Dishwasher components made from recycled plastic
Detergent bottles are frequently manufactured using recycled plastic; however, as far as higher value-added applications are concerned, these recyclates have yet to be deployed on a large scale.
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Faerch acquires leading dairy packaging company PACCOR
Faerch to acquire PACCOR Packaging from private equity firm Lindsay Goldberg. The acquisition is yet another important step in the execution of Faerch’s long-term growth plan and in accelerating the industry’s transition towards circular packaging solutions.
Scotland: Deposit return scheme will go live in 2023
The UK’s first deposit return scheme will go live across Scotland on 16 August 2023, helping to recycle billions of bottles and cans every year.
Competek’s packaging optimization
A service designed to improve lightweight and recycled PET solutions.
Erema enters a new dimension with large-scale recycling plants
As the demand for recycled plastics grows, so does the of the machines. This applies to the processing of polyolefins as well as to PET recycling.
Piovan acquires 100% of the American leader IPEG further strengthening its global leadership
The Italian Piovan Group acquires the American IPEG, creating the global leader, with a turn-over of almost half a billion euro, in the field of industrial automation for the processing of virgin and recycled polymers and bioresins. Closing expected within the first quarter of 2022.
Design for Recycling Guidelines for EPS fish boxes and white goods
RecyClass published new Design for Recycling (DfR) guidelines and added them to its free, online RecyClass tool to enable self-assessment of recyclability of expanded polystyrene packaging.
Stadler designs and builds new Gaia and Iren sorting plants in Asti and Parma
As the 2030 Agenda targets loom, environmental service companies are increasingly incorporating in their business plans investments in recycling facilities capable of bringing us closer to the zero waste goal by turning it into secondary raw materials that can be returned to the commercial cycle with minimal waste.
MEWAR Award “Plastics Recycling Company of the Year 2021” given to Consent FZCO
The largest Producer of Polyester (PET) Strapping in Middle East, based in UAE, CONSENT FZCO received the Middle East Waste & Recycling Award.
Mixed waste sorting changing the game at IVAR IKS in Norway
Tomra and a Norwegian waste sorting plant have demonstrated that mixed waste sorting prior to disposal is a superior solution to separate collection.
ML Polyolefins resumed production
After last week's fire of one of the raw material warehouses, ML Polyolefins has resumed production. Following the firefighting operation, full production capacity was reached on 20 November 2021.
Record numbers attend Plastics Recycling Show Europe 2021
The fifth Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE) exhibition and conference held earlier this month in Amsterdam, The Netherlands attracted a record number of visitors and exhibitors from across Europe.
