3:10 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Sorting and collection
DRS

ICIS: Scotland’s challenges raise questions around Deposit Return Schemes

The challenges faced by Scotland’s upcoming Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) continue to grow, while recent industry data shows high collection rates can be achieved without a DRS in place, potentially raising questions whether DRS is the only route to better collection.
1:41 min Sorting and collection
Investment

TOMRA initiates EUR 50-60 million investment in plastic feedstock sorting

TOMRA announced that the Board of Directors has made a positive investment decision for the construction of a sorting facility for post-consumer plastic material.
1:23 min Management, Staple fibers, fibers, filaments, rPET & PET Flakes
Fusion

GreenTech SA is merging with GreenFiber International

Merger aimed to achieve full consolidation of operations and centralization of management, for greater resource efficiency, reduction of costs and optimization of activities in the PET recycling chain. Following the merger, GreenFiber International was renamed GreenTech, thus ...
0:46 min India, PET recycling systems
PET recycling

Polyester Recycling Technology – Aquafil Engineering and revalyu Recycling sign agreement

revalyu Recycling (India) and Aquafil Engineering (Germany) are pleased to announce they have signed an agreement for using certain specific parts of Aquafil’s technology, alongside revalyu’s own technology for the expansion of its chemical PET recycling plant based in Nashik, India.
3:44 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Sorting and collection
DRS

Scotland: Deposit return scheme update - Letter to Scottish Parliament Committee

Update on delivery of Scotland's deposit return scheme from Circular Economy Minister to Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee.
0:43 min Asia Pacific, rPET & PET Flakes
Certification

EcoBlue’s Bottle Grade rPET is now European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) approved for use in food contact packaging

The EFSA Panel has concluded that the three steps, extrusion, crystallization and SSP, are critical in determining the decontamination efficiency of the process.
0:53 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, China, rPET & PET Flakes
Accomplishment

FENC is the 1st company to receive Letter of Non-Objection by Taiwan FDA for post-consumer recycled PET into food-contact packaging

Far Eastern New Century Corporation (FENC), a recycling polyester producer, has been devoted to achieve circular economy for more than 30 years. On Dec. 1st, 2022, FENC rPET was awarded Letter of Non-Objection by Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (Taiwan FDA) for food-contact ...
1:49 min PET recycling systems
Review

Focus on the circular economy brings Herbold Meckesheim many orders at K 2022

Herbold Meckesheim is thoroughly satisfied with the results of K 2022. The fact that ...
0:56 min Sorting and collection
Material analysis

TOMRA Recycling and PolyPerception announce new collaboration

TOMRA announced a new collaboration with PolyPerception to offer AI-powered material ...
3:38 min Asia Pacific, Sorting and collection
Sorting technology

STADLER designs and installs state-of-the-art light packaging sorting plant for TBM in Yokosuka, Japan

STADLER has designed the facility to automatically sort light plastic packaging and ...