Plastics
New PET bottle recycling plant in Kinshasa, Congo
| Sorema has announced that a new recycling plant for post-consumer PET bottles has been installed in the Democratic Republic of Congo at OK Plast factory, in cooperation with Starlinger.
17% growth in EU plastic recycling capacity
| Installed plastic recycling capacity has grown by 17% in 2021 in EU27+3, boosted by an estimated €1.75 billion investment.
First PET Bottle-to-Bottle Recycling Line in Kenya
| T3 (EPZ) Limited, a member of Megh Group, ordered a Starlinger Recostar PET bottle-to-bottle recycling line for its new plant in Athi River, Kenya.
Finalists Announced for Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2023
| Shortlisted finalists in the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2023 were announced today in a livestream event.
Plastic upcycling to close the carbon cycle
| A new PNNL-developed process produces fuel quickly at mild temperature, with few by-products.
REMEDIES project wants to collect 400 tons of microplastics
| The REMEDIES project, funded by the European Union with almost eight million euros, seeks to create a new sustainable model to curb the impact of microplastics in 8 Mediterranean areas, through the design of advanced systems to monitor, collect, recycle and transform the extracted waste into new products.
New method for converting marine plastic waste into aquaculture products
| The ÑCostas Project will make it possible to reuse plastic material recovered from the sea and waste from the aquaculture industry to make walkways and platforms for fish farms, port protection products, flotation tubes, and nets and mesh for reinforcement, among other products.
Scaling up good practices can boost sustainability of plastics
| Plastics have many useful applications, but the global production and consumption trends of these materials are currently unsustainable.
PET-Recycling in Turkey
| Istanbul-based Engin Grup has built up various group companies over the past decades that are active in the marketing and distribution of cosmetic and household products for Turkey and the Caucasus region.
Closing the loop in a circular plastics economy
| The 4th Go Circular Business Summit will take place in Rotterdam on 19 and 20 April 2023, with the support of Braskem as leading partner and the Port of Rotterdam as site visit partner.
Commission must clarify sustainability targets
| The European plastics recycling industry is changing dramatically due to regulations from the European Commission, but regulations seemingly drafted without listening to the (increasingly frustrated) voices of those most impacted.
Chemical recycling of hard-to-recycle plastic waste
| Neste, Uponor, Wastewise and Borealis have successfully produced cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) pipes using feedstock derived from chemically recycled post-industrial plastic waste from PEX pipe production.
Amut upgrades Mohawk PET washing plant
| Mohawk Industries, a flooring manufacturer, once again relies on Amut's experience for the upgrade of its PET washing plant, in Summerville, Georgia, USA.
Dutch Environment Minister to deliver keynote speech at PRSE conference
| Vivianne Heijnen, Minister for the Environment in the Dutch Government, will be the keynote speaker at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe conference, which takes place on 10-11 May 2023 at the RAI Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
