STOPP, an initiative co-funded by SIRE and the European Union to promote sustainable food packaging use and reduce plastic waste and environmental impact, has just kicked off.
Plastics
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Republic Services has opened North America’s first vertically integrated plastics recycling facility, producing recycled resins for use in sustainable packaging.
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Together with the Dutch recycling company RetourMatras, H&S has implemented a plant for the chemical recycling of discarded PU mattresses, enabling the recovery of high-quality recycled polyols.
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Latest figures show that the total European installed plastics recycling capacity stands at 12.5 million tonnes in 2022. Due to heavy market disruptions, the growth rate went down from 17% to 10%, year-on-year.
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To handle the process of recycling tyres as efficiently as possible, Roth International GmbH puts its trust in Untha’s XR3000C mobil-e.
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MarketPlasticsTechnology
RecyClass revises recyclability evaluation protocols and design for recycling guidelines
Following the findings of 18 testing campaigns commissioned in 2023, RecyClass updated its Recyclability Evaluation protocols and released a new set of Design for Recycling Guidelines for all plastic packaging streams. The latest set provides the industry with the most up-to-date recommendations for improving the recyclability of plastic packaging.
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MarketPlastics
Growth in UK export for plastic packaging recycling in 2023 shows need for rethink on use of non-OECD
Recoup has found that new data reveals an increase in the amount of plastic exported for recycling in 2023. Significant quantities are now going to developing, non-Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries.
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A new report from plastic waste prevention startup CleanHub analyses how plastic and the surrounding industry directly contributes to climate change — finding that it produces more greenhouse gasses than the Aviation and Shipping industries.
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The plastics recycling company based near Istanbul, Türkiye, commissioned its new Starlinger Recostar PET 215 iV+ bottle-to-bottle recycling system in the last quarter of 2023.
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The majority of players expect recycled polyethylene’s (R-PE) tough trading conditions to continue into 2024 due to ongoing bearish macroeconomic conditions, although many expect this to improve compared with 2023.
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PlasticsPolitics
PPWR: Further improvements needed to advance packaging circularity despite positive developments
The EU’s Environment Ministers have adopted their General Approach on the proposal for an EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).
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