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The European Commission has launched a public consultation on rules for calculating, verifying and reporting recycled content in single-use plastic (SUP) beverage bottles, including chemically-recycled content. The adoption of the rules will enable chemical recycling in the EU and will help economic actors meet the ambitious recycled content targets set under
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Since tethered caps have been mandatory for all non-returnable PET bottles in the EU since 2024, the number of closure variants and thus the demands made of inspection technology have increased. KHS GmbH is meeting these new challenges with the help of artificial intelligence (AI). The systems provider has now equipped
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Gentlebrand Design Agency’s has recently collaborated with REFITEC Angola, a company dedicated to bringing authentic local products to market with a renewed sense of identity and purpose. Rooted in tradition, identity, and territory, REFITEC entrusted Gentlebrand, a Sidel company, with the creation of Boavista, a vegetable and soya oil designed to
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ENEOS Corporation and Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (“MCC”) have announced the completion of their chemical recycling facility for the launch of a plastic-to-oil conversion business. The facility, under construction since July 2021 at MCC’s Ibaraki Plant in Kamisu City, Japan, was officially completed, with a ceremony held on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.
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South Africa’s leading producer responsibility organisation, Petco, has delivered robust annual results for the collection and recycling of post-consumer packaging, meeting the legislated targets for 99% of the tonnage of identified products placed on the market by its members in 2024. The organisation’s 29 members, which include major brands such as
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This year, Swiss mould-making specialist Otto Hofstetter AG celebrates its 70th anniversary – a milestone that reflects decades of innovation, precision engineering and international success. Founded by Otto Hofstetter Sr. in 1955 as a small workshop in Uznach, the company has steadily evolved into a leading global manufacturer of high-performance injection
Read moreAvantium N.V., a leader in renewable and circular polymer materials, announces that its PET/PEF multilayer bottle has been recognised as fully compatible with the PET recycling stream following an evaluation by RecyClass, the European non-profit initiative dedicated to advancing plastics circularity. Avantium’s PEF (polyethylene furanoate), branded as releaf, can be used
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With a clear focus on efficiency, design variety and regulatory compliance, corvaglia offers a fully modular portfolio for the GME 30.40 neck finish. Based on a proven, continuously evolving mould system, the extended development portfolio is claimed to enable tailor-made closure solutions for a wide range of applications – from classic
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The Renewable Materials Conference (RMC) 2025, the world’s leading event on the renewable carbon economy, will take place from 22–24 September 2025 in Siegburg/Cologne, Germany. Organised by the nova-Institute, the conference will serve as a platform for showcasing strategies and innovations aimed at replacing fossil carbon in the chemicals and plastics
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With a global presence in the plastics trade since 1979, Hertex specialises in PET and recycled materials. CEO Jerry A. Herculeijns, who has led the company since 2005, has extensive insight into market dynamics and pricing trends in both virgin and recycled materials. When visiting him in the course of our
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The German cleaning products manufacturer Werner & Mertz set a new world record on June 23 . Since the start of its Recyclate Initiative, the eco pioneer has brought one billion rPET bottles of 100 percent post-consumer recyclate to the market. Together with like-minded cooperation partners along the entire value chain,
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