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2026-06-26 1:40 min Facts & Figures, America

Report

The Recycling Partnership releases first installment of 2026 State of Recycling Report

The Recycling Partnership released the first installment of its 2026 State of Recycling Report, the nation’s leading resource for residential recycling data. Moving away from a traditional single-volume release, The Partnership plans to deliver timely, strategic data and insights ...

Analysis

Recycling Europe: War is not a business model - Europe’s plastics recycling industry needs urgent structural solutions

The sharp increase in oil prices during the first quarter of 2026, driven by geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, temporarily altered the economics of the plastics market. As virgin plastics suddenly became more expensive, Europe’s plastics recycling industry experienced ...

Management

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag strengthens presence in Turkey with new sales agent Vincita

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag is strengthening its presence in Turkey by appointing Vincita ...

India

Site investment

Sustainable growth: KHS installs powerful PV system in Ahmedabad

Skilled workforce for India’s plastic recycling industry

EREMA and AIPMA open new recycling training centre in Mumbai

Partnership

Sidel delivers Britannia’s first-ever aseptic PET packaging line for Winkin Cow business

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Africa

Expansion

SMI opens the branch SMI East Africa in Nairobi

New rPET site

Indorama Ventures, Nigerian Breweries and Genesis Energy Partner to develop one of Africa’s largest rPET production facilities

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China

Installation

BoReTech's PET bottle washing line officially commissioned in Shandong Fuhai

Exhibition

EREMA at Chinaplas 2026: European expertise for high-quality plastics recycling

PET tray recycling

BoReTech & Suplas - China's first closed-loop PET tray recycling facility enters trial operation

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Europe

Analysis

Recycling Europe: War is not a business model - Europe’s plastics recycling industry needs urgent structural solutions

Circular economy

Building Europe’s raw material supply: 86% of plastic from Site Zero meets EU’s highest recycling standard

Plastic recycling

Viridor proposes to cease European chemical operations and calls for essential policy changes to make advanced plastics recycling investable

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Asia Pacific

Management

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag strengthens presence in Turkey with new sales agent Vincita

Installation

Starlinger: Recovering 40,000 tons of PET bottle scrap per year

Expansion

STADLER expands into Japan with new office to support the country’s evolving recycling market

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America

Report

The Recycling Partnership releases first installment of 2026 State of Recycling Report

Expansion

Berlin Packaging continues North American expansion with the acquisition of O.Berk Company

Report

PLASTICS: U.S. trade in recyclable plastics materials slowed in the first quarter

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