Buyer's Guide

RafCycle by UPM Raflatac recycling service leads the way with Dekra validated CO2 calculation method

UPM Raflatac has received a new certificate of validity from leading international assurance service provider, Dekra, for its RafCycle recycling service. Going forward, this certification validates the credibility of the CO2 impact assessments provided by RafCycle in Europe and the US. As a result, customers can communicate their environmental contributions in

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Carbios and Zhink Group enter official discussions for long-term partnership to build PET biorecycling industrial capacities in China

Carbios and Chinese Zhink Group, one of China’s Top 500 Private Enterprises, specialising in two global industries, PET and textiles, announce the signing of a joint Letter of Intent to build a biorecycling plant in China using Carbios’ enzymatic depolymerisation technology to serve the global market. This agreement officialises collaboration towards

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Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim deliver bottle-to-bottle recycling plant to Magpet

For Indian preform and plastic packaging manufacturer Magpet Polymer Pvt Ltd, Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim are collaborating technologies in construction of an entire plant for bottle-to-bottle recycling from a single source. In addition to mechanical processing of used PET bottles, the recycling system encompasses all process steps leading up to extrusion

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Three PET UV barriers by Avient receive RecyClass Recyclability Approval

UV barriers developed by Avient and destined for PET bottles are approved as limited compatible with the PET bottles recycling stream in Europe Avient Corporation’s technologies for UV barriers, developed to protect PET packaging and its contents from the degradation effects of light and UV radiation, are the first to receive

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World’s largest plastics recycling event opens in Amsterdam next week

The world’s largest event dedicated to plastics recycling, the Plastics Recycling Show Europe, takes place next week at RAI Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from 19-20 June 2024. Visitors can still register for free at: www.prseventeurope.com The PRS Europe exhibition and conference attracts thousands of professional stakeholders of the entire plastics recycling value

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Borealis to establish recyclate-based polyolefins compounding line in Belgium

Borealis announces the installation of a semi-commercial demonstration recyclate-based polyolefins (rPO) compounding line in Beringen, Belgium. Set for construction during 2024, it is expected to be fully operational in the first half of 2025. The state-of-the-art line will use Borealis’ proprietary technology to transform mechanically recycled post-consumer waste into high-quality rigid

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L’Occitane en Provence and Carbios present a PET bottle made from enzymatic recycling

Carbios and the cosmetics brand L’Occitane en Provence present a bottle in transparent PET made entirely from enzymatic recycling for a shower oil from the Amande range.  In collaboration with converter Pinard Beauty Pack, this bottle exemplifies a shared desire to build en efficient European recycling sector to accelerate the transition

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Alpla joins forces with Re-Purpose – Strategic partnership to strengthen the plastics cycle in South Africa

The Alpla Group and Re-Purpose have announced a strategic partnership that will advance sustainable packaging solutions and strengthen the feedstock value chain of Alpla’s very first PET recycling facility in Africa. Alpla is investing 60 million euros in the construction of a state-of-the-art recycling plant in Ballito in the South African

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