Many people visualize marine litter as unsightly plastic debris in the form of bottles, caps, plastic bags and other waste drifting in huge gyres in the oceans.

When the coronavirus lockdown was announced, recycling machinery manufacturer Lindner had just delivered a new shredder to one of its customers, German waste management company Hündgen. 

Total and PureCycle Technologies have announced a strategic partnership in plastics recycling. 

Jufico, a German food and beverage producer, is launching a new, recyclable packaging design for its range of products marketed under the FruchtBar brand.

PET recycler MultiPet GmbH, which, since 2017, has been part of environmental service provider Veolia,  produces PET flakes from waste PET bottles and trays for the plastics processing industry.

With 21 partners, an almost €10 million budget and a duration of 48 months, the PolynSPIRE project, which is funded by the EU within the Horizon 2020 programme is a serious collaborative effort targeted at developing a set of innovative, and sustainable solutions for efficient plastic recycling. 

Plastic Energy is a chemical recycling company that has developed technology  to transform traditionally non-recyclable plastic waste into a hydrocarbon product called Tacoil, which can be used to make recycled, virgin-quality plastics. Viridor is a UK resource, recycling and waste management company that is committed to the circular economy.

When, in 2000, Poland-based ML Polyolefins started out as a trader in recyclable materials, the company could not know that a short 20 years later, it would have grown into a major player in central and eastern Europe in the production of high-quality PP regranulate.

A young UK company called QM Recycled Energy sought to develop a new approach to plastic waste recycling: one that would turn unusable waste into a desirable resource that could serve as a feedstock or fuel for further use.