Sustainability & Recycling

"The Demand for Recyclates is All Across the Board" Interview with Martina Schmidt, Head of the Business Unit Recycling at Vecoplan AG Ms. Schmidt, is the circular economy gaining momentum? Yes, this great collaborative project has…
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Sorting for Circularity Europe Project findings highlight immense opportunity to accelerate textile recycling Today, Fashion for Good concludes the Sorting for Circularity Europe project, and in collaboration with Circle Economy,…
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Felleskjøpet Packs Premium Pet Food in Mondi’s Flexibag Recyclable Mondi collaborated with leading Norwegian pet food manufacturer Felleskjøpet to switch to recyclable high-barrier packaging for the relaunch of its Appetitt premium…
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Scientists Crack Upcycling Plastics to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Scientists have developed a breakthrough process to transform the most widely produced plastic — polyethylene (PE) — into the second-most widely produced plastic,…
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Recyclass Approves VOID Technologies Cavitation Solution Enabling 35% Material Reduction in Polyethylene Films Materials science company VOID Technologies has received RecyClass approval for its VO+cavitation technology, developed to…
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"Economically, Recycling is Perfectly Feasible" Interview with Jochen Hirdina, Head of Plastics Technology at Krones AG Mr. Hirdina, Krones is pursuing its own sustainability strategy. What are the cornerstones? Krones has set itself…
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Alphagary, Orbia’s Polymer Solutions Brand, Introduces Infinitude – PVC Compounds Built With Recycled Content. Alphagary, a global leader in the design and manufacture of compounds, stabilizers and plasticizers, and a division of Orbia’s…
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"Mechanical and chemical recycling are complementary" Interview with Dr. Ralf Düssel, Chairman of plastics producers’ association PlasticsEurope Deutschland Dr. Düssel, the plastics manufacturing industry has done reasonably well to…
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Borealis and ITC Packaging Develop Series of Sustainable Rigid Packaging Formats Suitable for Food Contact Transformational Borealis Borcycle C solutions based on chemical recycling produce virgin-grade materials that guarantee high…
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Collation Shrink Film Market Boosted by Emerging Use of Post-consumer Recycled Resins A new report from AMI Consulting provides critical insight and analysis of the current state of play and future outlook for the collation shrink film…
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