UN Development Programme (UNDP) and The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF) partner to scale up management of plastic waste in Asia

28 Jan 202527 Jan 2025 Gabriele Kosmehl 1643 Views 2 min read

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF) have partnered to help address the growing challenge of plastic waste management in Asia, a region that is home to significant environmental opportunities and challenges. Rapid urbanisation, increasing demand for single-use plastics, and gaps in waste management infrastructure have contributed

DePoly and PTI collaborate to create closed loop recycled PET bottle

24 Jan 202523 Jan 2025 Gabriele Kosmehl 1741 Views 2 min read

DePoly, a Swiss award-winning CleanTech company which specialises in advanced recycling of PET/polyester plastics, announced their collaboration with PTI (Plastic Technologies Inc) a leader in sustainable plastic packaging design and development, to create a closed loop recycled PET bottle. Using a mixed stream of feedstock, ranging from PET plastic packaging, polyester

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NGR achieves positive scientific opinion by EFSA for their Liquid State Polycondensation (LSP) – Process

23 Jan 202523 Jan 2025 Heike Fischer 1764 Views 2 min read

Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen GmbH (NGR) is proud to announce a significant achievement: the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has issued a positive Scientific Opinion for NGR´s Liquid State Polycondensation (LSP)- Process for advanced PET Recycling. LSP becomes the first recycling process to complete evaluation under the updated regulation (EU) 2022/1616. The

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2024: PET to PET recycled 1.25 billion bottles

21 Jan 202516 Jan 2025 Heike Fischer 1777 Views 3 min read

PET to PET Recycling Österreich GmbH, based in Müllendorf, Burgenland, Austria, takes stock for the year 2024: 31,354 tonnes of PET material – the equivalent of 1.25 billion PET beverage bottles – were successfully recycled in Austria. This represents a slight decrease of -2.8% compared to the previous year (2023: 32,283

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Starlinger PET bottle-to-bottle line for Indian Recycler Alpha Ecoplast

16 Jan 202515 Jan 2025 Gabriele Kosmehl 1446 Views 2 min read

Mid of October 2024 Alpha Ecoplast Pvt. Ltd., a member of Alpha Group, commissioned a Starlinger RecoStar PET 215 HC iV+ PET bottle-to-bottle recycling system in their new facility near the city of Kosamba, Gujarat State, India. The RecoStar PET 215 HC iV+ features Starlinger’s biggest single extruder size, reaching an

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Alpla on a growth trajectory with a successful 2024 financial year

15 Jan 202514 Jan 2025 Heike Fischer 2452 Views 3 min read

Packaging and recycling specialist increases turnover to 4.9 billion euros – Alpla continued its growth trajectory in 2024 with new products, plants, business areas, acquisitions and a focus on training skilled workers. The international packaging and recycling specialist increased its turnover from 4.7 to 4.9 billion euros and grew its workforce

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BASF and research partners collaborate to optimise mechanical recycling of plastics

10 Jan 20259 Jan 2025 Heike Fischer 1198 Views 2 min read

BASF has teamed up with Endress+Hauser and TechnoCompound as well as the Universities of Bayreuth and Jena to study how the mechanical recycling of plastics can be improved. With funding from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the SpecReK project aims to reliably and precisely identify the composition

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Next-generation AI-driven PET bottle recycling technology

9 Jan 20258 Jan 2025 Gabriele Kosmehl 2515 Views 3 min read

SyntheticGestalt KK, Asahi Quality and Innovations, Ltd., a research subsidiary of Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd., and Institute of Science Tokyo have commenced research on an AI-powered PET bottle recycling technology called “Bio-Recycling” which was starting in the second half of 2024. This project aims to establish new standards for PET bottle

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Design Guidelines for PET bottles in contact with non-food products

7 Jan 20257 Jan 2025 Heike Fischer 1937 Views 0 min read

EPBP strongly encourages the use of the EPBP Design for Recycling guidelines, also for PET bottles that are in contact with non-food products, such as home and personal care products, to further improve the ability to recycle PET bottles in closed loop. Moreover, EPBP acknowledges that food grade recycled PET, manufactured

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EU’s competitiveness under severe threat: plastics sector at crossroads

3 Jan 20252 Jan 2025 Heike Fischer 1235 Views 2 min read

The plastic value chain is hit by a strong recession caused by persisting issues such as increased imports of non-EU recycled plastics, reduced investments in domestic raw materials production and recycling, as well as a lack of demand for EU-virgin and recycled plastics. Eighteen industry stakeholders across the plastic value chain

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Carbios postpones construction of its Longlaville PET biorecycling plant

2 Jan 20252 Jan 2025 Heike Fischer 3246 Views 2 min read

Carbios, a pioneer in the development and industrialisation of biological technologies to reinvent the life cycle of plastic and textiles, is postponing the construction of its PET biorecycling plant in Longlaville for 6 to 9 months due to delayed funding pending completion of additional financing under satisfactory conditions. Carbios’ ambition is

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