Plastics

How the plastic mountain from healthcare could be recycled

How the plastic mountain from healthcare could be recycled

| Single-use healthcare items – everything from gloves and blood bags to surgical equipment – have become a growing environmental problem worldwide.
Sort4Circle: C02-efficient technology

Sort4Circle: C02-efficient technology

| Pforzheim University and Polysecure want to jointly develop a new sorting technology for the recycling of plastics and other materials.
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RecyClass finetunes Design for Recycling Guidelines

| A new version of the Design for Recycling Guidelines for all plastic packaging streams was released by RecyClass.
AI enhanced in-mold monitoring improves part quality for products with recycled plastics

AI enhanced in-mold monitoring improves part quality for products with recycled plastics

| A new industry consortium called Avidens focuses on real-time detection of anomalies during the molding process, allowing in-line adjustments.
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New vice-chairman for VinylPlus

New vice-chairman for VinylPlus

| The General Assembly of VinylPlus has unanimously elected Carsten Heuer, Chief Executive Officer of REHAU Windows Solutions, as the new vice-chairman for the next two years as from May 22, 2024.
The exhibition and conference that took place recently in Amsterdam attracted more than 10,000 attendees for the first time in its history.

First time five figure attendance at Plastics Recycling Show Europe

| The exhibition and conference that took place recently in Amsterdam attracted more than 10,000 attendees for the first time in its history.

Erema receives Plastics Recycling Award Europe 2024 for Powerfil

| At PRSE in Amsterdam, the Discharge Pro control system from Erema's Powerfil business unit was presented with the Plastics Recycling Award Europe in the “Recycling Machinery Innovation of the Year” category.

Aimplas studies the quality of recycled plastics from automotive waste

| The SURFTOP Project develops the technologies required for recycled plastic material to maintain the surface properties and vehicle interior air quality (VIAQ) levels required by manufacturers.

Partnership for recyclable material processing

| Through a strategic partnership with the company Plato Technology, Vecoplan intends to offer customers comprehensive processing solutions for plastics recycling from a single source in future.

A Circular Future with Plastics

| The EuPC Conference, co-organised at the Blue Point Brussels with Belgian partners Agoria and essenscia PolyMatters, marked two days of discussions, networking, and collaborative efforts towards advancing circularity and overall sustainability within the plastics value chain industry.

PET bottle recycling solution from a single source

| For Indian preform and plastic packaging manufacturer Magpet Polymer, Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim are collaborating technologies in construction of an entire plant for bottle-to-bottle recycling from a single source.

New monitoring tool reviews progress on plastics circularity in Europe

| Plastics production and consumption patterns across Europe remain unsustainable and need to be made more circular to reduce waste, pollution, climate change and other negative impacts on the environment according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing published today.

Converting biodegradable plastic waste into green energy

| The Valplast Project aims to implement an alternative to the current way that biodegradable plastic packaging waste is managed to align it with circular economy principles.

Vecoplan enters into strategic partnership with Pla.to Technology

| Chemical recycling is an important approach in the circular economy.

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