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The need for B2B networking and information was high – it was palpable at the world’s second-largest trade fair in the beverage and liquid food industry. China Brew China Beverage (CBB) took place from October 13 to 16, 2020 in Shanghai. Due to the coronavirus, the trade fair had a largely
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If a circular economy is to be realised, it will be necessary to consistently recycle post-consumer thermoformed PET trays back into PET trays. The recycling of regrind from post-consumer PET trays to new sheet for PET trays presents challenges for the recycling process: With the new MRSjump extruder, Gneuss offers a
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NGR’s LSP technology has proven itself worldwide Austrian company Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen GmbH (NGR) has been implementing sustainable recycling systems for PET since 2014. The core of the technology is polycondensation in the liquid phase along with highly efficient decontamination, rapid IV build-up and stabilisation of the IV value. In contrast
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Recycling systems and auxiliary equipment As recycling post-consumer plastics has become more important, Eisbär has developed systems to handle these materials’ special requirements, including equipment for processing flakes and cleaning different materials, leading to a higher quality of regranulated plastics. Eisbär Trockentechnik GmbH, which is headquartered in Gotzis, western Austria, around
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What Invema Group, a Honduran-based waste recycler with a sister company in El Salvador, has achieved in economic, environmental and social terms is nothing short of remarkable. Its successful story is an example for a highly sustainable business. Starting in the early nineties with two employees and the collection of aluminium
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Turkish company Burkasan is using Tomra Recycling’s sorting machines in its new plastic recycling plant. The plant, equipped with Tomra’s Autosort and Autosort Flake, is capable of sorting 5 t/h of waste (including PET, HDPE, PP), enabling them to be brought back in the loop and the economy for further usage. The
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Plastics SA, the umbrella body representing the entire South African plastics industry, has released the plastics recycling figures for the year ending December 2019. The detailed survey of the country’s plastics recycling industry is conducted annually by the independent consultant Annabé Pretorius of Plastix 911. According to this report, 503,600 tons of plastics waste
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The EU directive pertaining to tethered caps will come into effect in July 2024: it states that closures must be firmly attached to non-returnable PET bottles. The aim is to recycle the caps together with the bottles and thus avoid environmental pollution caused by loose closures. KHS will support customers in
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Environmental’s 54-hectare strategic energy and resource hub, Protos, to recycle some of the 4.9 million tonnes of plastic waste created in the UK. The facility will take PET – the main material used for food and drinks packaging such as plastic bottles and certain food packaging – and convert it into
Read morePET bottle and preform producer Resilux and recycling management company RCS are working together to achieve complete circularity for their PET products. By combining RCS’s waste collection and Resilux’s production capabilities, the two companies will be able to offer 100% traceability in the recycled PET produced. This growing partnership will help
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Global plastic packaging manufacturer Retal has published its 2019 Sustainability Report, proudly highlighting improvements across its ambitious CSR goals. In this second annual Sustainability Report Retal lays out its Circular Economy Strategy as integral to the business which revolves around increasing recycled material uptake, promoting Design for Recycling (DfR), and plastic
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