Recycling
A new collaboration between Blend+ GmbH and Mitsui & Co. Deutschland GmbH is aimed at developing and marketing advanced additives designed to enhance the performance of recycled polyolefins, making them suitable for higher-end applications.
Ineos Olefins & Polymers has partnered with Italy-based polymer recycler Forever Plast SpA on the development of a range of new polyethylene grades made with a blend of post-consumer recyclate derived from used bottle caps, and virgin materials.
Packaging giant Amcor has launched the first PET container made from 100% post-consumer recycled content (PCR) resin for a multivitamin product manufactured by the US vitamin producer, Ritual. The bottle comes in two sizes, 100cc and 150cc.
Brigitte Dero, the managing director of VinylPlus, issued the following statement:
“VinylPlus, the voluntary commitment to sustainable development of the European PVC industry, regrets the outcome of today’s vote in the European Parliament in Strasbourg concerning the proposed derogation for the continuous use of recycled PVC containing legacy lead substances.
According to new research conducted by YouGov and unveiled today, over a third of UK consumers say that ‘recycling confuses them in general’.
At the 2020 Petcore Conference this year in Brussels, Gian de Belder, leader of the Holy Grail project and Sustainability and Circular Economy Scientist at P&G announced that P&G’s Pioneer Holy Grail project, which kicked off in 2016, would finally be bearing fruit.
Maag Group member Ettlinger, a leading manufacturer of high performance melt filters, has picked Ricco International Trade & Consultancy to become its new sales partner for the Polish market.
As demand for recycled content in packaging grows, Finnish label producer UPM Raflatac is contributing, with label materials made from recycled plastic.
British-Dutch consumer goods giant Unilever has undertaken to reduce the environmental impact of its products by half by 2030, a goal that includes the packaging used to protect and market its brands.
A report compiled by sustainability consultancy Eunomia signals a number of trends in PET collection and sorting, one of the most important of which is the growing use of rPET in bottle-to-bottle recycling, mainly in response to manufacturer demand.
On-Pack Recycling Label Ltd. (OPRL), a UK non-profit scheme with over 400 members, is introducing new rules governing recycling labels, which it says will give greater transparency on the final fate of packaging.
A new, compostable cling film for fresh-food packaging has been developed by BASF and packaging expert Fabbri Group that, for the first time, offers a solution that is on a par with PVC - today’s performance standard – according to Carsten Sinkel from global business development biopolymers at BASF.
Bioplastics maker Danimer Scientific will supply thermoforming giant Genpak LLC with material to make biodegradable food containers.
Indorama's strategy through 2023 will focus on the "five pillars" of cost transformation, asset full potential, adjacency growth, recycling leadership and people. The global PET maker already has made two U.S. recycling deals since late 2018.