3:10 min Global themes, Sustainability & Circular Economy
Sustainability

Vanderbilt University commits to achieving zero waste goal by 2030

Vanderbilt has announced its commitment to achieving zero waste by the year 2030 as ...
1:20 min Global themes, Digitization
Plant Design

​​​​​​​​​​​​​Tetra Pak collaborates with Hexagon in Smart Plant Engineering Platform

Virtual design and visualisation of entire plant solutions enables the use of digital twin technology and optimal solutions​ - Tetra Pak, the world’s leading food processing and packaging solutions company, announces a collaboration with Hexagon’s PPM Division, the leading global ...
1:43 min Global themes, Sustainability & Circular Economy
Future Goals

Scotland’s recycling summit

Improving recycling rates with clearer information and labelling and more consistent collection services are among the priorities for action identified at Scotland’s Recycling Summit.
4:40 min Global themes, Sustainability & Circular Economy
Consortium

Companies join forces to help tackle plastic waste with BP’s enhanced recycling technology

New cross-industry consortium to make enhanced recycling of polyester plastics a ...
4:37 min Global themes, Sustainability & Circular Economy
Funding

EGLE and national nonprofit The Recycling Partnership award more than $2M in record-setting grants to support largest expansion of recycling in history of Detroit, additional MI communities

New funds highlight state’s Know It Before You Throw It education campaign that will help Michigan reach goal of doubling state’s recycling rate to 30% by 2025. The City of Detroit is receiving nearly $1 million in grants to support the largest expansion of recycling in the city’s ...
2:19 min Global themes, Sustainability & Circular Economy
Consortium

Alpla joins cross-industry consortium for chemical recycling

Innovative technology enables circularity for difficult-to-recycle PET plastic ...
1:31 min Global themes, Sustainability & Circular Economy
Sustainability

DENR issues guidelines for setting up waste-to-energy facilities

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has issued guidelines on the establishment and operation of waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities for the treatment of municipal solid waste (MSW) in the country.
2:30 min Global themes, Sustainability & Circular Economy
Recycling

The REWE Group introduces 100 percent recycled plastic bottles for shower gel and soap

Committed to reducing plastic waste - Customers shopping at the roughly 5,800 REWE ...
1:11 min Global themes, Sustainability & Circular Economy
New Plant

Gerresheimer increases production capacity for plastic containers and opens new plant in India

Gerresheimer has had a strong foothold in India for some years through Triveni Polymers Pvt. Ltd. in Kundli. A second production site is now being opened in the city of Kosamba to help bolster production capacity to cope with the high demand for Triveni round containers. The official ...
3:50 min Global themes, Sustainability & Circular Economy

The Ocean Cleanup completes mission one in great pacific garbage patch announces plans to make products from plastic catch

The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch non-profit organization developing advanced ...