The worldwide PET magazine
DataM Intelligence has published a new research report on “Sugarcane Based PET Bottle Market Size 2024”. The report explores comprehensive information about various key factors like regional growth, segmentation, CAGR, business revenue status of top key players and drivers. The purpose of this report is to provide a telescopic view of
Read more
Tomra Collection has played a key role in promoting recycling at summer festivals across Europe, turning these large gatherings into opportunities for environmental progress. These festivals, which attract thousands of young people, often result in significant amounts of beverage consumption and waste. Tomra Collection’s active participation has helped mitigate this issue
Read moreLyondellBasell (LYB) announced it entered into an agreement to acquire full ownership of APK AG in Merseburg, Germany. Enabled by its technology, the acquisition positions LYB to grow and upgrade its circular and low carbon solutions business. Closing of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions. LYB believes APK’s solvent-based
Read more
The world’s leading poster on biodegradability has been updated by the nova team of experts: current standards and certifications as well as the latest scientific findings. The biodegradation of a material is a process that depends on the complex biological conditions at each site. In addition, only a handful of polymers
Read more
Sustainable transportation using an adaptable mono-material concept for B2B and B2C: Packaging materials are becoming increasingly scarce and are often not environmentally friendly. Conventional transportation packaging is designed to be disposed after a single use, and is often made from corrugated card-board. At Fraunhofer LBF, researchers have collaborated with Berges GbR
Read more
Cirplus, a leading European platform for recycled plastics procurement, announced its expansion to India in a strategic move to cater to growing demand for recycled plastics in India and the broader Asian markets. With this move, Cirplus aims to focus on increasing the availability and quality of recycled plastics globally as
Read more
It’s getting serious with PET recycling: According to the EU’s Directive on Single-Use Plastics, a recycled content of 25% should be achieved for single-use beverage bottles by 2025 and the bar is even raised to 65% for 2040. Reliable recycling processes that provide high-quality PET recycled material are a crucial prerequisite
Read more
After a constant recycling volume of 32,283 tonnes of PET material in 2023, PET to PET Recycling Österreich GmbH recorded 16,071 tonnes of PET beverage bottles that were successfully kept in the resource cycle in the first half of 2024. This corresponds to a decrease of nine per cent compared to
Read more
CCL Label, a leading producer of labels and packaging solutions, has announced the extension of its award-winning low density, floatable polyolefin (PO) shrink sleeve that is a sustainable alternative for existing materials that are detrimental to recycling. “We are proud to share our extended range of floatable shrink sleeves that work
Read moreCarbios, a pioneer in the development and industrialisation of biological technologies to reinvent the life cycle of plastic and textiles, and FCC Environment UK (“FCC”), one of the UK’s leading recycling and waste management companies, have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to jointly study the implementation of a UK-based plant
Read more
Emirates Biotech is pleased to announce that following the appointment of Marc Verbruggen as CEO last month, François de Bie has been appointed as Chief Commercial Officer, Aman Kulshrestha as Chief Technology Officer and Margrete L. Wie as Head of Finance. This new leadership team, which will be based in Dubai,
Read more