Indorama acquires PET recycling facilities in Poland
Indorama Ventures would like to inform that it has signed a Conditional Share Purchase Agreement on 3rd August 2020 to acquire a 100% equity stake of Industrie Maurizio Peruzzo Polowat
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Plastics, pandemic and the green recovery
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought with it a wave of consequences for areas such as health, the global economy, the environment, and supply chains.
Innovation leader Südpack drives advances in chemical recycling
There is growing pressure in industry and society to improve the recyclability of plastics and to establish a closed-loop recycling system for this highly versatile packaging material.
KHS and Alpla Group develop returnable PET bottle
“Reduce, reuse, recycle”: for the KHS Group these three pillars of sustainability are a composite part of its corporate philosophy. The manufacturer of filling and packaging technology consistently focuses on resource-saving, recycling-friendly systems and solutions.
Project STOP: Construction starts on waste processing facility in Bali
The Government of Jembrana Regency, in Northwest Bali, today commemorated the ground-breaking for a new waste processing facility.
EuPC: plastic tax is a danger for the EU single market & recovery
With its latest agreement on the new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and coronavirus recovery fund, the European Council has also approved the implementation of the so-called plastic tax as of the 1st of January 2021.
The proposed tax should motivate to actions towards the Circular Economy
The last meeting of the European Council ended with decisions that will have major implications for the plastics processing industry, writes Tomasz Mikulski, of ML Polyolefins.
Could pyrolysis help the world overcome its plastic waste problem?
The world has a problem with plastic waste. Despite global plastic production continuing to accelerate, recycling rates remain stubbornly low, with only about 15% of the 400 million tonnes of plastic currently produced annually being recycled.
Umac impresses customers with reconditioned recycling plants and components
It does not always have to be new. Previously owned plastics recycling technology made by Erema can also be used to produce stable, top-quality recycled pellets for high-quality new end products.
BASF working toward circularity in recycling of mattresses
BASF has developed a chemical recycling process for used mattresses and is starting pilot tests at the Schwarzheide site in Brandenburg, Germany.
Complete concept for wastewater recycling: up to 80 per cent less water consumption
Between one and three litres per litre of beer or soft drinks, two litres per kilo of PET – during a production operation, very substantial quantities of wastewater are created.
Integrated flake sorting solutions paving the way to increased quality
We all know the issues when it comes to plastic waste. Now more than ever, emphasis is being placed on handling this resource in a responsible, sustainable manner to make sure it can be reused.
