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In light of the upcoming votes on the Plastics Strategy and the Single-Use Plastics Products and the implementation of the Circular Economy Package, a coalition of 34 organisations and companies call for EU action on recycled content mandates for plastics to close the Circular Economy loop.

Carbios has announced new results in the optimization of its biorecycling process of waste PET plastics. The hydrolysis of PET plastics into their original building-blocks now reaches a conversion rate of 97% in only 16 hours.

Neste, producer of renewable diesel, is now exploring ways to introduce liquefied waste plastic as a future raw material for fossil refining.

The world creates a whopping 2.12 billion tonnes of waste annually, and it is estimated hat this will reach 4 billion tonnes by 2100. Though the world’s authorities are pushing out more legislation and acts to try and deal with the problem, there’s only so much within their power – the rest boils down to us, as a species, to work on.

Taking effect on 1 July 2018, Ruf Briquetting Systems, Zaisertshofen, has taken over C. F. Nielsen A/S, Baelum (Denmark). This means that in future the complete spectrum of briquetting technology will be available from one source.

Gesamtverband der Aluminiumindustrie e.V. (GDA) and Deutsche Aluminium Verpackung Recycling GmbH (DAVR) regard the draft guideline published recently by Stiftung Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (ZSVR, Foundation Central Agency Packaging Register) as a good start for the dual systems to assess whether packaging is suitable for recycling.

According to a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc. Recycled Glass Market will surpass USD 4.4 billion by 2025.

Nestlé Waters in partnership with Recoup hosted an interactive roadshow to raise awareness of the importance of plastics recycling at the Buxton Spring Fair on 7th May 2018.

China’s decision to stop importing recyclable plastic waste in January 2018 has left the world with little choice but to landfill recyclables for which no market now exists.

CEPI released its annual market and industry review for 2017 which confirms, despite a challenging global environment, the strong performance of industry in Europe.

Responding to member concerns and discussions Recoup have expanded their annual Conference to include a further breakout session on Films, Pouches and Flexibles.