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Consumer Goods Firm Partners with TOMRA, Veolia, SUEZ, RECOUP and Viridor Tuesday, 14:05 Unilever to Roll Out Pigment to Increase Recycling of Black Plastic HDPE Packaging Anglo-Dutch Consumer goods giant, Unilever, is to phase in the use of a new detectable black pigment for its High Density Polyethelyne (HDPE) bottles for its brands, TRESemmé and Lynx, so they can be detected by recycling plant scanners and sorted for recycling. read more …
EuroCommerce’s Christian Verschueren on Plastic Reduction Tuesday, 12:30 Retailers Welcome Single Use Plastic Directive but Call for Better Waste Infrastructure Christian Verschueren, director o general of EuroCommerce, a trade body representing some 6 million retail, wholesale, and other trading companies, has called for a more robust waste management infrastructure. read more …
Second Year of Annual Awards Takes Place in Amsterdam 16.04.2019 14:50 Seven Winners Announced at Plastics Recycling Show Europe 2019 The winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2019 were announced today at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe, held at the RAI Amsterdam in The Netherlands. read more …
Only Major Nationally Distributed Bottled Water Made Using 100% Recycled Plastic 11.04.2019 11:47 Nestlé Waters Wins ISRI’s 2019 Design for Recycling Award In recognition of its use of recycled plastic and its product design centred on recycling, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries has named Nestlé Waters North America as its 2019 Design for Recycling Award winner. read more …
Bottles, Food Packaging & Cigarette Butts Major Plastic Waste Pollutants 08.04.2019 14:00 Report Identifies Top 10 Plastic Pollutants in Europe’s Rivers & Lakes The top 10 types of consumer plastics polluting European freshwater lakes and rivers have been identified in a new report from Earthwatch Europe and Plastic Oceans UK. read more …
“The Aim of Recycling is Changing” 27.03.2019 14:51 COMMENT: Keep It Simple When it Comes to Kerbside Recycling Collections Richard McKinlay, Axion’s Head of Circular Economy, has called for residential kerbside recycling collections tp focus on consistent quality if the UK is to boost plastics recycling rates and meet current targets. read more … Three-Year Initiative to Cut Waste in Atlanta 26.03.2019 16:19 $4m Atlanta Program from The Recycling Partnership & The Coca-Cola Foundation Backed by The Coca-Cola Foundation, The Recycling Partnership is launching a three-year $4 million program that will improve access to recycling, and is hoped to dramatically increase the capture of more quality recyclable items in the City of Atlanta. read more … 2bn Bottle Per Year Recycling Plant Progressing in Pennsylvania 26.03.2019 14:56 Starlinger Plastic Recycling Tech for CarbonLITE’s Third Bottle-to-Bottle Plant Austrian plastic recycling equipment manufacturer, Starlinger recycling technology, will deliver PET recycling lines with a total installed capacity of 5.4 TPA for CarbonLITE’s new site in Pennsylvania. read more … Meeting the New German Packaging Act 15.03.2019 15:46 STEINERT & Christian Hündgen on Germany’s Largest Packaging Recycling Facility Germany’s largest approved single site for recycling post-consumer packaging, commissioned by company owner Christian Hündgen and recycling equipment manufacturer STEINERT. Here the two discuss their collaborated to comply with new packaging legislation. read more … Over 80% of people say they would use reverse vending machines 15.03.2019 15:23 Veolia and LEON pilot deposit return scheme to solve on the go recycling Veolia has teamed up with health conscious fast food chain LEON to deploy a reverse vending machine designed to accept plastic bottles and aluminium at King’s Cross in central London. read more … Aim to Achieve 70% Recycling Rate for Plastic Packaging by 2025 28.02.2019 14:36 Strategic Partnership Between WRAP & OPRL to Meet Recycling Targets WRAP and OPRL have entered into a strategic partnership which sets out how the two organisations will work together towards meeting the UK’s recycling targets. read more … South Dakota Recycling Facility to Send Paper to WestRock Mill 26.02.2019 14:22 Millennium Recycling Adds Paper Cups to Single Stream System Millennium Recycling, Inc., a material recycling facility in Sioux Falls, South Dakota has added paper cups to its recycling list through a partnership with the Foodservice Packaging Institute. read more …
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