Michael Brunn

The URBIOFIN project aims to demonstrate the techno-economic and environmental viability of an integrated biorefinery for the transformation of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) into new marketable bioproducts, chemical building blocks, biopolymers and additives.

A Market study shows PVC is the most used polymer for single use medical devices and will retain its position in the years to come.

According to Environmental organisations, delays in ecodesign and energy labelling policies are estimated to cost consumers 40 billion euro by 2030.

With the Green Alley Award, Landbell Group invites startups to showcase their technology, service or product for a circular economy, where ressources are saved and waste is minimized. Applications will be accepted until 23rd November 2021. Startups have the chance to win €25,000.

Korteks, one of the world's biggest yarn producers based in Bursa, Turkey, has started the production of recycled polyester filament yarn in its production facility using a Starlinger recycling line.

The Digital Watermarks Initiative HolyGrail 2.0 has reached its first milestone with the successful validation of the project's first prototype detection sorting unit.

The European Recycling Industries' Confederation (EuRIC) strongly welcomes the call made by Plastics Europe for a mandatory EU recycled content target for plastics packaging of 30% by 2030, and looks forward to working with the entire packaging value chain to support an ambitious revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD).

Jacques David talks about the management of the so-called Black Mass produced from the treatment of lithium batteries ahead of the workshop at ICBR 2021 in Geneva on 24th September.

The worldwide production of plastics is about 350 tonnes per year. The largest consuming sectors are agriculture and the food industry.

In 2021, packaging producer Fischbach and marker manufacturer Tailorlux qualified for the German Packaging Award.