Palsgaard expands additive range with anti-fouling product

While some plastic items in the health care industry can be recycled, medical systems overwhelmed by the pandemic and facing staff shortages simply lack the time or ability to embrace circular economy efforts.

A California legislative committee approved a large plastics pollution and extended producer responsiblity bill in a June 28 vote, clearing one hurdle to withdraw a plastics referendum on the state's November ballot.

The Attributes of Recycled Content would operate similar to a carbon credit program, with molders able to help finance recycling programs even if they can't use recycled material at this time.

The European plastics industry has been under threat since Russia invaded Ukraine, and China’s Shanghai having been in lockdown for about two months.

Consolidated sales rose 27 percent in 2021, showing a short-term V-shaped decline since 2019, along with a rapid recovery.

Following up on the acquisition of a minority stake in Alterra Energy in 2020, Neste has now announced the purchase of the European rights to Alterra Energy’s liquefaction technology.

At this year’s K trade fair in Düsseldorf, the booth of extrusion expert battenfeld-cincinnati will reflect the main topics of the show’s major themes: circular economy, digitalisation and climate protection, with a focus on the latter, said CEO Gerold Schley.

Pla.to Technology has developed the first industrial technology solution for the bottle-to-bottle recycling of HDPE detergent bottles, the company said.

Renewable chemistry company Avantium N.V. has signed a conditional offtake agreement with Carlsberg Group, one of the leading brewery groups in the world, with a large portfolio of beer and other beverage brands.

At the Plastics Recycling Show Europe which took place this week in Amsterdam, Erema CEO Manfred Hackl announced that Erema had acquired a 19.8 % share in a young Austrian start-up called Plasticpreneur.