Work is well underway on a multi-million-pound Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) facility that will create up to 140 jobs near Glasgow. As Circularity Scotland's official DRS logistics service partner, Biffa is investing more than £80m to develop the infrastructure needed to deliver the ...

Carbios’ innovations in biorecycling and biodegradability match the Foundation’s three actions for a circular economy for plastic: eliminate, innovate, circulate Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s work in fashion will support Carbios’ contribution in making the textile industry more ...

Hug&Hold is a paper packaging solution designed and developed to wrap and ...

The ALPLA Group with its division ALPLApharma and the Spanish packaging company ...

Storage media manufacturer Sonopress has commissioned its first production line for new, significantly more eco-friendly LP records called “Eco Record” at its Gütersloh plant. The base material used is recyclable PET, and energy savings of up to 85 percent are also achieved compared ...

Alpek announced the shutdown of its PET Resin operations at its Cooper River site near Charleston, South Carolina for an indefinite period. The site was built in the early 1970’s, has an installed capacity of 170,000 tons of PET Resin, and represents approximately 2% of Alpek’s total ...

Installed plastic recycling capacity has grown by 17% in 2021 in EU27+3, boosted by an estimated €1.75 billion investment1. Despite the recent challenges that the industry has faced2, the commitment of recyclers to drive the transition toward a circular plastic future remains strong.

Climate protection: Share of renewable electricity use at production sites worldwide climbs to 70 percent, reducing CO2-emissions by 55 percent (per ton of product) Circular economy: Further progress towards 100 percent recyclable and reusable packaging Social engagement: ...

As of the beginning of the year, the ECOTRIA® CR and SKYPET® CR product ranges have been certified according to REACH and are distributed by ALBIS throughout Europe. With their use of up to 99 percent chemically recycled plastics, the products of the South Korean manufacturer SK ...

The National Association for PET Container Resources is releasing a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) that compares PET plastic, glass and aluminum carbonated soft drink (CSD) and still water beverage container systems. The assessment found that PET plastic bottles, when compared to ...