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Britvic’s brands Robinsons, Lipton Ice Tea and drench 500ml bottles are moving to 100% rPET. The 500ml on-the-go bottles are the first to use recycled plastic from a new rPET manufacturing facility in North Yorkshire, UK. The facility, built by Esterform Packaging Limited following Britvic’s £5m investment support in 2019, is
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While OneCircle works towards a net-zero goal across its operation, like-minded partners continue to seek out sustainable solutions within the beverage production industry. OneCircle, as the global leader in PET Kegs, is a natural choice for those determined to maximise efficiencies and minimise waste across the beverage production and distribution process. Located
Read more#Returntheplastics is an EU citizens initiative with the proposal to recycle plastic bottles based on a 15 euro cents deposit fee for every plastic bottle purchase in the European Union. The European Commission has adopted the decision to register the initative which was submitted to the Commission on 2 July 2021.
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PET to PET Recycling Österreich GmbH has drawn up a successful interim balance for the year 2021: 14,048 tonnes of high-quality PET beverage bottles were kept in the resource cycle – despite difficult conditions caused by the Corona pandemic. An increase in production is also expected for the second half of
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Tomra Recycling has announced the installation of its new Autosort in the Yachiyo Technical Center of EarthTechnica Co. Ltd, an authorised dealer of Tomra Recycling Autosort combines the latest technologies such as the patented Flying Beam and Deep Laiser technology. The machine’s illumination unit, Flying Beam, is positioned inside the scanner,
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The Alpla Group, the global packaging solutions and recycling specialist, is purchasing the Wolf Plastics Group to expand its product portfolio and sees growth potential in Central and South-Eastern Europe. In acquiring all the shares in the packaging manufacturer Wolf Plastics Group based in Kammern, Austria, Alpla intends to use the
Read moreAMI is delighted to announce the launch of a new event: the first ever edition of the Ocean Plastic virtual summit, taking place online on 25 – 26 January 2022. Valuable plastics escaping into the environment, our waterways and oceans is a challenge that an increasing number of organisations are tackling. Ocean and ocean bound
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CCL Label has won the prestigious German Packaging Award for its innovative EcoStretch – The Closed-Loop Solution for Stretch Sleeves. CCL Label had announced its plans to invest in recycling technology to recycle post-consumer stretch sleeves in a closed loop last year – keeping products and materials in use. The German
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In line with its initiatives to realise plastic circularity in society, Kao Corporation will use chemically recycled PET (polyethylene terephthalate) material manufactured by PET Refine Technology Co., Ltd., a group company of Jeplan, Inc., for its cosmetics bottle containers. It will progressively introduce this material starting in June 2021, beginning with
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The global manufacturer of plastic packaging and recycling specialist, the Alpla Group, has acquired the manufacturer Verigreen Packaging based in Durban. The company specialises in bottles and canisters for lubricants such as engine oils. The Alpla Group acquired the lubricants division of the South African packaging manufacturer Verigreen on 7th July
Read moreThe non-profit association PolyREC announced that the value chain initiatives Polyolefin Circular Economy Platform (PCEP), Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS) and European Manufacturers of Expanded Polystyrene (EUMEPS) have joined members Petcore Europe, PlasticsEurope, Plastics Recyclers Europe, and VinylPlus to support the setup of a harmonised, pan-European data collection system for both, plastics
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