Plastics
Hygienic shields become high-quality recycling resources
| A great number of hygienic shields, commonly known as sneeze guards, is being used in industrial and trade facilities, as well as in the catering trade and restaurant business.
BariQ signs contract for new Starlinger recycling system
| Based in Giza, Egypt, the biggest PET bottle-to-bottle recycler in MENA region is expanding and upgrading its existing plant with another Starlinger PET recycling system and an additional solid-state-polycondensation (SSP) reactor.
European mechanical plastics recycling exceeded 8 million tonnes in 2021
| The waste plastics value chain is a complex and dynamic sector, with an evolving operating environment.
New report: PET is far from real circularity
| New research produced for Zero Waste Europe by sustainability consultancy Eunomia Research & Consulting shows that most Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic recovered from bottles in Europe does not make its way back into new PET bottles. Significant Improvements in PET design, collection and recycling will be needed to improve circularity.
New PET recycling plant in Egypt with Tomra sorting solutions
| BariQ for Techno and Advanced Industries celebrates the signing for constructing a new PET bottle-to-bottle recycling plant that will feature the latest plastic sorting systems from Tomra Recycling in Giza Governorate, Egypt.
Recyclability of polystyrene packaging can now be tested
| The Recyclability Evaluation Protocol for Polystyrene (PS) Containers is destined for companies who want to assess if their rigid PS packaging, like pots destined for yogurt and other types of food and beverage products.
Innovative Recycling Solutions for Thermoset Plastics
| PreScouter, a Chicago-based research intelligence company, has compiled a new Intelligence Brief that looks at the potential impact of recycling thermosets on reducing fossil-based plastic waste.
A new ‘supercritical water’ approach to recycling plastic packaging waste
| The University of Birmingham has licensed the rights to a ‘supercritical water’ technology to Stopford, to develop a novel process for recycling mixed plastic packaging, that delivers a greater proportion of high value recycled plastic with less emissions, fewer processing steps than current recycling methods, and no solvent residues.
Environment and climate impacts of textiles
| Textile consumption in Europe has on average the fourth highest impacts on the environment and climate, following consumption of food, housing and mobility.
Project turns marine litter into furniture for the Marina of Valencia
| With funding from CaixaBank and the Bancaja Foundation, Aimplas has completed a project to recover end-of-life fishing nets and other marine litter to manufacture furniture made of 100% recycled plastic.
Film and flexible packaging recycling
| Film and flexible packaging are excellent products from a performance point of view, which accounts for their stubbornly extensive use, but they present a difficult end-of-life issue.
Plastics Recycling Show Europe returns to Amsterdam 22-23 June 2022
| The Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE) returns to Hall 12 at the RAI Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 22-23 June 2022. Online visitor registration is now open.
PET packaging moving steadily towards circularity
| Main developments for advancing PET recycling are identified in a new study.
From reserve site to production plant in just a few months
| Just under a year ago, the Erema Group started to repurpose the premises of Gruber & Kaja in St. Marien, which they took over as a reserve site in January 2021.
