Plastics

RecyClass and the US-based Association of Plastics Recyclers reinforce their collaboration to drive worldwide harmonisation of plastic packaging recyclability.

The spread between European 90% mixed polyolefin bale values and mono-material polyolefin bale values is at its lowest on record.

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International business consultancy, RecycleMe, signed a cooperation agreement with the cross-industry initiative RecyClass, to certify the recyclability of plastic packaging.

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.

The organizer has announced the first ten speakers for the Advanced Recycling Conference (ARC) in Cologne, Germany, on November 14-15.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.