1:58 min Complete PET recycling plants, Plastic recycling systems
PET recycling

NextChem completes Italy's 1° demonstration plant for PET and textiles polyester chemical recycling

NextChem, Maire Tecnimont's energy transition technology company, has completed the construction of the plant as part of the EU Horizon DEMETO project The plant, based on DEMETO depolymerization technology, colicensed by NextChem, is located in Chieti, in the Abruzzo Technology ...
0:40 min Recycled plastics, Biobased Material, Packaging & Application
Trial

McDonalds tests clear cups sourced from recycled and biobased materials

The test is one of many steps that will help McDonald’s meet its goal of sourcing 100% of its guest packaging from renewable, recycled or certified sources by 2025.
1:52 min Digitization, Sorting and collection
Digitization

TOMRA launches Digital Payout API, allowing supermarkets to offer digital recycling refunds through their store loyalty programs

Consumers returning drink containers for recycling could now receive their deposit ...
1:55 min PET recycling systems
Tray to tray

KP TRAY2TRAY® celebrates its second year and calls upon the industry to drive closed loop food packaging

Klöckner Pentaplast (kp) celebrates the second year of its award winning kp ...
2:49 min Recycled plastics
Study

Northwestern University researchers first to demonstrate use of metal-organic frameworks to degrade plastics

What if the life cycle of the plastic bottle was circular? Where a used plastic bottle was returned to its original components, ready to be made into a new plastic bottle instead of possibly ending up in a landfill. A Northwestern University research team is the first to ...
2:80 min Middle East, Sorting and collection
Sorting plants

TOMRA Recycling chosen as equipment provider of DGrade’s new sorting plant in Abu Dhabi

DGrade opened its first sorting facility situated in Abu Dhabi to produce ...
0:50 min Complete PET recycling plants
New plant

Schwarz Produktion expands capacity for PET recycling

The expansion of the plastics and recycling plant of MEG Übach-Palenberg (Heinsberg ...
2:56 min Recycling processes
Plastics recycling - from niche to trend

EREMA establishes new R&D centre for innovative recycling technologies

Plastics recycling is currently evolving very rapidly from a niche to a trend. This ...
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.