Recycling
After almost a year of construction, 12 January saw the opening of the new sorting plant for lightweight packaging in Eitting, Bavaria.
Two waste recycling pioneers, including end-of-life tire (ELT) processor Bolder Industries, are investing in port of Antwerp’s NextGen District – a former 88-hectare General Motors plant being repurposed for circular activities.
In the lead-up to K 2022, the German Mechanical Engineering Industry Association VDMA is publishing a series of interviews with leading businesspersons in the industry, under the title Way2K. Here, Michael Lackner, Managing Director of Lindner Recyclingtech talks about the need for quality recyclates.
Mura Technology, an advanced recycling company in the UK that has developed a proprietary recycling based on the use of supercritical water, has acquired a new shareholder, the company has announced.
Several global plastic packaging makers are part of a statement from more than 70 businesses and financial institutions urging a new global plastics treaty that would reduce virgin plastics production and try to cut its link to fossil fuels.
Canadian clean technology company Loop Industries and Suez, a France-based environmental service provider first announced their plans to collaborate on the construction of the first Infinite Loop recycling facility in Europe in September 2020.
US-based chemical company Eastman Chemical Co. will invest up to $1 billion to build the world's biggest molecular recycling facility for waste plastics in France.
The Reclay Group, a Germany-headquartered international recycling and waste management service provider, and chemical company Borealis have entered into a strategic agreement designed, among others, to a secure long-term and affordable feedstock supply for Borealis’ recycling operations.
Neste has successfully concluded its first series of trial runs processing liquefied waste plastic at its Porvoo refinery in Finland.
Plastic Energy and TotalEnergies have entered into a new agreement that will further promote the development of advanced plastic recycling, the companies have announced.
Netherlands-based Repeats Group B.V. - the name is an acronym for Recycled PE AT Scale - has secured a €100 million equity commitment from Ara Partners to build a new pan-European plastics recycling platform, the company announced 10 January.
Japan-based Toyo Styrene, an affiliate of Denka Company and Agilyx have announced plans to commence construction on a 10 ton per day chemical recycling facility in Japan, enabled by Agilyx depolymerization technology.
Ineos Olefins and Polymers Europe has announced that it has joined NextLoopp, a consortium-based initiative aimed at creating food-grade recycled polypropylene from post-consumer packaging waste.
Interest is growing in recycled content mandates for plastic packaging. But what makes for an effective law? A webinar took a look.