Plastics

Governments are beginning to react to recent warnings issued by the Basel Action Network (BAN) of likely illegal exports of plastic waste from the US.

By launching two applications for its mobile NIR spectroscopy solution, trinamiX is improving on-the-spot sorting of the sought-after plastic.

The industry calls for Digital DRS to be included in the Deposit Return Scheme.

Following eight years extensive research, Nextek Ltd has launched a global multi-participant project (NEXTLOOPP) to address a missing link in the plastics recycling stream – Polypropylene (PP).

Evonik is pooling its activities for circular plastics in a global program.

A European consortium is working on the implementation of Uplift, a Horizon 2020 research and innovation project that kicked off today and which aims to design new de- and repolymerisation routes to upcycle food and drink packaging plastics with better end-of-life characteristics.

The development of a circular economy to address the plastic waste emergency hinges on the creation of demand for high-quality recyclates.

Repsol plans to build Spain’s first chemical polyurethane foam recycling plant at its Puertollano Industrial Complex. It will be capable of processing over 2,000 metric tons of waste per year. The plant entails an investment of €12 million and will be operational by the end of 2022.

Petcore Europe, Plastics Europe, Plastics Recyclers Europe, and Vinyl Plus have mutually agreed to join forces to form the organisation PolyREC. It will monitor, verify, and report their plastics recycling and uptake data in Europe.

ACE, The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment, has set the industry’s vision for the future: we will deliver the most sustainable packaging for resilient food supply systems which is renewable, climate positive and circular.

For World Consumer’s Day, an alliance of environmental organisations has released an open letter demanding that ambitious policy be put in place to enable the implementation of robust reuse systems. …