Plastics
Higher-performance recyclates with new digital service
| A new digital service developed by plastship in cooperation with Kraton, Chemetall and Baerlocher provides an overview of the interaction between recyclates and additives. With the additives being offered, the properties of recycled plastics can be improved.
Winners of Plastics Recycling Awards Europe announced
| The winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2021 were announced last at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe in Amsterdam.
Industry concerned over increasing fragmentation of internal market
| European plastic packaging manufacturers are very concerned that many member states have either not implemented the mandatory requirements of the EU Single-use Plastics Directive (SUPD) in time or provide for exemptions and tightening.
NEXTLOOP hits Bullseye in plastics recycling ahead of COP26
| NEXTLOOPP, the project by Nextek Limited, that recently won the overall award for ‘Best Sustainable Packaging Innovation’ at Packaging Europe’s Sustainability Awards has revealed the results of its highly successful tracer-based sorting trials held at Tomra in September 2021.
EU recycled 41% of plastic packaging waste in 2019
| In 2019, each person living in the EU generated 34.4 kg of plastic packaging waste, out of which 14.1 kg was recycled.
Chemical recyclers exploring other feedstocks
| Increased use of partially sorted 90% mixed polyolefin bales by the mechanical recycling sector is pushing pyrolysis-based chemical recyclers towards other feedstocks to avoid competing with the mechanical recycling chain.
FDA gives green light for Starlinger recycling process
| The two “Letters of No Objection” of the US Food and Drug Administration FDA confirm the use of up to 100 % recycled HDPE in food contact packaging.
Upgrading Recovered Carbon Black from end-of-life tires
| Weibold Academy article series discusses periodically the practical developments and scientific research findings in the end-of-life tire (ELT) recycling and pyrolysis industry.
Accelerating Sustainability in Belgian Healthcare
| Vinyl Plus Med launches its pilot medical PVC recycling scheme in Belgium. The program aimes at accelerating sustainability in healthcare across Europe through the recycling of discarded single-use PVC medical devices.
Starlinger installs food-grade plastics recycling facility in India
| The Indian recycler Srichakra Polyplast commissioned a PET bottle-to-bottle and a post-consumer polyolefin recycling line from Starlinger by mid of September.
First products granted RecyClass Recycled Plastics Certification
| The Certification attest the inclusion of recycled plastics in products containing between 10% to 100% of recycled content.
A smarter way of dealing with plastic
| Australian researchers have developed a clean and cost-effective way to upcycle used plastic, transforming it into valuable nanomaterials and high-quality fuel.
RecyClass publishes sorting protocol for plastic packaging
| ‘Sorting Evaluation Protocol for Plastic Packaging’ is a Standard Practice that is geared at evaluating the behaviour of a plastic product during the sorting process in Europe.
Solvay announces solution for recycling PVDC
| Scientists at Solvay have developed a process that could revolutionize the future recycling of PVDC food packaging
