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Carbios announced that it has doubled its number of issued patents since the last review published at the end of 2020. Carbios (and its subsidiary Carbiolice) currently holds 336 titles worldwide divided into 53 patent families. In 2022, several titles protecting the proprietary PET-degrading enzymes were granted in countries of interest
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Shortlisted finalists in the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2023 were announced. The winners of the seven awards will be announced on 11 May, the second day of the Plastics Recycling Show Europe at the RAI Amsterdam, where all 47 finalists will be showcased. “These awards reflect the deepening collaboration we see
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Scientists from the Max Planck Institute in Marburg, Germany, have developed an efficient and carbon dioxide-saving pathway for the bacterial conversion of ethylene glycol, a component of the plastic PET. They equipped the bacterium Pseudomonas putida with a new metabolic pathway discovered in marine microbes, which led to improved growth. Their
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Sukano, a global additive and masterbatch specialist, is proud to announce that it is entering a long-term agreement with the Fondation Jan & Oscar, a Swiss non-profit organisation that has key projects with a strong focus on education and plastic pollution in rural regions. This partnership aims to help tackle the
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Whether it’s Deep Dive in the in-house TV studio, the renowned awards ceremony or the focus on moving topics of the future in the lecture forum – at interpack from May 4 to 10, there will be numerous new special areas and promotions to complement the offerings of the approximately 2,700
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The packaging industry wants to benefit from the application of mono-materials in its production. These materials offer several advantages: reduction of production costs and energy use, reduction of packaging waste and, most notably, improved recyclability. By not being composed of different materials, it eliminates the need for complex sorting processes, introducing
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By 2050 at the latest, all tyres produced by tyre manufacturer Continental are to be made of sustainable materials. There is still a long way to go until then, says the companny. But step by step, it is already becoming apparent which raw materials will find their way into tire construction
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Despite numerous challenges, PET to PET Recycling Österreich GmbH in Müllendorf recorded a new recycling record for 2022: 32,900 t of PET material from around 1.3 billion bottles were successfully kept in the bottle-to-bottle cycle. This corresponds to a 20% increase in the amount processed compared to the previous year (2021:
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Amut announced the successful upgrade of Mohawk Industries’ PET washing plant in Summerville, Georgia USA in September 2022. Mohawk Industries is an American flooring manufacturer. Anthony Georges, President of Amut North America Inc. stated, Amut had done a trial of Mohawk’s dirty flakes a few years ago in the patented Amut
Read moreCircularix, a producer of food-grade post-consumer rPET, has begun production at its Pennsylvania plant – the first of five U.S. recycling facilities it plans to take operational. This inaugural plant, in Hatfield, PA, will contribute to a total production capacity across the five facilities of 275 million pounds of rPET pellets per
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Akmert İplik San. ve Tic. A.Ş. is currently installing a Starlinger bottle-to-bottle recycling line for its new “GSR Granules” brand at the company’s rPET manufacturing facility in Kocaeli’s Gebze district near Istanbul. The recoSTAR PET 165 HC iV+ has an output of up to 1,800 kg of bottle-grade rPET pellets per
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