1:17 min Recycled plastics
Deinking

Siegwerk, Greiner and Krones join forces in a thought-provoking recycling initiative

Siegwerk teams up with Greiner and Krones to demonstrate state-of-the-art washing ...
2:23 min Sorting and collection
Launch

Ireland’s Deposit Return Scheme is now live

Minister Smyth welcomes the launch of the new scheme, which will reduce litter and boost Ireland’s recycling rates. The Deposit Return Scheme — a new, nationwide money-back scheme for plastic drinks bottles and aluminium cans — is being rolled out from Thursday, 1 February. The ...
3:13 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, America, Complete PET recycling plants
Recycling

STADLER and Krones close the plastics circular economy loop at the Las Vegas Polymer Center – the first of its kind in North America

STADLER Anlagenbau GmbH, in collaboration with Krones, has designed and installed ...
5:39 min Sorting and collection
DRS

TOMRA: Latvia's deposit return scheme achieves 80% return rate at two-year anniversary

Latvia’s deposit return system (DRS, also known as a deposit return scheme) for ...
1:38 min Sorting and collection
Launch

Ireland kicks off new deposit return scheme for drink container recycling on 1 February

Ireland will launch a new deposit return system (DRS) for drink container ...
2:26 min Sorting and collection
Vertical backroom system

TOMRA launches RollPac, its first reverse vending backroom for roller cages

Global reverse vending leader TOMRA Collection has unveiled TOMRA RollPac, ...
1:20 min Staple fibers, fibers, filaments, PET recycling systems
Upcycling

Funding of Ioniqa’s enhanced recycling business of PET Polyester

Ioniqa Technologies B.V. (‘Ioniqa’) is pleased to announce a significant growth investment by Infinity Recycling (‘IRC’)’s Circular Plastics Fund to help accelerate the scale-up and roll out of its enhanced PET Polyester recycling technology.
2:27 min Facts & Figures, Sorting and collection
Survey

UK: RECOUP - Plastic packaging use and recycling collection rates drop for the first time

Plastic resource efficiency and recycling charity, RECOUP, has launched its annual UK Household Plastic Packaging Collection Survey, which estimates that year-on-year plastic packaging use and plastic packaging collection quantities have dropped for the first time.
1:22 min Sorting and collection
DRS

Ireland: SuperValu & Centra invest €28m in Reverse Vending Machines

Stores will collect over 320m containers annually under new Deposit Return Scheme ...
1:23 min PET recycling systems
Bottle-to-bottle recycling system

Turkish plastics recycler Tanrıkulu enters PET bottle-to-bottle market

The plastics recycling company based near Istanbul, Türkiye, commissioned its new ...