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Almost 9 in 10 Americans (88 per cent) say they have a positive opinion of bottled water as a beverage choice, according to a new national survey of more than 2,000 U.S. adults aged 18 and older conducted online by The Harris Poll on behalf of the International Bottled Water Association
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An environmental clean-up of communities left reeling from the devastating floods in the South African KwaZulu-Natal communities earlier this year has yielded positive results, including the collection of a whopping eight tonnes of PET plastic, which has been recycled. Among the major clean-up efforts in the province has been one driven
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With a little over a month until the doors open for its eleventh edition, the organisers of Propak West Africa have released the Conference Programme and announced that this year’s event is fully endorsed by the Industrial Development Department of the Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment. As the region’s leading
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Sorting, washing and grinding are vital elements in the processing of PET bottles. PETplanet insider visited Sorema the specialist company in washing and mechanical recycling plants, whose latest development is providing tailored water treatment equipment to reduce recycling plant needs. In Italy, PETplanet spoke to Ottavio Previero, Sales and Marketing Manager.
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Interview with Amelia Dales, Commercial Director, Packamama The original impetus behind Garçon Wines was the company’s focus on e-commerce friendly wine bottles. The result was the compact bottle shape, which is flat enough to be put through a letter box, and its PET format, which is light and robust enough for
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Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL) announced the official opening of its PETValue bottle-to-bottle recycling plant in the Philippines, in partnership with Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines – the bottling arm of Coca-Cola in the country. The plant is IVL’s latest recycled PET facility as the global integrated petrochemicals company builds on its
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Plastipak, a leader in PET plastic aerosol moulding technology, has launched SprayPET Revolution, a 100% polymer aerosol, which is fully recyclable. SprayPET Revolution, including the valve, is all polymer and metal-free. Until now, PET aerosol containers used standard metal valves with rubber gaskets. Whilst many PET recycling plants are equipped to
Read moreAccording to the latest edition of the Ceresana report on bioplastics, the global market for “green” polymers will continue to grow dynamically: analysts expect bioplastics sales to rise to around USD 9.7 billion by 2031. Climate protection, independence from crude oil and natural gas, environmentally friendly products and new opportunities for
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Alpla Group, a global packaging manufacturer for a wide range of industries, announced the appointment of Tasos Pourloukakis as its new Regional Managing Director North America, the top business unit leader for the region. Tasos Pourloukakis was promoted from Country Managing Director for Alpla’s UK operations and brings a total of
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Borealis announces that two separate collaborations with long-standing value chain partners have resulted in new, fully recyclable flexible packaging formats, which incorporate 50% post-consumer recyclate (PCR). The use of new low density polyethylene (LDPE) PCR grades developed and produced by mechanical recycling expert Ecoplast, a member of the Borealis Group, have
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The global packaging solutions company Sidel is now a member of R-Cycle, a community designing digital ‘product passports’ to accelerate the recycling of plastic packaging around the world. Using an open tracing standard, R-Cycle allows gathering of information about the recycling-related properties of plastic packaging. These details, stored on a common
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