New Facility to Recycle 2.5 billion PET Bottles per Year 2020-10-23 12:43:48 ‘CarbonLITE Opens ‘World’s Largest’ Bottle-to-Bottle Recycling Plant in Pennsylvania In Reading, Pennsylvania, PET bottle recycler, CarbonLITE Holdings LLC, has begun production at its new plant, claimed to be the largest standalone bottle-to-bottle recycling facility in the world. read more ...
Nova School of Business & Economics launch deposit return scheme 2020-10-21 15:15:30 Portuguese University Kicks Off Campus Recycling with TOMRA Deposit Return System TOMRA and the Nova School of Business & Economics (SBE) in Cascais, outside Lisbon, have partnered to launch a deposit return scheme for greater on-campus recycling and sustainability. read more ...
10,000 TPA PET Recycling Plant Receives £2.6m Government Funding 2020-10-16 11:42:22 UKRI Grant for Poseidon Plastics’ Chemical Recycling Plant for PET in Teesside Redcar, UK based Poseidon Plastics has been awarded a £2.6 million grant from UK Research and Innovation, the national science and research funding agency, as part of its Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging challenge. read more ...
Collaboration to Spearhead Technology to Enhance the Circularity of Plastics 2020-08-27 16:15:18 Packaging Firm Sealed Air Invests in Advanced Recycling Company Plastic Energy Charlotte, North Carolina based packaging firm, Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE: SEE) has signed a collaboration agreement with advanced plastic recycling technology firm, Plastic Energy’s parent company, Plastic Energy Global. read more ...
Working with Brand Owners and Recyclers to Achieve Recyclability Goals 2020-08-21 16:24:04 APR Publishes PE Film Critical Guidance and Test Documents A new testing protocol that determines whether film packaging is compatible with the current recycling infrastructure in North America has been developed by the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR). read more ...
OPRL Extends its Collaboration with Waste Industry 2020-08-11 12:15:12 Veolia First to Join On-Pack Recycling Label’s New Waste Management Company Category Waste and recycling giant, Veolia, has become the first company to join the On-Pack Recycling Label scheme under the recently introduced Waste Management Company membership category. read more ... Recyclability Evaluation Protocol to Establish Compatibility of Products with Recycling Systems 2020-06-16 12:50:10 New Protocol for Measuring the Recyclability of PP Containers From RecyClass RecyClass, a cross-industry plastic recycling initiative, has published its Recyclability Evaluation Protocol for PP (polypropylene) in a guidance for carrying out laboratory analysis of the various design features of rigid packaging made from PP resin. read more ... Latest PRN Data from Environment Agency shows 48% Increase Over May 2019 2020-06-11 13:51:56 Lockdown Drives Spike in Aluminium Packaging Collected for Recycling in UK According to data released by the Environment Agency yesterday, 17,066 tonnes of aluminium packaging were collected for recycling in the UK last month (May) – an increase of 48% compared to the same period in 2019. read more ... Plastics Recyclers Europe Aims to Drive Quality Recycling of Plastics 2020-05-29 12:23:25 PRE: New Guidelines on the Characterisation of Recycling Input With the aim of at encouraging the increasing quality of plastics recycling, trade association, Plastics Recyclers Europe, has published its input characterisation guiding requirements based on the expertise of European plastics recyclers, read more ... Rick Hindley on Maintaining High Reprocessing Rates to Create New Packaging 2020-04-23 14:24:26 Alupro: Recycling Industry Showing Resilience in Face of Virus Rick Hindley, executive director at Alupro, explores the impact of COVID-19 on kerbside recycling collections and discusses the importance of maintaining high reprocessing rates to create essential packaging materials. read more ... Plastics Converters Call for Focus on Returning Economy & Society to Normality 2020-04-23 11:12:49 VIDEO: EuPC Urge Delay on Single-Use Plastics Directive Until Pandemic Eases With the pandemic wreaking havoc across Europe, not only on national economies but also on societies, communities, EuPC, the EU-level trade association of European plastics converters, is calling for the Single-Use Plastics Directive to be postponed until the situation normalises. read more ... Automated Plant for Sorting PET Bottles & Aluminium Cans from Return System 2020-04-09 15:25:35 STADLER Commissions Can & Bottle Recycling Plant for Dansk Retursystem German recycling equipment manufacturer STADLER has completed commissioning of a new beverage packaging sorting plant for Dansk Retursystem in Taastrup, Denmark. read more ...
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