1:44 min America, PET recycling systems, Food grade PET
Expansion

Starlinger viscotec - Doubling rPET manufacturing capacity: Evergreen, USA

Established in 1998 with a single location in Clyde, Ohio, Evergreen is a ...
1:13 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Sheets & Films
Film recycling

Coveris launches ReCover

Fully in line with its award-winning No Waste vision, Coveris is now introducing a new business segment named ‘ReCover’, bundling all efforts in waste sourcing, processing, and recycling to close the loop for circular plastic recycling.
1:16 min Recycled plastics, Biobased Material
Waste conversion

Biobased thermoplastic made from unsorted household waste: Vecoplan supports UBQ for Belgian plant

UBQ Materials has patented the world’s first thermoplastic material consisting ...
1:46 min Africa, Labels and sleeves
Labelling

MCC partners with Extrupet and Coca-Cola to bring recyclable shrink sleeve to the South African market

RecycLABEL® shrink sleeves are certified by Extrupet for the South African ...
0:31 min One step blow moulding systems, Bottle development and design
Expansion

Ho.Bag Corporate introduces new PET blowing lines

Ho.Bag Corporate's production plant expands thanks to the introduction of two new blowing lines for PET and RPET bottles. An evolution that improves services quality and efficiency.
1:17 min Chemical recycling
Research

Plastic Energy opens new R&D labs

Plastic Energy has announced the opening of its new research and development labs at ...
1:38 min Milk, Caps & Closures
Replacement

Müller UK set to increase recyclability by converting all coloured milk caps to clear

Following a series of successful trials, Müller Milk & Ingredients has started ...
4:10 min Enzymatic recycling
PET upcycling

Enzymes and bacteria sent on mission to upcycle plastics - NREL and collaborators design special space capsule for autonomous culturing

A plastic-degrading enzyme and an engineered bacterial strain have just been ...
1:20 min Africa, Two step blow moulding systems
Large-volume bottle production

South Africa: Polyoak produces large volume PET bottles with SIPA's linear stretch-blow molder

Recently, South African company Polyoak broke new ground with SIPA's SFL EVO 6/4 XL ...
1:26 min Sorting and collection
DRS

Minister Smyth launches Ireland’s Deposit Return Scheme

The Minister of State with responsibility for Communications and Circular Economy, Ossian Smyth, launched Ireland’s national Deposit Return Scheme (DRS). It is estimated that about 1.9 billion drinks bottles and cans are consumed each year in Ireland, in-house and 'on the go'. The ...