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Packaging industry demonstrates innovative solutions and discusses new approaches at FachPack 2019, September 24-26, Exhibition Centre Nuremberg. Demonstrations against the flood of waste and calls for more environmental protection in the 1980s and 1990s led to the Packaging Ordinance, can deposits and dual systems. The discussion about environmentally friendly packaging is
Read moreThis week’s closure of 284 recycling redemption centers (RCs) by rePlanet, the largest operator of such centers in California, marks the latest and most significant setback to the state’s container deposit system (referred to as a bottle bill). Now is the time for Gov. Gavin Newsom to work with the state
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Recyclable packaging is a prerequisite for a functioning circular economy. In order to quickly and reliably determine the recyclability of new packaging, Henkel uses its specially developed software tool EasyD4R. Henkel has now made this assessment tool publicly available on its website that more companies and organisations can use it and
Read moreMorssinkhof-Rymoplast is building a PET processing plant in Markranstädt, in the Leipzig-region in Saxony, Germany. From recycled PET raw material PET granulate will be produced, which will be used for the production of new water bottles and the soft drink industry. This plant is a valuable addition to the existing recycling
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Petcore Europe, the industry organisation representing the whole PET value chain, launched the “Special Industry Group – SIG” to establish a strong and sustainable value chain in the development of re-using the monomers from PET waste. Bringing the PET bottles and food containers as well as polyester textiles back to its constituents,
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Leading Austrian companies are joining forces in the RePETitio project, following an initiative of Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen GmbH to prove that PET-waste other than PET bottles can successfully be recycled into new high-quality products. Beginning in June 2019, PET household waste such as blister packaging, thermoformed trays and films will be
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EconCore, a leader in thermoplastic honeycomb core production technology, collaborates with Ultrapolymers and DuFor in an R&D project funded by the Flemish Government to develop a new product: a thermoplastic honeycomb core made from recycled PET. The basis of this development is EconCore’s worldwide patented process for continuous and cost-effective production
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Natural mineral water brand Valvert in Belgium launches its new bottle made entirely from recycled PET, a first for Nestlé in Europe. This step is intended to support Nestlé’s commitment to circular economy and to increase the rPET content in its water bottles to 35% globally by 2025. Valvert claims to
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Alpla and PTT Global Chemical (GC) will collaborate on a feasibility study for the construction of a recycling plant in Thailand. The companies announced the plan at the “Circular Living Symposium 2019 – Upcycling Our Planet” in Bangkok at the end of June. Alpla develops and produces plastic packaging solutions worldwide
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An innovation from Avery Dennison that is intended to enable closed-loop PET recycling has won this year’s FINAT Recycling and Sustainability award. The CleanFlake portfolio is claimed to enable production of high quality recycled PET (rPET) from post-consumer bottles while maintaining all-important visual impact and food contact approval. The portfolio is
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Ford has found a way of reusing millions of PET bottles. Each EcoSport SUV that the company produces is fitted with carpets made using 470 single-use plastic drink bottles. And since Ford launched the EcoSport globally in 2012, it has provided a new lease of life for more than 650 million
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