plastics

According to RECOUP, over 492,623 tonnes of plastics packaging was collected from UK households in 2014/15, an increase of around 30,000 tonnes or 6% on the previous year.

The World Plastics Council (WPC) welcomes that the leaders of the G-7, at their recent summit in Germany, have defined a bold action plan to reduce marine litter.

During the EuPC General Assembly in Warsaw, EuPC launched a Strategic Alliance for Polymer Supplies in Europe. This Alliance was formed in response to a recent series of force majeure declarations by some of the leading EU polymer suppliers leading to shortage of material on the European market and is the consequence of very unhappy plastics converters that do not wish to see this repeated in the future.

Erema, headquartered in Ansfelden, Austria, has achieved a record turnover figure of EUR 115 million for the 2014/15 fiscal year.

Petcore Europe, the Brussels based association representing the PET value chain in Europe, elected its new President Mark Kenrick from Lotte Chemical UK Ltd.

North American plastic recyling company Cedar Poly LLC recently commissioned a plastic washing system from Lindner washTech which enabled them to significantly boost both capacity and product quality.

Quality recycling and sorting have been the focal point of the Plastic Recyclers Europe (PRE) Annual Meeting 2014 which took place on the 20th and 21st of November in Brussels.

The first General Assembly of the World Plastics Council (WPC) was held to define key areas the Council will address. During the assembly, Mosaed Al Ohali, current Executive Vice President Polymers of Sabic, was elected as the new Chairman of WPC.

The French chemistry company Carbios, who is specializing in technologies dedicated to the recovery of plastic waste and the production of bio-polymers, has presented its first half results for 2014