Recycling

At the Ocean Conference, organised by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation presented another chapter to its activity, called New Plastics Economy Global Commitment. The Commitment aims to create a new scenario for plastic packaging by eliminating single-use packaging materials, increasing the amount of reused or

Four months after the founding of the new business unit Keycycle, it can be seen that Erema and its range of overall solutions for plastics recycling projects is being welcomed with open doors in the marketplace. The newly formed team has in the meantime received a number of project inquiries, most

The European Parliament has adopted its negotiating position on the Commission proposal on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment. Many MEPs shared EuPC position in limiting the scope of a proposal that, since the beginning, has been rushed by the European Commission with possible negative

Maag stand 6202 in hall A6 For the first time at Fakuma, Maag will be sharing a stand with filter manufacturer Ettlinger, which joined the group in January this year. As a result, Maag will be offering products for applications from raw material production, through compounding, to recycling, all from a

Erema hall A6-6314 The focus of Erema Group´s trade fair appearance at Fakuma is on technologies that aim to further improve the quality of recyclates. These include: • the recycling and compounding technology Corema • ReFresher (together with the proven Intarema TVEplus machine) – the highly efficient anti-odor technology for odour-optimised

The EU Single Use Plastics Directive Proposal is currently under the assessment of the European Parliament. The proposal foresees the consumption reduction of PET trays – a circular packaging product with a high amount of recycled content. This goes entirely against the development of the last years, PET sheet manufacturers have

Waste Free Oceans continuously engages in marine litter clean-ups worldwide and, through “Closing the loop” projects, works with companies to transform the collected waste into innovative and sustainable products. WFO aims to find a balance between providing concrete solutions at source and acting on remediation actions involving a large range of

Fifty percent is the ideal recycled bottle content to help meet sustainability objectives and avoid compromising the recycling stream for future lifecycles, according to Phoenix Technologies International, a leading global producer of polyethylene terephthalate (rPET). “Several major companies have committed to 100% reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging by 2025 or earlier.

Ioniqa is scaling up its technology for infinite PET plastic upcycling: the technology company is building its first PET plastic up-cycling factory in the Netherlands at Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Geleen. As of summer 2019, PET plastic waste will be converted into high-grade, pure PET raw material, of which new food