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BIOPLASTICS
Austrian recycler Ecoplast sceptical about bags made of degradable plastics / “Material cannot be recycled”
21.09.2011
PHILIPPINES
New programme to exchange plastic scraps for rice / Battling garbage and malnutrition at once
14.09.2011
CHINA
3.8m t of plastic scraps imported in H1 2011 / EU is largest source / Efforts to clean up plastics recycling increase
08.09.2011
MAUSER NCG
Expanding HDPE-based packaging recycling activities in Brazil
08.09.2011
RECYCLING
EPRO working group established to identify solutions for agricultural plastic waste disposal / No pan-European legislation / “Lack of sustainable options”
07.09.2011
ICELAND
Southwestern city of Reykjavík to introduce new bins to sort domestic garbage
30.08.2011
GREEN PACKAGING
Global demand to reach USD 212 bn in 2015 / Asia Pacific region to see largest gains / Freedonia report
26.08.2011
AXION
Recycled composite selected for Trinidad boardwalk
15.08.2011
UK RECYCLING
Closed Loop to recycle plastic waste from London Tube / Joint initiative with Bywaters and GLA
15.08.2011
UK PACKAGING WASTE
Municipal waste stream contains 3% flexible packaging / 80% landfilled in 2010 / Increasing presence of laminates
11.08.2011
GARB OIL & POWER
Joint venture for e-waste recycling plant in Italy
11.08.2011
ENVAL
Kraft Foods joins consortium to co-fund first commercial-scale plant for recycling plastic and aluminium laminate waste
10.08.2011
BOTTLE RECYCLING
Plastics recycler ECO Plastics complains that quality of plastic waste in the UK has deteriorated / Financial loss for local authorities
09.08.2011
AXION
Joint venture with India's Sicut to produce railroad ties from recycled plastics / US technology licence
25.07.2011
ALPLA
Polish subsidiary PRT Radomsko reportedly planning PET recycling facility
22.07.2011
PET RECYCLING
SPI and NAPCOR announce grant for PET thermoform recycling programmes
20.07.2011
SOUTH AFRICA
Plastics recycling rate of 18% / Packaging, PE lead / Industry needs to be “more professional”
13.07.2011
ASSOCIATIONS
Leading European plastics groups join hands to cooperate on composites recycling and sustainability
12.07.2011
PLASTIC PACKAGING
Recycling rates continue to rise in EU / German-speaking Europe boasts highest recycling volumes / Still room to grow / Europen report
07.07.2011
UK RECYCLING
Government waste policy review receives lukewarm response from recycler ECO Plastics / Critical of recycling incentive schemes
23.06.2011
ESTONIA
Rexest opens first mixed plastics recycling plant / Flake converted into construction materials
16.06.2011
E&E RECYCLING
Majors join forces to create home appliance recycling business in China / Advanced technologies
01.06.2011
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Move to switch country to biodegradable plastic bags by 2013 / Suppliers should apply for product approval
31.05.2011
RECYCLATE PRICES
Pekutherm: Plastic scrap prices reach highest peak since 1985
25.05.2011
PET PACKAGING
US trade group NAPCOR warns against using degradable additives / Insufficient data on side effects for PET recycling
16.05.2011
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