Plastics
Study: Plastic carrier bags have lowest environmental impact
| The Danish Environmental Protection Agency has published a study that analyses the life cycle environmental impacts of production, use and disposal of grocery carrier bags currently available in Danish supermarkets.
IFAT: Lyndex Recycling shows new baler family and cloud diagnostics
| Lyndex Recycling Systems, a UK-based manufacturer of high volume balers and waste recycling machinery, will highlight a range of 2-Ram balers processing waste plastics, paper and other recyclates, together with the company’s cloud-based data logging and diagnostic solution..
Petcore: Strategy for PET in the Circular Economy
| Once per year Europe's entire PET value chain meets in Brussels for the annual Petcore Europe Conference. Due to its success in recent editions this year's conference was held for the first time over two days and welcomed more than 200 industry experts.
Best Italien plastics recycler relies on Tomra technology
| Montello S.p.A., based near Bergamo, Italy, uses the latest sensor-based technology of 40 Tomra machines to give a new lease of life to tonnes of post-consumer plastic arriving from Lombardy.
Plastics recycling grows in Europe
| Since 2015, the installed capacity for recycling flexible PE has grown approximately from 1.5 million tonnes per year to 2.3 million tonnes per year.
Petcore launches Plastic Aerosol Recycling Special Industry Group
| Petcore Europe has created the new Plastic Aerosol Recycling Special Industry Group (SiG) in order to anticipate the need to recycle higher amounts of plastic aerosols.
Free registration opens for plastics recycling exhibition and conference
| Free online registration has now opened for the Plastics Recycling World Exhibition 2018, which will take place on 27-28 June 2018 at Messe Essen in Germany.
Recovery and recycling systems RIGK celebrates 25th birthday
| In January 1993, RIGK opened its doors for business.
Odor reduction technology for post consumer film
| Following the installation of the first of two recycling lines type recoSTAR dynamic 165 C- VAC in Houston, Texas, Avangard Innovative LP is now ready to start processing of post- consumer film at its new recycling plant.
Steinert: Increasing sorting depth and material purity
| The specialist for magnet and sensor technology wants to present pioneering sorting solutions at IFAT 2018.
RECOUP Leading the 2018 Plastics Recycling Challenges
| RECOUP support continues to grow with leading sorting technology provider Bühler UK Limited being the latest to join the ranks and hosting the first 2018 member meeting.
Fead: Setting the right framework conditions?
| FEAD members welcome the publication of the Plastics Strategy as a step forward for designing a new vision for plastics as part of the transition to a circular economy. The provisionally agreed Circular Economy Package will certainly also contribute by setting legally binding targets for recycling and landfill diversion.
European Plastics Recycler: Strategy highlights the way forward
| The European plastics recycling industry welcomes and fully supports the Plastics Strategy published by the European Commission.
