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Global themes
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Carbios
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Clermont-Ferrand
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France
Scale-up
Carbios accelerates its industrial development
- This industrial scale-up is supported by the excellent results obtained at the demonstration plant, which launched in September 2021
- Two world-class PET producers have been shortlisted to host the reference unit operating Carbios’ technology and the final choice of a European site will soon be…
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Global themes
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Greiner Packaging
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Kremsmünster
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Austria
Prize
WorldStar Award 2022 for school milk packaging made from 100% r-PET
New year, new accolade: The World Packaging Organisation has announced the winners of the WorldStar Awards 2022. Among them was a joint project between Austria’s school milk producers and three Upper Austrian companies (PET-MAN, Greiner Packaging, and Starlinger Viscotec), which involved producing…
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Global themes
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Faerch
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Holstebro
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Denmark
rPET
Faerch launches fully circular packaging solution for the Foodservice market
To accelerate the industry’s transition towards circularity, leading food packaging supplier, Faerch, is launching Evolve by Faerch into the existing Plaza range as an off the shelf product offer, providing food distributors with a fully circular alternative to traditional clear PET packaging.
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Global themes
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Pact Group/Cleanaway/Asahi Beverages/Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
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Australia
Expansion
Pact Group, Cleanaway, Asahi Beverages and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners: New recycling plant to be built in Melbourne’s west
A new PET plastic recycling facility will be built in Altona North by a cross-industry partnership, with the facility set to be the largest of its kind in Victoria upon completion.
Pact Group, Cleanaway, Asahi Beverages and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) have formed a joint venture to build…
Pact Group, Cleanaway, Asahi Beverages and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) have formed a joint venture to build…
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Global themes
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Loop Industries
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Montreal, QC
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Canada
PET resin manufacturing
Loop Industries announces selection of Port-Jérôme, in Normandy, France, as site for first European infinite loop manufacturing facility
- facility to support sustainability objectives of european consumer packaged goods companies
- breaking ground of the new facility targeted for 2023 with facility startup and commissioning approximately 18 months later
- infinite loop™ manufacturing model designed to produce 70,000 tonnes of…
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Global themes
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WWF
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Gland
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Switzerland
Statement
Businesses send powerful signal to UN on need for legally binding plastic pollution treaty
- Leading companies and financial institutions call for countries to begin negotiations on a comprehensive, legally binding treaty on plastic pollution.
- This is the first time industry leaders have advocated for such a robust policy, and timing is critical just months before UN member states…
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Global themes
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Anellotech
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Pearl River, NY
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United States
Anellotech's Bio-TCat™ Technology used by Suntory to make 100% bio-PET resin
Anellotech's Bio-TCat™ Technology for Making Bio p-Xylene, Toluene and Benzene from Woody Biomass Is Ready for Commercialization - 100% bio based, polymer-grade p-Xylene produced in Anellotech’s TCat-8® pilot plant has been used by Suntory, a global consumer beverage company, to make 100% bio-PET…
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Global themes
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Indorama Ventures
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Bangkok
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Thailand
Recognition
Indorama Ventures wins “Best Sustainability-Linked Transaction & Best ESG-Linked Financing Deal of the Year” by Alpha Southeast Asia
Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), a global sustainable chemical company, was awarded “Best Sustainability-Linked Transaction & Best ESG-Linked Financing Deal of the Year” for its THB 10 billion Sustainability-Linked Bond (SLB) issued in November 2021.
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Global themes
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Sumitomo (SHI) Demag
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Schwaig
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Germany
AI-based process optimisation
Sumitomo (SHI) - DarWIN research project accelerates multi-manufacturer machine learning
The Fraunhofer spin-off plus10 has been conducting application-oriented research together with the South German Plastics Center SKZ. As part of their DarWIN research project, new AI-based process optimisation tools have been developed specifically targeting injection moulding machines. Sumitomo…
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Global themes
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The Ocean Cleanup
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Rotterdam
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Netherlands
Partnership
The Coca-Cola Company and The Ocean Cleanup join forces in Vietnam to tackle plastic pollution
Coca-Cola Vietnam and The Ocean Cleanup announced that the Can Tho river in Can Tho City has been selected as one of 15 river locations around the world as part of a global partnership between the two organizations to use advanced technology to help stem the tide of plastic pollution entering…
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