Plastics
Reusable packaging up to 85% more climate-friendly than single-use
| Zero Waste Europe and Reloop, in partnership with the University of Utrecht, have released a report showing that reusable packaging - such as bottles, crates, jars, and others - produce far fewer carbon emissions than their single-use counterparts.
ERDE now also collecting baler twine nationwide
| The Initiative “Erntekunststoffe Recycling Deutschland” (ERDE, or Crop Plastics Recycling Germany) will be taking back polypropylene baler twine nationwide from 2021, predominantly for mechanical recycling.
Sustainable cups made from 100% rPET
| Starlinger viscotec, PET-MAN and the dairy pro- ducer Biohof Zauner developed the first white yoghurt cup made from 100% rPET, which can be recycled after use and made into a yoghurt cup again.
Recycling and processing of printed plastic films
| The PrintCYC initiative wants to offer cost-effective solutions for a circular economy based on postindustrial waste from printed plastic films. The process promises significant improvement of recycling by a PU based ink system.
Recycled Content Certification Officially Launched
| Companies seeking to certify their plastic products containing recycled content can now apply for the Recycled Plastics Traceability Certification.
Over 50% virgin plastics substituted in shrink film
| Broadening the market potential of plastic recyclates and thereby furthering the uptake of recycled content across Europe is APK AG’s core objective.
Harvesting the Urban Forest
| It appears we can apportion blame on COVID-19 for most of our current woes, one of which would be the resurgence of paper-plastic coffee cups. Even prior to the pandemic we were struggling to properly recycle these take-away cups.
APK enables the use of plastic recyclates in cosmetic packaging
| APK’s Newcycling-process with its physical, solvent-based recycling technology generates plastic recyclates of close to virgin quality, which are suitable to be used in cosmetic packaging.
PVC upcycling project
| ‘PVC Upcycling’ is a pilot project aimed at recovering the PVC component of electrical cables coming from the decommissioning of energy plants (de-manufacturing) and at recycling it into products with a low environmental impact (re-manufacturing).
Bioplastics successfully meets all EU safety standards
| Products made from bio-based plastics must undergo the same testing procedures as conventional plastic products to access the market of the European Union (EU).
APK Relies on Coperion ZSK Extruder Technology
| For its solvent-based plastic recycling process Newcycling, APK AG is relying on the ZSK extruder technology and technical process expertise from Coperion. Using the Newcycling process, multi-polymer and multi-layer plastic packaging, that previously could not be recycled, can now be separated and processed into homogeneous regrind using ZSK twin screw extruders.
Sustainable watches from Joago
| Joago produces sustainable watches by incorporating solar technology, sustainable materials, and providing circular economic initiatives such as the retrieval of 1 lb of ocean waste per purchase.
New polystyrene recycling project
| Ineos Styrolution has announced it will be contributing to the research project “Remove2Reclaim – Recycling of plastics and titanium dioxide via advanced dissolution and separation techniques for plastic additive removal”.
NextLap seeks for innovation for end-of-life tire market
| A Portuguese used tire manager and a multinational recycler are looking for startups to create innovative projects that will reuse end-of-life tires and their components.
