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PET manufacturer Equipolymers and technology Start-up Rittec Umwelttechnik announced their cooperation. By the development and implementation of Rittec’s revolPET process into Equipolymers’ PET manufacturing plant the recycling content of food contact PET is targeted to be increased significantly. Mechanical PET recycling has been established in the European market for many years.
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On an area of around 34,000 square meters, 480 companies from 23 nations presented themselves at the Plastimagen in Mexico City. The industrial show is considered the flagship fair of the plastics industry in Latin America. Among a total of 13 pavilions, eleven of them country-specific, Europe in particular was strongly
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Asahi Beverages announced that around 111 million soft drink bottles will now be made with 100% recycled plastic in Australia each year. The change will apply to all 450ml and 600ml bottles of soft drinks sold by Asahi Beverages including popular brands Pepsi Max, Solo, Schweppes and Sunkist. The move follows
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German company Harvest Moon is dedicated to producing plant-based yogurt and milk alternatives that are good for both consumers and society. Now the business is also taking a major step forward in terms of sustainable packaging, opting for cardboard-plastic combinations in which the cups are made of 100% rPET. These are
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Construction machinery rolls into action again at the Erema site in Ansfelden. The ground-breaking ceremony on April the 6th signals the start of work on a new R&D centre. Two halls with a total area of 1,550 square metres and a new office building with 50 workplaces will be built. The
Read moreAptar Group, Inc., a global leader in drug delivery, consumer product dispensing, and active material science solutions and services, is pleased to announce its progress in testing and transforming Purecycle Technologies, Inc.’s Ultra-Pure Recycled (UPR) plastic. Aptar and Purecycle are working to determine the right material combination to create hinged closures for food,
Read moreExtrupet, one of the largest and advanced recyclers of plastics on the African continent, announced a major expansion of their food-grade plastic recycling operations in South Africa. “Extrupet is proud to announce that we will double our food-grade operations by adding a fourth food-grade recycled PET (rPET) facility, which will increase
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Tomra has just published its latest white paper examining how to achieve greater performance from Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programs. This policy principle shall give the power to accelerate society’s shift towards a more circular economy, where resources are reused repeatedly to maximize their value.In a webcast that took place on
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The Digital Watermarks Initiative HolyGrail 2.0, driven by AIM – European Brands Association and powered by the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, has achieved a significant milestone with the successful validation, after semi-industrial testing mimicking real-life conditions, of the prototype detection unit for digital watermarks. The results show that the digital
Read moreBB Engineering GmbH, Remscheid, Germany, a subsidiary of Oerlikon Textile, announced that Thai Polyester Co., Ltd, Thailand, has placed an order for four VacuFil systems for recycling bottle flakes with connected direct spinning. The polyester manufacturer, established in 2001 and with an overall annual capacity of 316,800 tons, is one of
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Proceeding on the target of commercializing chemical recycling of waste plastic, Neste is conducting a feasibility study to examine investing in capacity for processing liquefied waste plastic at its refinery in Porvoo, Finland. The goal is to scale up processing capabilities for liquefied waste plastic by implementing proprietary technologies to pretreat
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