R-Cycle wins the German Sustainability Award 2021
R-Cycle - the digital product passport for sustainable plastics - receives the German Sustainability Award 2021 in the "Packaging" category.
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Beverage industry needs priority access to its recycled plastic material to close the bottle loop
The non-alcoholic beverage industry, Natural Mineral Waters Europe and UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe, calls on the European Commission for “priority access” to its recycled plastic material, or a similar mechanism that guarantees “right of first refusal”, to be incorporated in the upcoming revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive.
DSM and SABIC combine efforts to create recycled-based Dyneema
Royal DSM, a global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, and SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, today announced a collaboration to create recycled-based Dyneema.
Südpack is committed to a sustainable packaging industry
Approximately 65 editors and business journalists registered and logged in to the first virtual Südpack press conference on 7 July 2021.
KHS Group publishes its fourth voluntary sustainability report
The new KHS sustainability report has been published under the title of Global responsibility – acting reliably and with foresight.
GEA signs on to the UNEP Cool Coalition for sustainable cooling technology
GEA Refrigeration Technologies, the GEA division specializing in industrial refrigeration, has joined the Cool Coalition led by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
Sustainability only works with digitalisation
At the live e-symposium 2021, Engel is bridging the gap between two major trends of our time, digitalisation and sustainability.
Fraunhofer, SABIC and Procter & Gamble join forces in closed-loop recycling pilot project
Fraunhofer Institute UMSICHT, SABIC and Procter & Gamble (P&G) today announced their collaboration in an innovative circular economy pilot project which aimed to demonstrate the feasibility of closed-loop recycling of single-use facemasks.
New photovoltaic rooftop array to provide power to Borealis location in Monza
Borealis announces that it is installing its first solar photovoltaic (PV) rooftop array for the generation of electricity for production purposes at an own plant.
A track-proven tire with 46% sustainable content
At the 2021 Movin’On Summit, Michelin is set to unveil a racing tire containing 46% sustainable materials, fitted to the GreenGT Mission H24 hydrogen-powered prototype developed for endurance racing.
Stadler builds the integrated sorting line for the Life4Film project
The Life4Film project has the objective of preventing the disposal of plastic film in landfill sites, and recovering this material. FCC Medio Ambiente coordinates the project and operates the pilot plant located in the “La Ecocentral” complex in Alhendín, near Granada, Spain.
RadiciGroup and Versalis committed to sustainable logistics
Lower CO2 emissions, energy saving and greater safety: these are the key objectives of the new railway siding constructed on the Versalis plant site in Mantua and put into service a few weeks ago to transport KA oil to Radici Chimica SpA in Novara.
