2:30 min Global themes, Regions, Europe, …

Processing, filling, sealing: GEA supplements its portfolio with bottle and can filling

GEA strengthens its market position as a total solutions provider in the beverage processing industry with finalizing the acquisition of the Slovenian machine manufacturer VIPOLL d.o.o. in January 2018. VIPOLL develops and produces filling technologies for soft drinks, beer and fresh ...
1:45 min Global themes, Sustainability & Circular Economy, Recycling & Compounding

Global Success for Bottles of 100 Percent HDPE Recyclates

The Recyclate Initiative is reaching for the stars. Werner & Mertz, the bottle producer AlplaWerke Alwin Lehner gmbH & Co KG and the Green Dot received the WorldStar Packaging Award in the "Household" category for the development of bottles made of 100% HDPE ...
1:53 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
PET recycling

PET collection and recycling rates in Europe significantly increased in 2016

Out of 3.147.000 tonnes of PET bottles and containers placed in the European market ...
2:80 min Sustainability & Circular Economy

CO2 Value Europe: A new association dedicated to the utilisation of CO2

43 leading industrial and research stakeholders will cooperate to implement solutions to convert CO2 into valuable products.
1:35 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Recycling & Compounding, Quality control, service
Next steps for an organised Circular Economy

Plastics recyclers’ bales quality guidelines for EU waste collectors & sorters

Plastics recyclers released a set of bales quality guidelines to drive market transformation towards circularity. “It is time to understand that each product needs to be sorted towards a specific stream to keep the value of plastics,” said Ton Emans, PRE President and ...
1:20 min Middle East, Sustainability & Circular Economy
PET Recycling

Nestlé Waters Iran promotes PET waste management

Nestlé Waters Iran is leading the way in boosting environmental sustainability by ...
0:44 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Circular Economy

Plastics value chain restates its commitment to Circular Economy Package

The European plastics industries are reaffirming their support to the Circular ...
2:37 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Circular economy

Henkel launches partnership with the Plastic Bank

Transforming waste into opportunity Henkel is teaming up with the Plastic Bank, a ...
1:70 min Climate protection
Sustainability

thyssenkrupp again honored as leading company in climate protection

For the second time in a row the nongovernmental organization CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project) has named thyssenkrupp as one of the best companies worldwide in climate protection in 2017. The award will be presented in Brussels on November 20. CDP’s scoring system assesses ...
0:10 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Reverse vending

The triple-bottom line impact of deposit return systems

According to Tomra Group, U.S. residents agree – a combination of deposit and curbside recycling helps to limit the amount of material going into landfills; deposit systems contributes to the communities.