Breaking the bottlenecks of recycled plastic content
Brand owners and packaging converters in the plastics industry are facing major bottlenecks in recycled content availability.
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
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EFSA-compliant process produces food-safe sheet from PET recyclate
Reifenhäuser Cast Sheet Coating has developed a particularly efficient production process that allows PET recyclate to be processed directly into food-safe sheet without an upstream drying process.
Sidel strengthens commitment to FHPC markets
Today, Sidel reaffirmed its ambition to help FHPC brands meet sustainability goals and stay competitive as it announced the appointment of a new global vice president
Klӧckner Pentaplast adds rPET/PET capacity
Klӧckner Pentaplast adds rPET/PET capacity to Beaver site to further grow sustainable healthcare and food packaging market in North America
It’s ready, steady, go … for recycled content and the Plastic Packaging Tax
The tax on the production and import of plastic packaging with less than 30% PCR (post-consumer recycled content) comes into force on April 1, 2022.
With Kreyenborg’s new technology, odor-contaminated post-consumer plastics get “second life”!
Kreyenborg has developed sustained, high-level expertise in plastics recycling, with solutions for decontamination of PCR-PET, crystallization, drying, and heating of bulk materials, using infrared technology.
AMUT successfully contributes to Viridor’s green ambitions
In 2020 AMUT was selected by UK-based Viridor, one of the global leading actors embodying the circular economy philosophy, for its world class polymer recycling facility.
Strengthening the partnership: Sidel and Bickford’s Australia
Sidel supported Bickford’s Australia with rapid remote line conversion and maintenance on their Aseptic line
Ninth SFXmagnus rotary filtration system commissioned at MP3 in Italy
ABS/PMMA sheet manufacturer future proofs its extrusion lines by retrofitting them with rotary filtration systems for processing regrind
ALPLA expands its PET recycling capacity in Germany
The packaging and recycling specialist acquires Texplast and the joint venture PET Recycling Team Wolfen
Hygienic shields become high-quality recycling resources
Krall provides disposers and collecting points with a comfortable possibility to return used hygienic shields for infection protection, as well as corresponding production residues to a sustainable, environmentally friendly reuse saving both resources and costs
Competek: a new successful project for Molson Coors Beverage Company
To further strengthen its presence on the Bulgarian market, the group decided to give a modern twist to its local beer brands by revamping their PET packaging and Competek resulted to be the perfect partner for the project.
