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Latest stats show 62% of all PET plastic beverage bottles produced in SA in 2019 were collected for recycling Despite global market contractions, and now the rolling economic impact of Covid-19, South Africa’s PET plastic recycling value chain has kept its wheels turning, delivering another positive annual recycling rate while creating
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Verpa Folie Weidhausen GmbH pursued with the development of a new type of carrier strap based on PE material in combination with a PE-based shrink film the basis for a single-variety packaging solution that is both clearly sortable and recyclable. Thanks to this solution, the flexible beverage container packaging with Verpalin
Read moreRecyclates characterisation guiding requirements published by Plastics Recyclers Europe This scientifically grounded guidance is a benchmark for the quality of recycled plastics. The documents’ overarching aim is to advance the quality and enhance the demand for recyclates. It addresses as well the issues of lack of harmonisation and transparency on the
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Between one and three litres per litre of beer or soft drinks, two litres per kilo of PET – during a production operation, very substantial quantities of wastewater are created. For precisely this reason, not only beverage and liquid-food producers, but also recyclers are continually seeking solutions for downsizing this wastewater
Read moreGovernor Gavin Newsom gave supermarkets and other dealers of beverages carrying a five or ten cent deposit another 60-day reprieve on refunding deposits, putting greater pressure on too few redemption centers to serve millions of Californians. California now joins Iowa’s Republican Governor as the only states letting the retailers off the
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Essentra Tapes has launched the first tear tape for flexible packaging to combine the sustainability of recycled rPET alongside the benefits of easy-opening and brand enhancement. Responding to both consumer demand for packaging sustainability and the latest legislative requirements for recycled content, the new SupaStrip PCR is made from rPET
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The financial year 2019/20, which ended on 31 March, marks a special milestone in Erema’s corporate history. For the first time the group of companies generated a consolidated total turnover of more than EUR 200 million and, with its recycling technologies and professional services, impressively underlined its position as a technology
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“Born Again” – State-of-the-art recycling plant inaugurated in Bangalore Manjushree Technopack Limited (MTL),India’s largest rigid plastics packaging company and backed by Advent International, launched its new initiative “Born Again” to deliver recycled packaging material to the FMCG Industry and support brands in their journey of creating a greener world. Born Again,
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Today Diageo North America announces that its blended American whiskey Seagram’s 7 Crown bottles will be made from 100% recycled plastic (rPET). The move is a first for the brand and for Diageo. Building on a decade long commitment to making its packaging more sustainable, Diageo North America will remove virgin
Read moreIndorama Ventures Public Company Limited would like to inform that it has, through its indirect subsidiary Indorama Ventures Polimeros S.A., acquired 100% equity stake of AG Resinas Ltda., a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Brazil and completed the transaction on June 8, 2020. AG Resinas is a PET
Read moreRecyClass Recyclability Methodology document provides comprehensive information on the assessment methods used to assess and certify recyclability of a plastic package. By certifying packaging compatibility with a recycling process, the methodology is geared towards setting a level playing field for design for recycling claims of the value chain actors. RecyClass specifies
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