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Sukano, a global masterbatch specialist for PET, PLA and specialty resins, has been certified according to the COTREP recyclability test protocol and will be featured in the CITEO positive list. This gives brand owners a documented ‘end of life’ alternative as it ensures the sorting and recycling of black PET products
Read moreWood Mackenzie expects the current Corona outbreak to have a bigger impact than SARS in 2003, and have a more challenging road to recovery. Analyst Kelly Cui sums ups how the coronavirus outbreak differs, and how that affects China’s petrochemicals sector: In 2003, China was in the upper trend of an
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High accolades go to an innovation developed especially for the circular economy. The patented stand-up pouch from Werner & Mertz and Mondi has been chosen to receive the prestigious WorldStar Packaging Award in the “Household” category. “The highly innovative 100 percent recyclable pouch leapfrogs sorting and recycling hurdles on the way
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At the Packaging of Perfume, Cosmetics and Design show PCD Paris, PolyOne was launching OnColor Naturals, the latest addition to its sustainable solutions portfolio. Fully customisable, OnColor Naturals includes a range of colourants made with natural pigments derived from plants, flowers, roots and minerals. These bio-derived colours can be used with
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The recycling of beverage packaging poses a great challenge to the industry: the layers of the film mixture cannot be separated properly from each other. Recycling is therefore very difficult. At Interplastica, Leistritz Extrusionstechnik GmbH exhibits a foamed rPET solution. The plant technology, which was developed and tested together with partners,
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Digitisation, product tracking, iOT, artificial intelligence: in production, this involves using machine data to optimise and automate processes. Modern software solutions such as GRAFiT 4.0 present the data of all connected machines in a clear, accessible form, and thereby make it available to the operator for use and analysis. The data
Read moreThe continued war against plastics and heightened awareness of plastic pollution has driven an unprecedented level of interest in rPET. As such, there has been a significant momentum behind collection and recycling commitments, analysed a new report by Wood Mackenzie. “Beyond regulatory commitments, such as the EU’s single-use plastics directive that
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The colour experts at Clariant ColorWorks have identified four societal trends that can be expected to influence consumers in the next few years. ColorForward 2021, the 15th edition of the annual Clariant colour forecasting guide for the plastics industry, recognises that genuine human contact is actually becoming a luxury in the
Read moreIndorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), a global chemical manufacturer, has acquired Green Fiber International Inc. (GFI), a recycling company in Fontana, California, USA. The facility produces Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate (rPET) flakes. The acquisition has a combined capacity of 40,000 tonnes/annum. Green Fiber International Inc. offers high-quality recycled PET bottle flakes
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Researchers from RWTH Aachen University, the Max Planck Society, and Covestro AG have reached the finals of the 2019 Deutscher Zukunftspreis (“German Future Award”) for their groundbreaking work on the use of carbon dioxide as a raw material. A large interdisciplinary team led by Professor Walter Leitner, Dr Christoph Gürtler, and
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With a goal of educating consumers, customers and other stakeholders on the benefits of plastic packaging, Amcor recently launched a “Choose Plastic” marketing campaign. The multi-pronged initiative, which includes a new webpage, an informative brochure and other materials, is designed to: Tell the “PET story” with truth, strength and conviction –
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