Plastics
Newly developed products for plastic recyclates
| The use of high-quality plastic recyclates in new products is required wherever possible. However, interfering odors often lead to complaints from processors. HPF The Mineral Engineers has developed novel additives that can remedy this situation.
Certain pre-requisites needed to ensure the PPWR delivers
| Following the first compromise proposals on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) by the European co-legislators, EuRIC is making an urgent plea to EU decision makers to ensuring that the PPWR delivers on closing the loop.
EU single-use beverage container industry unlikely to achieve climate targets
| A new study into the decarbonisation of single-use drinks packaging has found that the European beverage container industry is unlikely to meet 1.5C climate targets and is at risk of missing Net Zero without swift intervention.
Vietnam’s bottle-to-bottle recycling pioneer
| Plastic Recycling Co. Ltd. is the first plastics recycler in Vietnam to produce recycled PET for beverage bottle production.
Neste invests in its Porvoo refinery
| Neste has made the final investment decision to commence construction of upgrading facilities for liquefied plastic waste at its Porvoo refinery in Finland.
Andritz introduces pilot line for natural and recycled fibres
| Andritz has installed a new spunlace pilot line at its centre of competence in Montbonnot, France. It allows customers and partners to conduct trials for producing nonwovens from recycled and/or natural fibres such as hemp, flax, and cotton.
Polyester “fibre to fibre” recycling can be done
| From upstream to downstream, circularity in textiles is feasible. With no compromise on the quality and technical performance of the products.
PET imports to impact EU recycled content targets
| A major increase in PET imports threatens the competitiveness of the EU’s industry, along with its objective to improve the waste management of plastics.
Recapp launches recycling deposit system in UAE
| Veolia’s digital recycling solution Recapp has launched a new recycling deposit initiative and rewards scheme for implementing reverse vending machines (RVMs) and smart deposit machines (RSDMs) in the UAE.
Tomra and Plastretur to build sorting plant in Norway
| Tomra and Plastretur, the Norwegian producer responsibility organization responsible for recycling plastic packaging, plan to invest in the construction of a joint sorting plant for plastics in Norway.
Coveris opens new ReCover recycling facility
| Packaging manufacturer Coveris has opened a new ReCover plant, located at Coveris’ site in Louth, Lincolnshire (UK), that uses ground-breaking technology to recycle printed polyethylene (PE) films.
Boer Group advances sorting capabilities with Trinamix solution
| With the introduction of Trinamix Mobile NIR Spectroscopy Solution at first sorting centres in the Netherlands, Boer Group wants to further enhance the efficiency of identifying and sorting textile material streams.
PET Bottle-to-Bottle plant in Myanmar
| Sorema has announced the achievement of all qualitative and quantitative parameters at the start-up of the PET post-consumer bottle washing and recycling plant at Commercial Plastics in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma).
Pyrolysis building new reputation as complex, high-investment business
| Rubber recycling from tyres had been rendered difficult in the past because of competition from virgin, but technological advances now meant that “the momentum is really changing”, insisted BIR Tyres & Rubber Committee Chairman Max Craipeau (Greencore) in his introductory remarks in Amsterdam on May 24.
