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2026-01-09 2:40 min Asia Pacific, Sorting and collection

DRS

Singapore: Launch of deposit return scheme for beverage containers

Reducing waste generation and increasing recycling are key priorities for Singapore. They reduce carbon emissions, save on finite natural resources, and extend the lifespan of Singapore’s only landfill, Semakau Landfill.

2026-01-07 1:14 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Europe

Trial

Coca-Cola: Next generation of multipack without plastic film pilot launches

Coca‑Cola in France and in Germany is piloting one of the Next Generation of ...

2026-01-07 1:33 min Management, Africa

Expansion

Packamama launches in South Africa with Polyoak and Safripol

Packamama has announced the launch of its South African manufacturing operations in collaboration with two of the continent’s market leaders: Safripol, one of South Africa’s leading polymer producers, and Polyoak, one of Southern Africa’s leading packaging manufacturers.

KHS InnoPET TriBlock speeds up PET production at SLMG Beverages in India

LNJ GreenPET and Sumitomo corporation sign MoU for strategic collaboration in r-PET sector

Ester Industries’ Joint Venture ELITe Acquires Strategic Land in Gujarat for India’s First Infinite Loop™ Manufacturing Facility

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PETCO: South Africa forges ahead with recycling, as global plastics treaty stalls

Investment in Recycling

Norfund invests in Mohinani Group to promote rPET in West Africa

Ayuda en Acción, Indorama Ventures and IMG Group launch major recycling partnership to tackle waste crisis in Mali

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Emirates Biotech launches its Embio product range – a new generation of PLA biopolymers made in the Emirates

Reverse Vending Machines

Majid Al Futtaim collaborates with Coca-Cola Middle East and Sparklo furthering its commitment to promoting circular communities

thyssenkrupp Uhde signed a Letter of Intent together with KÖKSAN for the delivery of two polymer plants in Türkiye and Iraq

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Two anniversaries at CHT China factories: 30 years of CHT Dongguan and 15 years of CHT Tianjin

Recycled polyester

Oerlikon Barmag: Demand for high-performance yarns on the rise

Localized sustainable innovation

Henkel launches RecycLab in China to pioneer a new packaging ecosystem

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European Commission: New package of measures to boost circular economy and strengthen Europe's plastic recycling

Environmental legislation

Zero Waste Europe raises concerns about Environmental Omnibus

Automated return machines

Citywide reusable cup system "CopoMais" launches in Lisbon

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South Korea: Bottled water to go label-free from 2026

CARBIOS and Wankai New Materials sign the definitive agreement establishing a strategic partnership to the large-scale deployment of CARBIOS’s PET biorecycling technology in Asia

CARBIOS and Wankai New Materials are committed to the large-scale deployment of CARBIOS’ PET biorecycling technology in Asia

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Chemical Recycling

Aduro Clean Technologies collaborates with ECOCE to advance recycling of flexible plastic packaging in Mexico

SMX brings identity to American plastics as FDA-compliant molecular marking turns rPET into a certified commodity

SMX strikes U.S. partnership to deploy FDA-compliant molecular marking in rPET plastics

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