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Husky Injection Molding Systems, a leading technology provider to the plastics processing community, has strengthened its commitment to protecting the return on its customers’ investments. Elevating its existing service contract offering, the company is now including its Advantage+Elite proactive, predictive, transparent monitoring solution as a standard feature on all PET and
Read moreThe National Association for PET Container Resources (Napcor) announced the release of its 2020 PET Recycling Report. Overall, the 26th annual report revealed a 10 per cent increase in end use consumption of recycled PET (rPET) in the U.S. and Canada. Accoring to the analysts, this increase signals strong support of
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From the beginning of November 2021, Coca-Cola in Germany will begin the gradual changeover to new caps on all single-use PET bottles. In doing so, Coca-Cola is implementing an EU requirement that plastic beverage caps on single-use bottles must remain on the bottle after opening by 3 July 2024. Coca-Cola is
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Nestlé Pure Life has launched Egypt’s first water bottles made of 100% recycled plastics (rPET) in a 1.5 liters format. The products which were first introduced and approved by the European Union as safe to use, are being produced by Nestlé Waters Egypt go through a rigorous 10-step quality process, Bottles
Read morePepsiCo, Inc. announced the establishment of the company’s first two Digital Hubs in North America and Europe, with plans to expand to more locations in the future. These Hubs, located in Dallas, USA, and Barcelona, Spain, are expected to create more than 500 new, high-caliber data and digital jobs over the
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A new plastics recycling technology Interview with Florian Riedl, Director Business Development at APK AG, Merseburg, Germany PETplanet: Dear Mr Riedl, may I ask you to briefly introduce you and your company? What were your reasons for looking at an alternative to mechanical and so-called “chemical” recycling?Florian Riedl: APK is a
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Christian Strasser, CEO of PET to PET Recycling Österreich GmbH, on toxic trends in the raw materials market and how to ensure consistent material quality over the long term in the circular economy. Pandemic-related lockdowns have changed beverage consumption, working conditions and the market for secondary raw materials. The recycling industry
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Eunomia consultancy carried out new research which has identified key considerations to verify recycled content claims in plastic products. The reason for the research was to inform actions in support of Canada’s target of achieving at least 50% recycled content in plastic products, where applicable, by 2030. Currently, Canada generates approximately
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After the Alpla Group achieved Silver in 2019 and Gold in 2020, EcoVadis has awarded the company its Platinum status for sustainability for the first time in 2021. Alpla – a global manufacturer of plastic packaging and recycling specialist – is therefore among the top 1 per cent of all 75,000
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The Coca-Cola Company revealed a new prototype bottle: its first made from 100% plant-based plastic (bPET), excluding cap and label, produced using technologies that are now ready to be commercially scaled across the industry. This builds on a technological breakthrough announced last week for the first planned commercialisation of technologies to
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Sustainability is an issue that has changed from being just a trend to a key part in the business strategy for companies wishing to develop their business, especially manufacturers that use PET for their packaging and operate in the fast moving consumer goods industry, where products have a short life cycle.
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