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Revalyu Resources, a chemical PET recycling company, announced that it will invest USD 50 million during the initial phase of its strategic expansion in its first facility in the USA. The location for its new plant will be in Statesboro, Georgia where groundbreaking will take place in the first half of
Read moreA new cash incentive system, placing deposits on drinks bottles and cans, is intended to boost recycling in the UK from 2025. New plans set out in a consultation response detail that, through small cash deposits placed on single-use drinks containers, people will likely be incentivised to recycle their drinks bottles
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Carbios has announced the strengthening of its management team with the appointment of Martine Brisset as Senior Vice President from 1 January 2023. In this capacity, she will manage the biodegradation business and oversee the Human Resources, Legal, Regulatory, Project Management and QHSE support functions. Martine Brisset joins the Group’s Executive
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The Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT) oversaw the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) on 17th January 2023, which will lay the groundwork for a 12,000 t/a PET recycling facility in Abi Dhabi, UAE, as announced by the Emirates News Agency, WAM.
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The Alpla Group can look back on a successful financial year 2022 in spite of the crisis. Sales of 5.1 billion euros exceeded the previous year’s figure by 27.5 per cent. In addition to the company’s growth strategy, the record turnover reflects the significantly higher costs for energy, materials, staff and
Read moreCarbios and Novozymes, leader in biological solutions, announce an exclusive long-term global strategic partnership. This major agreement ensures the long-term production and supply of Carbios’ proprietary PET-degrading enzymes at an industrial scale for the world’s first biological PET-recycling plant due to start production in 2025 in Longlaville, France, as well as
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The Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE), the pan-European exhibition and conference dedicated to plastics recycling, returns to the RAI Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 10-11 May 2023, expanding into two halls for the first time (Halls 11 and 12). Visitor registration for the free-to-attend event is now open! The Plastics Recycling Show
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Herbold Meckesheim announced that the company sealed a major contract for the recycling of post-consumer films at K 2022: Olivier Vilcot, General Manager of the Plastics Recycling Division of Suez, and Werner Herbold, Managing Director of the correspondent company, signed a contract for the installation of two washing lines at the booth
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Extrupet, one of the largest and advanced recyclers of PET bottle materials on the African continent proudly announced its Sedex membership. Sedex is a globally recognised ethical trade service provider that enables companies to work together to improve their social and environmental performance while protecting the people involved. Sedex enables businesses
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Petcore’s Annual Conference 2023 will be dedicated to recycling, circularity and the PET industry’s contribution to the EU’s carbon neutrality goals. 2023 marks Petcore’s 30th anniversary and the high-level conference in Brussels will explore the theme of: PET value chain in a fast-paced environment for Circularity. The hybrid event will be
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Danone-Aqua Indonesia has registered the first Indonesian plastic project with Verra’s Plastic Waste Reduction Program (Plastic Program). The Reciki: Valorization of Waste, Systematic Diversion from Landfill and Leakage project (Reciki Project) is a collaboration between Danone-Aqua Indonesia and PT. Reciki Solusi Indonesia (Reciki) and demonstrates how corporations can use Verra’s Plastic
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