1:41 min Digitization, Sorting and collection
AI sorting

Chemco: AI-Powered Recycling - Transforming Sorting and rPET Production

The rigid packaging industry is undergoing a technological revolution, driven by the increasing demand for sustainable solutions and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven automation. AI is redefining recycling efficiency, particularly in the sorting process, enabling a high-purity, ...
1:30 min Biobased Material, Additives
Additives

UPM launches UPM Circular Renewable Black- the first bio-based, NIR-detectable, carbon-negative pigment for premium packaging

UPM introduces UPM Circular Renewable BlackTM, the world’s first bio-based, ...
1:22 min Chemical recycling
Chemical Recycling

Saipem and Garbo’s PET Chemical Recycling Project selected to receive approximately 15.5 million euro in EU Innovation Fund Financing

Based on ChemPET, a technology owned by Saipem and Garbo, the project involves the ...
2:56 min Management, Sorting and collection
Partnership

Faerch (Cirrec) and TOMRA Recycling partner to pioneer post-consumer food tray-to-tray recycling

Cirrec BV, part of the Faerch Group and located in Duiven, The Netherlands, has achieved a significant breakthrough in plastics recycling thanks to TOMRA Recycling's flakes solutions. As Faerch's dedicated recycling division, Cirrec specializes in circular solutions for plastics. Its ...
4:50 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Staple fibers, fibers, filaments
PET-based carpets

Clariant: How recyclable carpets could transform the flooring industry

Most carpets still end up in landfill or incineration, locked out of the circular ...
2:14 min Milk, Preform moulds, One step blow moulding systems, …
PET milk bottles

SMI provides EBS 6 KL ERGON stretch-blow moulder for Latteria Soresina

For 125 years, Latteria Soresina, an iItalian cooperative in the dairy sector, has ...
4:14 min America, Chemical recycling
Chemical Recycling

Aduro Clean Technologies collaborates with ECOCE to advance recycling of flexible plastic packaging in Mexico

Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. and ECOCE, A.C. announced that they have entered into a multi-year framework collaboration agreement to jointly evaluate Hydrochemolytic™ Technology (HCT) as a potential chemical recycling solution for flexible and mixed plastic packaging in Mexico.
1:58 min Asia Pacific, Enzymatic recycling
Partnership

CARBIOS and Wankai New Materials sign the definitive agreement establishing a strategic partnership to the large-scale deployment of CARBIOS’s PET biorecycling technology in Asia

In line with the commitment signed on November 6, 2025[1], CARBIOS and Wankai New Materials, a listed subsidiary[2] of Zhink Group, the 3rd largest PET producer in China and 4th worldwide, announce the signing of the definitive agreement establishing a strategic partnership ...
1:52 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Sorting and collection
Sustainable bottle design

Schwarz Group - The closed-loop bottle: a prime example of consistent recycling

A PET Bottle with a Mission: Keeping Resources in the Loop - Returned by consumers, ...
1:39 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Biobased Material
Biobased materials

EU Bioeconomy Strategy has potential but misses key opportunities says Zero Waste Europe

The environmental network Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) welcomes the EU Bioeconomy Strategy’s vision of a bioeconomy that “strengthens resilience, ensures food security, and protects Europe’s ecosystems”. However, while the strategy presents opportunities to advance Europe’s bioeconomy, it ...