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Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
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Coperion and Coperion K-Tron at K 2022

High-Efficiency Technologies for Processing and Recycling Plastics

2022-07-18 extrusion

Husky takes the lead on enabling the circularity of PET

Husky Technologies, a pioneering technology provider enabling the delivery of essential needs to the global community, announced the introduction of its revolutionary HyPET HPP5e Recycled Melt to Preform (RMTP) system.

2022-05-26 technologies

SABIC launches new upcycled resin made with ocean-bound plastic waste

SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, today introduced LNP ELCRIN WF0061BiQ resin, a novel material that uses ocean-bound polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles as a feed stream for chemical upcycling into polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) resin.

2022-05-25 ecology

Gold sustainability award for rPET packaging loop

Out of 440 entries from 37 countries, the "rPET School Milk Cup Project" from Upper Austria won the Sustainability Award in GOLD as the world's most sustainable packaging solution - beating out packaging made of cardboard, glass, aluminium and paper.

2022-05-19 recycling

Erema Group: Growing revenues, plant sizes and production capacities

The EREMA Group closed the 2021/22 financial year with a 17 percent increase in revenue. Consolidated Group revenue amounted to EUR 295 million, and the number of employees increased to over 840.

2022-05-12 recycling

Plastics Recycling Show Europe publishes conference programme

The organisers of Plastics Recycling Show Europe, taking place at RAI Amsterdam, the Netherlands on 22-23 June 2022, have published the event’s full conference programme.

2022-05-10 polymer industry

Starlinger recycling technology for Australia’s largest PET recycling plant

The recently opened Circular Plastics Australia PET recycling facility in Albury-Wodonga, New South Wales, is equipped with a recoSTAR PET 215 HC iV+ PET bottle-to-bottle recycling line from Starlinger that produces 2.5 tons of rPET per hour.

2022-05-05 technologies

Alpla and Vöslauer reduce carbon footprint with returnable PET

The Alpla Group, the global packaging solutions and recycling specialist, has developed a new returnable PET bottle together with Vöslauer, Austria’s leading company in the mineral water market.

2022-05-05 packagings

Solvay and Carbios demonstrate enzymatic depolymerization in PET/PVDC barrier film

Unique recycling technology helps the industry close the loop on PVDC-coated PET films.

2022-05-04 recycling

Mondi has food industry wrapped with two sustainable packaging launches

Two tray packaging products provide recyclable options for fresh food manufacturers and can help to reduce food waste.

2022-04-26 packagings

Breaking the bottlenecks of recycled plastic content

Brand owners and packaging converters in the plastics industry are facing major bottlenecks in recycled content availability.

2022-04-25 recycling

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.

2022-04-07 extrusion