The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) and RecyClass mark a second year of progress in driving global harmonisation of Plastic Recyclability

17 Apr 202517 Apr 2025 Heike Fischer 795 Views 1 min read

The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) and RecyClass published the second progress report of their collaboration, which aims to accelerate the global harmonisation of plastic recyclability. Key updates include streamlining the measurement of intrinsic viscosity variation for PET bottles and harmonising the filter pack used in extrusion during HDPE and PP

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Aliplast expands in recycled PET with the acquisition of Gurit Italia

8 Apr 20258 Apr 2025 Heike Fischer 685 Views 1 min read

Aliplast has acquired Gurit Italia’s PET recycling plant, located in the Carmignano di Brenta (PD) facility: a strategic operation that will increase the company’s production capacity by approximately 15,000 additional tons of recycled PET per year. This acquisition is part of the broader strategy of the company controlled by Herambiente, part

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Reichmuth & Co finances bottle-to-bottle PET recycling plant in England

4 Apr 20254 Apr 2025 Gabriele Kosmehl 826 Views 2 min read

Reichmuth Infrastructure, on behalf of its SFDR Article 9 fund and one of its mandates, is financing the construction of a PET recycling plant in Ellesmere Port (UK). The plant will be located in the Plastic Park at Protos, an energy and resource management hub located in the North West of

Materials Recycling

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has officially approved the use of rPET for food packaging

1 Apr 202529 Apr 2025 Gabriele Kosmehl 824 Views 1 min read

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has officially approved the use of recycled PET for food packaging. The approval comes through the recently notified Food Safety and Standards (Packaging) First Amendment Regulations, 2025. As per the notification published on March 28, 2025, products made from recycled PET can

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Republic Services, Blue Polymers celebrate opening of Indianapolis plastics recycling complex

25 Mar 202524 Mar 2025 Gabriele Kosmehl 662 Views 2 min read

Leaders from Republic Services, Inc.and Blue Polymers, LLC, celebrated on March 18 the opening of North America’s first Polymer Center and Blue Polymers plastics recycling complex, transforming plastics circularity from curbside collection to consumer packaging and back again. The Indianapolis Polymer Center and Blue Polymers facilities are designed to work together

Materials Recycling

Breaking PET

20 Mar 202520 Mar 2025 Gabriele Kosmehl 963 Views 5 min read

Harnessing moisture from air, Northwestern University chemists have developed a new method for breaking down plastic waste. The non-toxic, environmentally friendly, solvent-free process first uses an inexpensive catalyst to break apart the bonds in PET. Then, the researchers merely expose the broken pieces to ambient air. Leveraging the trace amounts of

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UNESCO recognises PetStar for its leadership in recycling

17 Mar 202517 Mar 2025 Gabriele Kosmehl 698 Views 1 min read

PetStar was selected as an official partner of World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development, UNESCO’s campaign to highlight engineering achievements around the world. The appointment as an official partner is part of a year-long global campaign that will include events, audiovisual productions, articles and news stories highlighting engineering achievements around the

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TCEP launches Design Guidelines for recycling for PET multilayer trays

14 Mar 202513 Mar 2025 Gabriele Kosmehl 1158 Views 1 min read

TCEP enhances the Design for Recycling for PET monolayer trays with the addition of Design for Recycling for PET multilayer trays. This initiative is in line with the work the Thermoform team is carrying out in the CEN Standardisation WG. These guidelines will provide further crucial support to the mechanical recycling

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PRS Europe 2025: How AI is transforming the circular use of plastics

10 Mar 20257 Mar 2025 Gabriele Kosmehl 1139 Views 2 min read

The many ways in which artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the circular use of plastics will be showcased at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe exhibition and conference at RAI Amsterdam, the Netherlands from April 1-2, 2025. The AI Innovation Hub feature area introduces all the latest uses of AI in plastics

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Axens and Sorema sign partnership for providing advanced plastic recycling integrated solutions

5 Mar 20254 Mar 2025 Heike Fischer 875 Views 1 min read

Axens, a leading technology licensor in the field of plastics circular economy, and Sorema, an international technology and equipment provider for sorting, cleaning and mechanical treatment of plastic wastes, announced their cooperation for providing integrated solutions for advanced (chemical, physical) recycling of plastic wastes. Thanks to this cooperation, Axens and Sorema

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Uruguay launches first nationwide Deposit Return System (DRS)

27 Feb 202526 Feb 2025 Gabriele Kosmehl 967 Views 2 min read

Uruguay’s national packaging recovery initiative, Plan Vale, agreed on Friday, February 21, 2025, to the terms with the consortium of CIEMSA, CSI, and Reverse Logistics Group (RLG) to implement the country’s first Deposit Return and Refund System (DRS) for single-use beverage containers. This project positions Uruguay as the first Latin American

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