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The city administration of Bacolod City recently conducted a pilot PET waste collection campaign at the MassKara festival, where it collected 445,455 PET bottles from 11 to 27 October. Through the campaign, which was a collaboration between the Bureau of Environment and Natural Resources (BENRO), Coca-Cola Philippines, Bacolod Yuhum Foundation Inc.
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SGR, a subsidiary of the SGT group, has officially inaugurated its second PET recycling unit located in Rezé, Loire-Atlantique, further reinforcing its commitment to the circular economy and sustainable development. The Rezé site, with a production capacity of 16,000 tons of rPET per year, becomes one of the first PET recycling
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After approximately a year of renovation, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Deutschland (CCEP DE) has restarted a production line for 1-liter reusable PET bottles at its Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler site in Germany. The modernised facility now fills around 36,000 bph with carbonated beverages such as Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite, and their sugar-free variants. This is
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Josef Hochreiter, shareholder and CEO of the Next Generation Group (NGR), is assuming the role of Managing Director of NGR GmbH, a key member of the group, effective immediately. Hochreiter has previously led the company and is now returning to its operational management. He takes over the position from Gerhard Ohler,
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In line with the announcement made at the inauguration of a semi-industrial demonstration unit at Kitakyushu in Japan in October 2023, Axens, Ifpen and Jeplan, partners in the project, announced the launch of the commercialisation (licensing) by Axens of the Rewind PET process. This step concludes the one-year test period within
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The second edition of the Plastics Recycling Show Middle East & Africa in Dubai has built on the success of last year’s first edition to firmly establish the event as the region’s stand-out event for all those engaged in the circular and sustainable use of plastics. The recent three-day exhibition and
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Veolia plans to test a new technology for detecting microplastics at its PET recycling plant in Frauenfeld, Switzerland. This new method, developed by the non-profit greentech company Wasser 3.0, is based on fluorescence labelling and is supported by the Veolia Foundation as part of a three-year funding project. The technology is
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The German adhesive specialist CPH, which has been developing and producing high-performance adhesives for beverage and food packaging since 1975, will now operate under the name “CPH Adhesives GmbH,” marking a new chapter in its nearly 50-year history. This change coincides with a comprehensive rebranding. The new name and brand identity
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The vast majority (88%) of Americans say they consume bottled water, 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 (IBWA). And almost 9 out of 10 (87%) of Americans
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StackTeck Systems Ltd., a global manufacturer of high-volume injection moulding solutions has made a significant investment in its North American PET preform testing capabilities. StackTeck recently installed a state-of-the-art PET preform moulding machine, a Netstal PET Line 5000 system, integrated with a high capacity Piovan dryer to complement the existing array
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In the two-year market weakness, the solidarity pact with short-time work and bonus waiver was the successful means of choice for crisis management for Sumitomo (SHI) Demag. Further measures are now needed due to the significant market weakening this year at a level of 50%. The company, which continues to be
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