Plastics

The shredder-extruder recycling technology provider PURE LOOP has added new system types to its ISEC evo series and now offers high output alternatives in the medium to high throughput range.

Borealis and Neste have announced a strategic co-operation to accelerate circularity and bioeconomy in plastics.

The findings of an independent laboratory testing of ‘EcoLam High Plus’ technology show it is consistent with recycling.

With landfills swelling and the ocean suffering, it has become easy to find one area to blame. Plastic has become the new target, alongside many years fossil fuel usage being highlighted as another culprit. But how accurate is this sour sentiment towards plastic?

As part of a joint effort with Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE), Verdex Technologies has developed innovative technology that can take recycled PET carpet (and bottles) and turn them into an array of nonwoven products such as apparel, filtration and acoustical products to name a few.

A vineyard drip tube recycling program in South Australia is proving the viability of the circular economy for an increasingly sustainable wine industry.

At K 2019 Rapid Granulator wants to unveil a new slow speed granulator in Hall 9, Booth: E19.

Finnish company Neste, provider of renewable diesel and renewable aviation fuel, has opened a new office in Düsseldorf, Germany, to serve as the global hub for its Renewable Polymers and Chemicals business unit.

The European Commission is still proposing to EU Member States the introduction of a national contribution based on unrecycled plastics packaging for the period 2021 – 2027.

Twenty innovation projects have joined forces to boost European Union efforts towards a circular economy for plastics.

With the aim of making used PET bottles and other plastic waste a valuable resource, Krones AG and Stadler Anlagenbau GmbH have joined forces in a partnership.