Plastics

BarrierPack Recyclable all-polyethylene film is expected to offer a more sustainable packaging solution for diverse applications ranging from stand-up pouches for dishwasher tablets to resealable pouches for organic dog food.

New rules governing OPRL’s recycling labels will give greater transparency on the final fate of packaging, highlighting what gets sorted and reprocessed and which pack designs are likely to be landfilled or incinerated.

The Schroll Group specializes in waste management and recycling, providing businesses, public administrations and local authorities services tailored to their specific requirements.

According to European Plastics Converters (EuPC), the ban and reduction of single-use plastics in Europe already affecting the environment negatively.

The winners of the seven award categories will be announced on 26 March, the second day of the Plastics Recycling Show Europe.

Ineos Styrolution has announced plans to build a world-scale ABS plant in Ningbo, China. The new production site will be adjacent to the recently acquired polystyrene plant in Ningbo.

Ad Rem and Hamos jointly have developed a processing line that handles the complete plastic recycling chain from waste to resource. The first plant of its kind is now running at full capacity at the AO Recycling facility in Telford.

According to Stadler, the delabeler removes labels from bottles of all types, achieving a quality standard of up to 80 percent of labels removed.

PET preforms continue to see sustained adoption, prominently owing to continued demand from bottled water industry and single-serve beverages sector.

Over 300 participants gathered in Brussels to debate plastics recyclability and latest plastics recycling developments.

In July 2019, the recycling company Calex S.R.L. installed a Starlinger recycling line for post-consumer film in Satu Nou de Jos in the Romanian municipality Groși – already the seventh line supplied by Starlinger recycling technology.