1:44 min Europe, Sorting and collection
DRS

Ireland - Minister marks first birthday of the Deposit Return Scheme

DRS has made a strong start in its first year with 84% of the Irish public participating in the scheme Over 980 million containers have been returned €90,000 collected for the Return for Children charity initiative Near-50% reduction in bottles and cans being littered
2:58 min Management, Africa
Appointment

Petco welcomes new CEO

Petco bids farewell to our outgoing CEO and industry stalwart Cheri Scholtz and has welcomed a new chief executive officer, Telly Chauke, as of 1 January this year.
1:52 min Management, Europe
Investment

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Germany: Millions invested in the Coca-Cola plant in Halle

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Germany (CCEP DE) is investing around 45 million ...
1:20 min Management, Sustainability & Circular Economy, America
Expansion

Circularix expands recycled PET production with New Florida facility and Pennsylvania capacity increase

Circularix announced its second production facility, located in Ocala, Florida, is set to begin operations by the end of Q1 2025, marking a significant milestone in the company's expansion plans.
1:38 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Asia Pacific
Partnership

UN Development Programme (UNDP) and The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF) partner to scale up management of plastic waste in Asia

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF) ...
3:22 min Africa, Bottles and containers, Machine supplier, …
New PET line

KHS technology boosts value creation in the production process at Schweppes Zimbabwe Limited

Overall costs cut, quality improved, carbon footprint reduced A big step towards ...
2:26 min Mineral water, China, Filling and aseptic
Installation

Sidel adds three high speed aseptic complete lines to CR Beverage to help expand its production of sensitive products and meet the growing market demand

CR Beverage, a chinese bottled water brand, has invested in three of Sidel’s ...
7:10 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Europe
Regulations

ICIS: EU PPWR will reshape packaging, plastics and recycling value chains

The EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), which will shortly pass into law after the EU Council voted it through on 16 December, is one of the most significant pieces of legislation for the packaging and recycling value chains in decades and is set to fundamentally ...
1:34 min Management, Middle East
Acqusition

ALPLA acquires all shares from joint venture partner Taba

ALPLA fully integrates the site in Egypt into the Group with the acquisition of all ...
2:10 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Europe
Sustainability

PackUK: the new scheme administrator for Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility

PackUK - the scheme administrator for Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility - will formally launch on 21 January 2025. PackUK will implement the UK’s new Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR) programme. The EPR Statutory Instrument came ...