PETnology: Sustainability

July 12, 2017 | Markets | Coca-Cola European Partners | Uxbridge | United Kingdom

New GB sustainable packaging strategy

Coca-Cola European Partners Great Britain unveils new sustainable packaging strategy

Coca-Cola European Partners has today unveiled its new GB sustainable packaging strategy – setting out an ambition for its GB business unit to work with local and national partners to recover all its packaging so that more is recycled and none ends up as litter. At present, only 70% of the cans1 and…

June 22, 2017 | Global themes | DANONE

Danone launches new company signature ‘One Planet. One Health’, with call to action to join the Alimentation Revolution

Danone, one of the world’s leading food companies, today launches a new company signature which reflects its vision that our health is connected with and interdependent on the health of our planet. ‘One Planet. One Health’ is a call to all consumers and everyone who has a stake in food to join the…

June 07, 2017 | Recycling machines | Starlinger & Co. Ges.m.b.H. | Wien

PET bottle-to-bottle recycling

Outstanding PET bottle-to-bottle recycling results on Starlinger line with Nordson Flex Disc melt filter

The Starlinger recoSTAR PET bottle-to-bottle recycling line which has been installed in April 2016 in the plastics recycling facility of Canadian water bottler Ice River Springs in Feversham, Ontario, is delivering excellent production results. Due to Nordson’s BKG® Flex Disc filter cartridge, which…

May 04, 2017 | Management | BASF | Ludwigshafen

BASF joins Ellen MacArthur Foundation initiatives for circular economy

BASF, the world’s leading chemical company, today announced its membership of two Ellen MacArthur Foundation programs, to further advance its existing circular economy solutions. “Circular economy is much more than waste management. It requires substantial changes in terms of behavior and technology…

January 23, 2017 | Recycling processes | CARBIOS | Clermont-Ferrand

CARBIOS: The technical solution for the recycling of opaque PET plastics such as the new milk bottles

CARBIOS, an innovative green chemistry company specializing in enzymatic bioprocesses applied to plastic and textile polymers, comforts the applicative potential of its innovations by making 100% recyclable all household packaging in opaque polyethylene terephthalate (PET) such as the new milk…

January 23, 2017 | Sustainability | Procter & Gamble

Sustainability

P&G’s Head & Shoulders creates world’s first recyclable shampoo bottle made with beach plastic

The Procter & Gamble Company today announced that Head & Shoulders (H&S), the world’s #1 shampoo brand, will produce the world’s first recyclable shampoo bottle made from up to 25% recycled beach plastic. In partnership with recycling experts TerraCycle and SUEZ, this innovation will come to France…

December 06, 2016 | Markets | IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e.V. / Forum PET | Bad Homburg

Germans recycle more and more effectively: Success in PET bottle recycling according to study

Bottle deposits have ensured consistently high recycling rates for PET bottles in Germany according to a new 2015 study on the usage and recycling rates of PET beverage bottles in Germany. PET bottles are recycled at a total of about 93.5 percent, while one-way deposit PET bottles have reached a…

November 14, 2014 | Markets | Amcor Rigid Plastics | Manchester, Mich.

Amcor Rigid Plastics renews national sponsorship of America Recycles Day 2014

In recognition of the event, Amcor plans to engage local communities through its network of 30 manufacturing facilities in the U.S. "Our commitment to Keep America Beautiful and America Recycles Day is one element of our three-pronged approach to boost plastic recycling rates in the U.S.," said…

May 14, 2014 | Management | P.E.T. Engineering | San Vendemiano

P.E.T. Engineering at the Alpstar Workshop

12 pilot regions over the Alpine mountain range are taking part in this European project co-ordinated by the Slovenian Environment Department and P.E.T Engineering has been selected to represent Veneto region together with another six companies.

December 12, 2011 | PET materials | OCTAL | Muscat, Oman

OCTAL: 51 million kg of CO2 emissions reduced in the past year

OCTAL, the world’s leading integrated producer of high-quality PET sheet and resin, presented the results of an independent study today. Thanks to the company’s production method, which is unique in the world, a total of 51 million tons of CO2 emissions were reduced during the production of plastic…

September 27, 2011 | PET processing | OCTAL | Muscat, Oman

OCTAL wins industry with the first ever green plastic sheet

OCTAL has set a new benchmark for packaging with DPETTM - the world’s first green plastic sheet. In addition to massive resources saving in production the carbon footprint is 25 % lower than that of any comparable PET sheet. This means a quantum leap has been achieved in sustainability. The product…