Plastics
RecycleMe Consultancy joins RecyClass as third-party certification body
| International business consultancy, RecycleMe, signed a cooperation agreement with the cross-industry initiative RecyClass, to certify the recyclability of plastic packaging.
Coperion acquires Herbold Meckesheim
| The acquisition of Herbold Meckesheim has formally been completed. Herbold Meckesheim will be integrated with Coperion’s recycling product lines into its new Recycling Business Unit that plans to offer complete solutions for plastics recycling processing.
Advanced Recycling Conference: first speakers announced
| The organizer has announced the first ten speakers for the Advanced Recycling Conference (ARC) in Cologne, Germany, on November 14-15.
MORE platform will contribute to PRecycling project
| The European Plastics Converters (EuPC) is one of the seventeen partners of the European project “Plastics Recycling from and for Home Appliances, Toys and Textile (PRecycling)”, funded by the Horizon Europe research and innovation program.
Chemical recycling of polystyrene
| Technip Energies and Agilyx announced the launch of the Tru Styrenyx brand, an all-in-one solution for the chemical recycling of polystyrene. It is said to combine Agilyx’s pyrolysis process and Technip Energies purification technology.
Carton recycling initiative begins in Vietnam
| Beverage cartons are the focus of a new initiative run by Circular Action, a BV Rio group company, in partnership with Tetra Pak and Packaging Recycling Organisation Vietnam (PRO Vietnam). The pilot project intends to provide a recycling solution and deliver additional income to around 200 informal waste pickers.
Operating first commercial plastic recycling plant
| PX Group has been awarded a 10-year Operations & Maintenance contract by Renew ELP at the world’s first commercial scale plastic recycling plant. It is based at the Wilton International site, in Teesside, North East England.
Bottle-to-bottle recycling in Bangladesh
| Dhaka-based food manufacturer Akij Food and Beverage (AFBL), a member of Akij Venture Group, is producing its own rPET for the company’s brand beverage bottles on a bottle-to-bottle recycling line from Starlinger.
Remembering the Basics of Packaging Design
| Recoup have called on packaging designers and specifiers not to forget the basics when it comes to plastic packaging recyclability. Although current trends may seek to explore new innovations in packaging, often the fundamentals for designing for recyclability are forgotten.
Recoup questions growing trend for material switching
| Recoup has been at the forefront of the debate regarding the trend for material switching under the guise of plastics reduction strategies.
Fully automated waste sorting plant maximizes recovery rates
| The fully automated waste sorting plant ROAF opened in 2014. It ranks second in sorting municipal solid waste in Norway.
Melt Filters for the Recycling of Styrene-based Plastics
| As a recycling company specialising in styrene-based thermoplastics, Sysplast uses and develops pioneering technologies. For this, the company uses melt filters from Ettlinger, whose operation enables high production efficiency and consistent product quality.
Aimplas opens new circular economy facilities
| With the assistance of IVACE, the Plastics Technology Centre is adding more than 2,000 m2 to its facilities, which will be used for R&D&I in polymer synthesis, medicine, and the circular economy.
First PET bottle-to-bottle recycling line in Ghana
| Mohinani Group, a third-generation family business group, ordered two Starlinger recoSTAR PET 165 HC iV+ PET bottle-to-bottle recycling lines for its new plants in Ghana and Nigeria.
