1:52 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, rPET & PET Flakes
Alternative rPET application

Continental launches first tires with polyester made from recycled PET bottles

Initial tire dimensions with new ContiRe.Tex technology now available Technology ...
1:33 min Recycling & Compounding, Quality control, service
rPET Quality

GETEC.PARK EMMEN (GPE) releases new White Paper: “New insights to improve the recycled PET product quality control.”

GETEC.PARK EMMEN (GPE) releases a White Paper that provides insightful data on how to control the product quality of recycled PET polymer and packaging. In addition, the right set of chemical analyses techniques to detect relevant substances and PET properties are discussed.
0:59 min Africa, PET recycling systems
Recycling in South Africa

Extrupet will double their food grade operations capacity to over 60,000 tons per annum

The first phase of the expansion at Extrupet, one of the largest and most advanced recyclers of plastics on the African continent, will cost around R300 million.
1:16 min rPET & PET Flakes
rPET/PET capacity

Klӧckner Pentaplast adds rPET/PET capacity to Beaver site to further grow sustainable healthcare and food packaging market in North America

Klöckner Pentaplast (kp), a global leader in recycled content products and high-barrier protective packaging, has chosen its production facility in Beaver, West Virginia for its multi-million dollar production expansion, adding post-consumer recycled content (PCR) PET capacity in ...
2:37 min Facts & Figures, Sustainability & Circular Economy, Sorting and collection
Outlook

TOMRA marks 50th anniversary, highlights urgent need to accelerate circular economy

TOMRA, the global provider of advanced collection and sorting systems, announced a ...
0:47 min Sorting and collection
Recycling

Digimarc Digital Watermarks proven to achieve more accurate sorting of packaging waste

Digimarc Corporation joins AIM – European Brands Association in announcing a significant milestone in the Digital Watermarks Initiative HolyGrail 2.0.
1:58 min Recycling processes
Research: Food Contact Chemicals (FCC) in rPET Bottles

Brunel University London: Harmful chemicals found in bottled drinks prompts call for better recycling

Researchers from Brunel University London found 150 chemicals that had leached into drinks from their plastic bottles, with 18 of those chemicals found in levels exceeding regulations. So-called Food Contact Chemicals (FCC) are commonly found in packaged food and drink, with most ...
2:43 min Sorting and collection
Sorting Plant

STADLER designs and installs state-of-the-art light packaging sorting plant in Eitting, Germany for PreZero Recycling

Environmental services provider PreZero is driven by the ultimate goal of reducing ...
1:38 min America, Plastic recycling systems

PureCycle breaks ground on new recycling facility in Augusta, Georgia

On March 22, 2022, PureCycle Technologies, Inc. breaked ground on its second U.S. ...
1:43 min Plastic recycling systems, Granulation
New granulator series

CMG Granulators: Innovative scrap recycling solutions for Thermoforming applications

CMG Granulators introduces a newly designed granulator series for in-line scrap ...