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Plastic Recycling

TOMRA achieves worldwide industry first with groundbreaking food-grade plastics sorting solution

Leading global sorting solutions provider, TOMRA Recycling, has announced the launch of three revolutionary applications to separate food-grade from non-food-grade plastics for PET, PP and HDPE. The breakthrough was made possible by the company's intensive research and development in deep learning, a subset of AI.

Mar 28, 2024

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Plastic Recycling

Vecoplan shredder solution at YS Reclamation

YS Reclamation has installed a Vecoplan Shredder at their plastic film recycling operation in Warrington, UK.
Mar 7, 2024

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Plastic Recycling

LDPE film recycling with WEIMA shredder at RKW in Belgium

RKW produces a wide range of polyethylene films (LDPE films). At the Hoogstraten site in Belgium, the company has recently started using a...
Feb 27, 2024

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Report suggests material bans and exemptions may be in breach of EU law

Plastic packaging producers want to remove material-specific rules in PPWR

With the proposed Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) the EU aims to reduce packaging waste. But now a legal assessment...
Feb 22, 2024

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Plastic Recycling

INSERPLASA faces the current challenges in plastics recycling with modern sorting technologies from STEINERT

Since its humble beginnings, INSERPLASA has made itself a pioneer in plastics recycling in Spain through innovation, adaptability and...
Feb 16, 2024

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Recycling

Site Zero: How a Swedish plastic sorting plant is changing plastic recycling.

Site Zero, a state-of-the-art plastics sorting facility in Motala, Sweden, was opened by Svensk Plaståtervinning in November. The plant,...
Jan 18, 2024

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Recycling

Site Zero: this is the world's largest plastic sorting plant

Svensk Plaståtervinning recently opened the world's largest plastic sorting plant "Site Zero" in Motala, Sweden. State-of-the-art equipment...
Jan 5, 2024

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Waste Regulation

A position for the wrong century: European Parliament's vote on the PPWR

The European Parliament’s latest round of voting on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) reflects a stance that is behind...
Nov 27, 2023

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Plastic Waste

The top plastic polluters 2022

In its annual report Break Free From Plastic ranked the world's biggest plastic polluters. Here is what the researchers found.
Nov 7, 2023

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NGO report:

Paper-based food packaging at the centre of Europe’s waste crisis

A new report shines a light on single-use paper packaging revealing that it is not a sustainable alternative to single-use plastics, it...
Sep 21, 2023

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Plastic recycling

Sirmax collaborates with design brand Arper to create a collection of sustainable chairs

At Plast 2023 in Milan, Sirmax recycled plastic brings the Arper "Aava 02" chair to life. The Pauda-based plastics company has...
Sep 7, 2023

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Plastic Pollution

TOMRA CEO joins panel discussion on UN Global Plastics Treaty in Vietnam

TOMRA was recently invited to the National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP) Plastic Talks in Ha Noi, Vietnam. The company's CEO and...
Sep 5, 2023

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Plastic recycling

Fully recyclable fiber composite plastics for the circular economy

Turning the plastics industry into a circular economy requires innovation. The All-Polymer project aimed to develop fully recyclable...
Aug 29, 2023

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Flame retardant polypropylene-based compound

Sirmax accelerates the production of its self-extinguishing compound

Italian company Sirmax has developed new formulations of self-extinguishing, low-toxic, high-tech plastic compounds. The compound can be...
Jul 31, 2023

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Plastic Recycling

New study: Recycling and circularity of flexible plastics will continue to grow

A new study sees strong growth potential for the recycling and circularity of flexible plastics. The report is published by Plastics...
Jul 12, 2023

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Plastic Recycling

TOMRA partners with INEOS Styrolution and EGN to recycle post-consumer polystyrene waste into food contact polystyrene

TOMRA, the world leader in waste transformation; INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics; and EGN Entsorgungsgesellschaft...
Jul 5, 2023

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Single-use beverage containers

New study: EU disposable beverage packaging industry unlikely to meet climate targets

According to a study commissioned by Zero Waste Europe the European single-use beverage container industry will have a hard time achieving...
Jun 23, 2023

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Circular Economy

UN plastic pollution talks: Moving forward to a legally binding instrument

From 29 May to 2 June, international stakeholders came together in Paris to discuss a global treaty to end plastic pollution. ISWA’s Nancy...
Jun 14, 2023

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EU recycling targets

Austria is a model country for recycling

The EU Commission gives Austria a good report card. The country is "well on the way to achieving the 2025 targets". In some areas, the...
Jun 12, 2023

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Plastic Waste

State-of-the-art sorting of light packaging

Eggersmann Anlagenbau GmbH has completed a processing plant for light packaging waste (LPW) in the province of Liège on commission from the...
Jun 12, 2023

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Plastic Waste

TOMRA and Plastretur plan first plant for plastic packaging sorting in Norway

TOMRA and Plastretur sign Joint Venture to create Norway's first dedicated sorting facility to enable the closed-loop recycling of plastic...
Jun 9, 2023

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Plastic Waste

ISWA report: How to beat plastic pollution

At the recent second session of the INC, the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) presented a new report highlighting the key...
Jun 7, 2023

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