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To ensure the recyclability of black plastic products, Finke has developed a range of Fibaplast NIR detectable black masterbatches for standard packaging polymers like HDPE, PP, PS and PET. The key to recycling post-consumer waste is sorting. Common packaging polymers need to be separated to re-enter the material stream. Only pure
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Henkel used almost 700 million bottles made of 100 per cent recycled plastics for Laundry & Home Care products in Europe – more than 400 million in 2020. The recycled material stems from post-consumer waste, including Social Plastic from Henkel’s partnership with the Plastic Bank. Social Plastic contributes both to environmental
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Pretium has joined the U.S. Plastics Pact, a collaborative, solutions-driven initiative rooted in four ambitious goals intended to drive significant systems change by unifying diverse cross-sector approaches, setting a national strategy, and creating scalable solutions to create a path forward toward a circular economy for plastics in the United States by
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Keycycle, a subsidiary of the Erema Group, is intensifying cooperation with technology developer Cadel Deinking, and has exclusive sales rights The Spanish company Cadel Deinking has been working on the removal of printing inks from plastic surfaces since 2014 and has developed an innovative process for this purpose. In combination with
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BericapValve has won Packaging Europe’s Sustainability Award 2020 in the category “Recyclable Packaging”. The award recognises and awards the major sustainability impact behind the small visible change to a 100 % silicone-free valve. Unlike conventional silicone valves, Bericap’s product is made of TPE and does not contaminate the recycling stream with
Read moreAfter consultation with medical and legal experts, the Plastics Officers of the Board, the NPE executive committee, exhibitors, and the association membership, the Plastics Board of Directors decided, and is announcing, the cancellation of the in-person components of NPE2021, scheduled for May 17–21, 2021, in Orlando, Florida due to the ongoing
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The Austrian machine manufacturer Starlinger has been producing plastics recycling systems from the recoStar PET series at its new site in Schwerin, Germany, since the end of August 2020. “In the past two years, our division Starlinger recycling technology has seen strong demand for recycling systems. This field of activity with
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The PETplanet Insider team would like to thank you for the good cooperation during this year and for your ongoing confidence. Best wishes and happiness to you and your families over the festive season. We look forward to a successful 2021 working together! Alexander Büchler and the PETplanet Insider team Our
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Avient Corporation, a provider of specialised and sustainable material solutions and services, announced that Avient ColorWorks has launched ColorForward 2022. This 16th edition of the annual colour forecasting guide for the plastics industry marks its debut within Avient, which was formed this year from legacy businesses PolyOne and Clariant Masterbatch. As
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Austrian Erema Engineering Recycling Maschinen und Anlagen Ges.m.b.H announced that the demand for its PET recycling technologies is growing worldwide across the entire PET segment. “Despite declining sales of beverages due to the Corona pandemic and a tense situation in the recycling industry accounted for by the fall in the price
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The Krones virtual showroom serves as a communication platform to secure and build customer relationships even in times of travel restrictions and cancelled trade events. Especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, new forms of communication have become increasingly important, with virtual interaction replacing many face-to-face meetings. This is true not only for
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