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Nordson BKG GmbH, part of Nordson Corporation’s Polymer Processing Systems (PPS) division, specialist in melt delivery, and pelletising solutions, and FIMIC Srl., a well-known provider of innovative melt filtration technology, announced a deepened strategic partnership, building on FIMIC’s appointment as the exclusive agent for Nordson BKG products in Italy announced in
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DePoly, a leading sustainable PET-to-raw-material recycling company, announced the upcoming launch of a 500 t/a showcase plant in Monthey, Switzerland this summer, representing a critical step in the company’s journey from laboratory breakthrough to industrial-scale implementation. The facility will demonstrate DePoly’s proprietary process that converts PET and polyester waste into virgin-quality
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Doğa PET, a new venture by Türkiye-based Doğa Holding, has entered the recycling sector with a facility dedicated to producing high-purity PET flakes and rPET granules from post-consumer materials. The company uses Tomra Recycling’s sensor-based sorting systems to meet the quality standards required for food-grade and textile applications. As part of
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A new report from AMERIPEN, prepared by Circular Matters and funded by PLASTICS’ Recycling is Real initiative, highlights significant progress by consumer-packaged goods (CPG) companies toward recycled content goals in packaging while also exploring critical gaps in infrastructure, collection systems, and supply to meet targets. Following last week’s member exclusive release
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Stadler Anlagenbau has completed the design and installation of the new Republic Services Polymer Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. This marks the second facility developed for Republic Services, following the successful launch of the Las Vegas Polymer Center in late 2023. The inauguration ceremony took place on March 18, attended by the
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The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) and RecyClass published the second progress report of their collaboration, which aims to accelerate the global harmonisation of plastic recyclability. Key updates include streamlining the measurement of intrinsic viscosity variation for PET bottles and harmonising the filter pack used in extrusion during HDPE and PP
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Aliplast has acquired Gurit Italia’s PET recycling plant, located in the Carmignano di Brenta (PD) facility: a strategic operation that will increase the company’s production capacity by approximately 15,000 additional tons of recycled PET per year. This acquisition is part of the broader strategy of the company controlled by Herambiente, part
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Reichmuth Infrastructure, on behalf of its SFDR Article 9 fund and one of its mandates, is financing the construction of a PET recycling plant in Ellesmere Port (UK). The plant will be located in the Plastic Park at Protos, an energy and resource management hub located in the North West of
Read moreThe Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has officially approved the use of recycled PET for food packaging. The approval comes through the recently notified Food Safety and Standards (Packaging) First Amendment Regulations, 2025. As per the notification published on March 28, 2025, products made from recycled PET can
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Leaders from Republic Services, Inc.and Blue Polymers, LLC, celebrated on March 18 the opening of North America’s first Polymer Center and Blue Polymers plastics recycling complex, transforming plastics circularity from curbside collection to consumer packaging and back again. The Indianapolis Polymer Center and Blue Polymers facilities are designed to work together
Read moreHarnessing moisture from air, Northwestern University chemists have developed a new method for breaking down plastic waste. The non-toxic, environmentally friendly, solvent-free process first uses an inexpensive catalyst to break apart the bonds in PET. Then, the researchers merely expose the broken pieces to ambient air. Leveraging the trace amounts of
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