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Dairy Gropper obtains independent certification for rPET

Dairy Gropper has had the use of rPET recyclate in its PET bottle range certified by the independent seal “Flustix Recycled – DIN tested”. With the successful certification of rPET usage in bottles through this seal, the actor in the beverage and dairy industry intends to provide its customers with transparency

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Napcor life cycle analysis indicates plastic bottle ban at San Francisco airport causes greater environmental damage than recycling

The National Association for PET Container Resources (Napcor) warns of the negative environmental consequences of banning plastic bottles in airports, stadiums, and other large venues, based on the results of its Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) conducted in 2023. Banning the sale of plastic bottles in such venues is purported to be

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Triple success in Australia’s circular plastic projects

Circular Plastics Australia (PET), a joint venture between Pact Group, Cleanaway Waste Management, Asahi Beverages, and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), has selected Amut as the preferred partner for designing and constructing its “Duet and Symphony” recycling projects in Albury and Melbourne. The Italian recycling company was also chosen by the Circular

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Eastman partners with mechanical recycler Dentis Group/Nord Pal Plast to unlock new feedstock for its planned facility in France

Eastman announced a long-term agreement with Nord Pal Plast SA part of Dentis Group, a leading Italian multinational company specialising in the recovery and mechanical recycling of PET packaging waste. Through their mechanical recycling sites in France (Nord Pal Plast SA), Spain (PET Companía Para Su Reciclado) and Italy (Dentis Recycling

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Avient and Plastic Bank reuse ocean-bound plastic for luxury caps and closures

Avient Corporation, a provider of specialided and sustainable materials solutions and services, is pleased to announce it is extending its Gravi-Tech REC Recycled Formulations portfolio with a grade containing up to 60% ocean-bound plastic waste in addition to recycled fillers, making the total recycled content as high as 98%. The new

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Carbios and Landbell Group sign agreement to increase circularity of PET waste at first biorecycling plant

Carbios, a leading company in the development and industrialisation of biological technologies to reinvent the life cycle of plastic and textiles, and Landbell Group, a global operator of more than 40 producer responsibility organisations (PROs) and a leading provider of closed-loop recycling solutions, announce the signing of a non-binding Memorandum of

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Tomra further strengthens its position in AI with a 25% stake in waste analysis startup PolyPerception

Collection and sorting solutions provider Tomra further strengthens its position in the field of artificial intelligence by acquiring a 25% stake in PolyPerception, a startup offering AI-based waste flow monitoring. Tomra began a collaboration with PolyPerception in December 2022, and this investment in the company is another step in Tomra’s journey

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Carbios and De Smet Engineers & Contractors enter engineering partnership for construction of world’s first PET biorecycling plant

Carbios, a biotech company developing and industrializing biological solutions to reinvent the life cycle of plastic and textiles, and De Smet Engineers & Contractors, a provider of engineering, procurement and construction services in the biotech’s and agro-processing industries, jointly announce their collaboration to spearhead the construction of the world’s first PET biorecycling

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New PET bottle recycling plant in Myanmar and Vietnam with Sorema Technology

Sorema recycling systems division of Previero N. SRL announces the achievement of quality and quantity parameters for the post-consumer PET bottle washing and recycling plant at Commercial Plastics Co. (CPC) in Yangon, Myanmar. This project will soon be followed by a second plant for CPC in Vietnam. Andrea Villa, Senior Technical and

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