Mondi partners with SalzburgMilch and SPAR to reduce plastic waste from food packaging
Leading packaging and paper manufacturer, Mondi, is launching a fully recyclable 80% paper-based packaging solution for cold meats and cheese.
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Now Finnish recyclers can return over 100 drink containers in one go
Recyclers in Finland can for the first time ever pour over 100 empty beverage containers into a reverse vending machine in one go, rather than inserting them one by one, following today’s launch in the country of the Tomra R1 by global reverse vending leader Tomra.
Siegwerk joins Project STOP to combat plastic pollution in Indonesia
Siegwerk actively supports the creation of sustainable waste management systems in Indonesia to eliminate leakage of plastics into the environment underlining its strong commitment to actively drive the realization of a global circular packaging industry.
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.
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.
Greenhouse gas emissions halved predicts life cycle assessment of recycled polystyrene from Ineos Styrolution
Ineos Styrolution has today announced first results of a life cycle assessment (LCA) analysis for depolymerised styrene according to the ISO 14040 and ISO 14044 standards.
New report with 33 expert tips on circular IT management
The new report from TCO Development, the organization behind the global leading sustainability certification for IT products TCO Certified, explains how everyone who buys and uses IT products can implement circular and more sustainable practices.
Waste is an old-fashioned concept, says Tomra
It is no wonder then that Earth Overshoot Day – marking the day when the demand for natural resources goes beyond the earth’s annual capacity to generate them – is creeping forward earlier and earlier each year.
Plastics recyclers cease production
Recyclates demand impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID - 19: Is the future more plastic?
Now, while we are fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, plastics use is increasing again. But, while the pandemic is just temporary, plastic pollution will be long lasting, says Dr Fengwei (David) Xie from WMG, University of Warwick.
Furniture upholstery from recycled marine waste
Tessutica produces furniture upholstery from recycled marine waste with Greencare.
Vecoplan wins the Red Dot Award for its new VEZ 3200 pre-shredder
Vecoplan AG’s new VEZ 3200 is one of this year’s winners of the Red Dot Award for Product Design.
