Tackling a new litter menace: single-use face masks

Honeycomb technology combined with fire-resistant basalt fibres creates innovative solution combining a lighter weight, safety and sustainability.

Hamburg-based distributor K.D. Feddersen and Aurora Kunststoffe, a manufacturer of high-quality technical recompounds based in Neuenstein, Germany,  are expanding the scope of a collaboration that has been in place between the two companies since 2014.

Some 3000 companies from around the world have registered for participation in next year’s K 2022, the organisers have announced.

Bioplastic film technology and manufacturing company Sidaplax, a Ghent, Belgium-based producer of bioplastic EarthFirst thin gauge, compostable, sealant and barrier sealant film for food and other applications, said it has now successfully completed the the first commercial run of its new polyhydroxyalkanoate home compostable packaging film.

A new joint venture established by US-based Cargill and Helm, a family-owned, Hamburg-headquartered chemical marketing company has announced plans to spend $300M on building the first commercial-scale, renewable BDO facility in the U.S

 KraussMaffei has developed extrusion technology that handles the plasticising and degassing process steps just as well as repelletising and recompounding operations.

Finalists in seven categories at the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2021 will be revealed in a free-to-attend livestream event starting at 10 am CEST on Tuesday 15 June.

In a legislative session full of plastics bills, Colorado wrapped up June 8 by banning plastic bags and EPS takeout containers, dropping an alternative pushed by industry, and giving cities the authority to go further.

Barbie is debuting its first doll made from recycled plastic along with a marketing campaign, "The Future of Pink is Green."

The Eco.bottle product platform, developed for the Nestlé mineral water brand Vittel, is a hybrid structure made from paper and plastic components that uses over 50% less plastic compared to Vittel’s current 1-litre bottle,