmann recycling companies announced a joint venture "First PET" enterprise, specialized recycling PET beverage bottles.
The unparalleled consumer trend for mineral water, dairy-based beverages, energy and probiotic drinks, together with the emergence of a so-called single-serve society, are two factors that are continuing to stimulate further PET-packaging demand.
Packaging industry trade associations are encouraging their members to follow a new set of guidelines to ensure that PET bottles are compatible with recycling facilities.