1:16 min Digitization, Asia Pacific, Sorting and collection
Digital sorting

DataBeyond unveils Asia's largest unmanned AI sorting center

DataBeyond, a provider in AI-powered intelligent sorting equipment, recently ...
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2:00 min Asia Pacific, Sorting and collection
DRS

Singapore becomes the first Southeast Asian nation to launch a nationwide deposit return scheme

Singapore becomes the first country in Southeast Asia to implement a nationwide ...
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1:44 min Management, Asia Pacific
Expansion

Packaging solutions for the Philippines: ALPLA opens plant in Calamba City

ALPLA is opening its first base plant in the Philippines, thereby expanding its ...
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1:34 min Asia Pacific, Bottle Washing Machines
Expansion

Herbold Meckesheim delivers second PET washing line to Doğa PET, expanding recycling capacity in Türkiye

Herbold Meckesheim has been commissioned by Turkish recycling company Doğa PET to ...
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1:50 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Asia Pacific
Investment

Norfund: Expanding PET plastic recycling in Vietnam

Norfund is investing USD 4 million to support CPC’s scaling of industrial PET ...
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1:37 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Asia Pacific
Certification

Japan has granted the first certification under the Design Certification Scheme based on the Plastic Resource Circulation Promotion Act

On Tuesday, 10 February 2026, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ...
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1:25 min Cosmetics & Medical, Sustainability & Circular Economy, Asia Pacific
Initiative

Japan: Otsuka Pharmaceutical begins rollout of PET bottles made from 100% recycled PET resin aiming to realize a decarbonized and circular society

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Otsuka) will begin a nationwide rollout of PET ...
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2:10 min Management, Asia Pacific
Expansion

TOMRA appointed a network operator role in Singapore's upcoming Beverage Container Return Scheme, opens new office

The operator for Singapore’s upcoming Beverage Container Return Scheme (BCRS) has ...
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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.
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3:40 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Asia Pacific
Ban

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

South Korea will prohibit manufacturers and retailers from attaching labels to bottled drinking water from 1 January 2026 to reduce plastic use by more than 2,200 tonnes a year.
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