Plastics
New Initiative promotes mono PET flexible packaging for a circular economy
| Vita Nova is a new consortium of industry players promoting the use of mono-PET flexible packaging in the circular economy.
PreZero is putting recycling products on the market
| For the first time, Lidl and Kaufland are selling household goods that are made from at least 95 % recycled plastic from PreZero.
Plastics Recyclers Europe and Styrenics Circular Solutions deepen collaboration
| Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) and Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS) announced today their reciprocal membership.
Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2021 open for entries
| The winners will be announced at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe in November.
Ceflex shows new market potential for recyclates from flexible packaging
| A new Quality Recycling Process (QRP) for flexible packaging, from Ceflex and its stakeholders, shows high value applications for recycled polymers from a mechanical recycling process is viable.
British universities to further develop chemical recycling
| Innovate UK backs a 1.2 million GBP project with Recycling Technologies, the University of Birmingham, the University of Surrey, and the Cranfield University to further develop chemical recycling technology in the UK.
Verra, 3RI launch global plastic stewardship initiative
| Verra and the 3R Initiative have launched a new plastic stewardship initiative that will establish the world’s first comprehensive framework for companies to verifiably manage and reduce plastic waste.
Rigid polyolefins need increased quality collection & sorting
| A new study identifies key measures to advance recycling.
APK takes aim at new markets for recycled plastics
| At APK AG in Merseburg, Germany, improving recyclate quality and working to close the loop on plastic products remain at the top of their agenda for 2021.
Ineos Styrolution and Polystyvert want to recycle polystyrene
| Ineos Styrolution, a global leader in styrenics, and Polystyvert, an innovative leader in dissolution technology, are collaborating to convert post-consumer polystyrene plastic into a new, high quality, polystyrene (PS) raw material resin.
Südpack invests in chemical recycling
| On 2 February 2021, a truck filled with crude oil, which was recovered by chemically recycling reusable materials from Südpack, left the Recenso pilot plant in Germany.
European plastics industry expos postponed
| AMI has announced that its four focused plastics industry exhibitions, which were scheduled to take place at Messe Essen in Germany on 1-2 June 2021, have now been postponed to 29-30 September 2021.
Over half of the total EU plastics recycling capacity certified with EuCertPlast
| The certification verifies plastic waste traceability, conformity assessment, and calculation of recycled content in a recycling process.
VinylPlus Med accelerates sustainability in healthcare
| VinylPlus, the Voluntary Commitment to sustainable development of the European PVC industry, unveils today a new collaborative project called VinylPlus Med.
