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MATTRESS INDUSTRY
The Netherlands leads the way in Europe for mattress recycling / Rapid progress in chemical recycling projects / Europur report
27.01.2021
ALPLA
Packaging producer spends over EUR 5m on rPET extrusion system in Italy
27.01.2021
SABIC
Recycling unit with Plastic Energy set to enter construction phase
25.01.2021
BOREALIS
German pilot plant for mechanical recycling / Project for post-consumer recyclates with Tomra
22.01.2021
PLASTICS RECYCLING CHINA
Unilever and online trading giant Alibaba to cooperate in China / Over 500 reverse vending machines
22.01.2021
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE
Recycling capacity of 8.5m t in Europe / PET, LDPE, HDPE and PP frontrunners
21.01.2021
CELLUGY
Sugar-based barrier seen as alternative to PE coatings for packaging
21.01.2021
PACKAGING RECYCLING AUSTRIA
Coronavirus pressures 2020 results / Plastics packaging shows 1% increase / Stable tariffs
20.01.2021
AGILYX
Progress for recycling facility in Japan
20.01.2021
RECYCLING UK
Operational recycling capacity of BPF members seen at 74% in 2021 / Government funding needed for reclaim infrastructure / UK trade group publishes first sustainability report
19.01.2021
RESEARCH
Scientists reveal details of project on mixed plastics recycling and a new wood-derived polymer solution
15.01.2021
PLASTICS WASTE
New rules on exports from the EU in effect / Notification required for shipping hazardous material / Amendment to Basel Convention
14.01.2021
AGILYX
Feasibility study with Braskem for plastics recycling project in North America
14.01.2021
BEVERAGE CARTONS
Recycling rate of multi-layer packaging formats dips when calculated using new EU rules / EU guidance to come into force in June 2022 / Research commissioned by Zero Waste Europe
13.01.2021
CHEMICAL RECYCLING
Analysis of chemical recycling's potential / Pros and cons versus mechanical route / Smithers report
12.01.2021
PKN ORLEN
Billions invested in petrochemicals and recycling / Polish group enters compounding business
12.01.2021
SWITZERLAND
Parliament discusses tax on single-use plastic packaging / Action called for in 2025
11.01.2021
RECYCLING
(Petro)chemical instead of mechanical – or perhaps in addition to? / The future of material recycling for plastic packaging / Pyrolysis, solvolysis and other methods at a glance
08.01.2021
NESTE
Acquisition of minority stake in US chemical recycling technology firm Alterra / Financial details not disclosed
07.01.2021
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL
License agreement with Axens / “Atol” ethanol-to-ethylene process picked for waste-to-polyolefins project in Japan
06.01.2021
MARINE LITTER
Ocean Cleanup partners “Interceptor” production / Sunglasses from ocean plastics waste
05.01.2021
NESTE
Milestone industrial scale trial of plastics waste conversion
04.01.2021
DOW
Extension of partnership in Kenya to tackle plastics waste / Collaboration with PIL to improve silage storage
04.01.2021
STADLER
Test and innovation centre opens in Slovenia / Focus on plastics recycling
04.01.2021
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS
German Bundestag confirms ban on plastic bags / Consumption of 18 plastic bags per person in 2019
23.12.2020
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