Cost impact calculator for rPET 25% mandates

Regulatory pressure is reshaping the economics of PET preforms, and a new free tool is helping manufacturers, brand owners, and supply chain teams quantify the impact. Shanghai-based company iBottling has published a non-commercial rPET 25% mandate cost model, designed to translate recycled content requirements into actionable financial insights. The tool synthesises

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UG Group acquires Wellman International from Indorama, securing future of Irish recycling operations

The High Court in Ireland has approved the examiner’s scheme of arrangement for Wellman International, paving the way for a new ownership structure. The decision means that Indorama Ventures has achieved its aim of finding a new investor for the Irish operations, while preserving employment at the Mullagh-based recycling specialist. Under

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TOMRA launches new eBook examining AI’s role in material recovery and sorting systems

TOMRA Recycling has published its latest eBook, ‘AI in Recycling: Unlocking New Possibilities’. This comprehensive guide explores the rapidly evolving role of Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly deep learning (DL), in revolutionising the global recycling industry and driving material circularity. The free-to-download eBook aims to demystify deep learning, explaining its mechanisms and

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Polish ketchup brand Kotlin adopts lightweight closure technology from Amcor

Amcor has announced that Kotlin, one of Poland’s top-selling ketchup brands, selected its Sava Flip Top closure for its lightweight and user-friendly features. Produced by Maspex, one of Central and Eastern Europe’s largest food and drink manufacturers, Kotlin is a modern brand with a rich tradition. The Sava closure is lighter

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China’s plastic bottle market forecasts modest 0.2% volume CAGR through 2035

The market intelligence platform IndexBox has published a new report: China – Carboys, Bottles And Similar Articles Of Plastics – Market Analysis, Forecast, Size, Trends and Insights. According to the report, in 2024, consumption of carboys, bottles and similar articles of plastics decreased by -0.6% to 5.9M tons, falling for the

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Investing in sustainability: Avient’s roll as a producer and supplier

As part of our Circular Economy Tour 2025, Ruari McCallion visited Avient at its Knowsley, UK, facility. Avient Corporation, based in Avon Lake, Ohio, USA, operates over 100 production sites across 35 countries and employs approximately 9,400 people. The company provides advanced material solutions to a wide range of industries, including

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STADLER completes lightweight packaging sorting plant for PreZero in Sollenau, Austria

STADLER, the German company specialising in the planning, production, and assembly of turnkey sorting plants, has completed and commissioned a lightweight packaging (LVP) sorting facility for PreZero Sorting Austria GmbH in Sollenau. The facility is the largest and most complex that STADLER has built to date, underlining the scale of the

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rPlanet Earth shutdown – a wake-up call for domestic recycling policy, APR states

The recent shutdown of Vernon-based PET recycler rPlanet Earth should serve as a wake-up call to policymakers in California and across the country, according to a recent statement from the Association of Plastics Recyclers (APR). The organization notes that rPlanet Earth represented around 4% of the nation’s rPET capacity, and that

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