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rPET pioneer from the Greater Cairo region focuses on huge capacity expansion The recycling plant of rPET producer Bariq is located in the west of the 6th of October City, the largest industrial and business city in Egypt and part of the Greater Cairo region. On 23,000 m2 of production space, the
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Continental is increasing the proportion of recycled materials in its tyres. More plants have recently been converted to use polyester fabric made from recycled PET bottles. This increases the recycled content of many tyre lines by an average of three percent. Depending on the tyre size, up to 15 PET bottles
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Over its three-day run, BrauBeviale 2024 in Nuremberg attracted a total of 30,821 visitors, consistent with the previous year’s attendance. About 84% of the visitors came from Germany and the European Union. The event featured 858 exhibitors (compared to 968 in 2023) across a net exhibition space of 35,403 m². In
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The Plástico Sul Innovation and Sustainability Award, sponsored by Conceitual Brasil and organised by the magazine Plástico Sul, took place on November 7 in Caxias do Sul, in the south of Brazil. The award recognises outstanding innovation in the plastics industry, with a particular focus on adapting to market needs as
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The Brazilian recycling company Grupo Ecological, based in Limeira, to the west of São Paulo, has two plastic recycling lines dedicated to processing challenging post-consumer and post-industrial plastics into high-quality regranulate. Two of Lindner’s Micromat shredders and one Lindner Washtech washing line ensure a consistent throughput and output of high-quality plastic
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A new study, published by Systemiq with support from Closed Loop Partners, Eunomia and The Recycling Partnership, outlines a comprehensive roadmap to transition the U.S. PET packaging and polyester textile industries from the current linear single-use model towards circular, low-waste and low-emission systems by 2040. Titled ‘Transforming PET Packaging and Textiles
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Plastics Europe’s latest data on the health of the European plastics system highlights a steeper-than-expected downturn in the production of plastics and, for the first time, in mechanically recycled plastics production in 2023 in Europe. Compared to 2022, total EU plastics production saw a sharp decline of 8.3%, falling to 54
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Visitor registration has opened for the Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRS Europe). The global exhibition and conference dedicated to plastics recycling in Europe returns to the RAI Amsterdam, The Netherlands on April 1-2, 2025. For the first time, the event will take place in the RAI’s premier Halls 1 and 5.
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Sumitomo (SHI) Demag announced the placement in the 94th percentile of worldwide companies assessed by EcoVadis, a globally recognised sustainability ratings platform. Awarded silver for the second year in a row, the company narrowly missed out on a gold medal. This repeated recognition confirms Sumitomo (SHI) Demag’s dedication to sustainability, ethics,
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In 2024, Coca-Cola took a significant step toward its sustainability goals, announcing plans to reduce virgin PET use by 2025. This initiative aims to lower annual virgin PET consumption by the equivalent of nearly 800 million bottles by 2025. The change is part of Coca-Cola’s broader strategy to reduce environmental impact
Read morePack Expo International concluded at McCormick Place in Chicago, drawing a total attendance of 77,500 people, including 48,000 attendees and 29,500 exhibitor personnel. This year, international attendance rose by 19% compared to the previous show in 2022. Organised by PMMI, the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, the show occupied 1.32
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