Recycling
Owned by the city of Hong Kong and operated by the Alba Group, the Hong Kong WEEE Park, South East Asia’s most advanced facility for the treatment and recovery of electrical and electronic waste, recently celebrated a milestone achievement with the recycling of its two millionth piece of equipment.
Having secured €12 million in funding, a research consortium led by Ireland’s Athlone Institute of Technology and Sigma Clermont, in France, has launched two new projects aimed at solving the end-of-life issues surrounding multi-layered plastic packaging.
A new milestone has been reached in the quest to develop the waste-to-value potential of polystyrene through mechanical recycling.
As the use of recycled PET material for the production of filaments and fibre products continues to grow, demand for well-sorted, clean bottle flake material remains high.
Two investment banks are buying polypropylene recycler PureCycle Technologies and taking it public in a $1.2 billion deal they said will provide funding for a rapid expansion of the chemical recycling firm.
With the opening of its new CycleWorks facility in Pogliano, Italy, Avient Corporation aims to promote and generate a greater understanding of the chemistry of polymers in the mechanical recycling process and to further its viability.
Coca-Cola Co. has terminated an agreement with embattled recycling technology company Loop Industries Inc.
Advanced recycling company Agilyx has further underscored its increased focus on Europe and commitment to expanding technology partnerships with the opening of a new European hub in Schindellegi, Switzerland.
As major consumer product companies rethink how they use plastic packaging, a new report points to changes, including much less growth in resin consumption, more recycled content and a push to eliminate hard-to-recycle items and plastics.
The implementation on 1 January 2019 of the new German Packaging Act also saw the institution of the Central Packaging Registry, Germany’s new organisational entity tasked with ensuring legally compliant distribution of packaging, its takeback and its high-quality recycling.
Sustainable hanger brand Arch & Hook has released a 32-page report on plastic hanger usage in the UK fashion market.
Brussels – The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has welcomed and joined a new European Commission initiative to further expand the union-wide end-of-waste (EoW) and by-product (BP) criteria, under the the European Waste Framework Directive.
With the adoption of its new circular economy strategy last autumn, Greiner Packaging has been assessing a number of aspects relating to the further development of sustainable material solutions for its customers.
Italy-based NextChem, the Maire Tecnimont Group company for energy transition, is moving ahead towards a more circular economy with the development of new technological solutions for waste.