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.

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.

Textile consumption in Europe has on average the fourth highest impacts on the environment and climate, following consumption of food, housing and mobility.

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 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.

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.

Main developments for advancing PET recycling are identified in a new study.

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.

The winners will be announced at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe in June.

Going forward, top-quality plastic for the recycling process will be sorted in the Bavarian town of Eitting.

The RecyClass Conformity Assessment Scheme has been positively evaluated by the European co-operation for Accreditation