Plastics
Plastic contributes more emissions than aviation and shipping Industries
| 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.
Tanrıkulu enters PET bottle-to-bottle market
| 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.
Europe R-PE continues to face tough trading conditions, although some optimism remains
| 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.
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).
Neste doubled the amount of waste plastic processed during 2023
| In its efforts to scale-up chemical recycling, Neste has successfully concluded another series of industrial-scale processing runs with increasing volumes of liquefied waste plastic at its refinery in Porvoo, Finland.
ICIS: Cautiously optimistic future for plastics circularity
| The circular economy has been one of the most powerful megatrends affecting the plastics industry over the last few years and is widely anticipated to keep building momentum in the future.
Material cleaning with state-of-the-art sorting technology
| Austrian recycling experts have joined forces for the consistent recycling of PET.
EUBP unveils the results of the 2023 Market Data Report
| Main findings show that after a period of stagnation, the overall plastic production is picking up again.
New standard for circular plastics ensures higher quality and cost reduction
| Cirplus has developed a new standard for the use of recycled plastics together with the IKK — Institute of Plastics and Circular Economy and the Kunststoff-Institut Luedenscheid.
EuCertPlast & RecyClass join forces
| EuCertPlast and RecyClass have reached an agreement for the future development of the certification for plastics recyclers. Going forward, the expertise and know-how of the two audit schemes will be combined under the RecyClass Recycling Process Certification.
Plastics Recycling Awards Europe entry deadline extended
| The entry deadline for the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2024 has been extended until 18.00 CET, Friday 12 January 2024. The judging panel for the 2024 awards has also been announced.
Plastics Recyclers Europe’s Manifesto calls upon the EU for a genuine circularity for plastics
| Plastics Recyclers Europe calls upon the EU to maintain the ambition to achieve a genuine circularity for plastics by driving the competitiveness and innovation of the EU plastics industry.
New research charts course to circular plastic
| A recently study by KPMG, Plastic feedstock for recycling in the Netherlands, highlights the Netherlands’ leading position in Europe in the reuse of raw materials.
How to ensure compliance with the Spanish Plastic Tax?
| Companies placing non-recycled, non-reusable plastic packaging onto the Spanish market must pay a tax outlined in the Spanish Law 7/2022.
