Karen Laird

Recycling Technologies, a UK-based chemical recycling company that developed and patented technology to recycle unrecyclable plastic waste into a feedstock suitable for producing fuel and even new plastics, called in administrators on Monday 26 September and halted all operations.

Collaboration played a key role in the development of the new, more sustainable rigid packaging formats launched by Borealis and ITC Packaging, a leading European manufacturer of thin wall packaging for food-contact applications, over the course of 2022.

The award ceremony honouring the 38 winners of the German Packaging Awards 2022 was held yesterday at Fachpack, on the opening day of the packaging show that is currently running in Nuremberg, Germany.

As an industry, chemical recycling is still a relatively new kid on the block.

As the push for sustainability grows, the ISCC Plus mass balance approach continues to gain traction in the plastics and chemicals industry.

Quimidroga Maroc, a subsidiary of the Barcelona-headquartered distributor Quimidroga, has been granted the exclusive distribution of Repsol’s polypropylene (PP) compounds range in Marocco.

After nearly a decade  of research, Austrian baby care product manufacturer MAM has now launched its first  climate-neutral range of pacifiers.

While the recyclability of foamed polystyrene (PS) trays had previously been proven in practice, this has now also been confirmed by Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS), the value chain initiative that is working to establish a circular economy for styrenic polymers.

Americas Styrenics (AmSty) and Encina Development Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, under which AmSty will be able to purchase up to 250,000 tons per year of circular feedstocks from Encina’s facilities.  

As part of its ambition to improve its environmental performance, the German carmaker Audi is exploring various different technologies for the recycling of plastic components from end-of-life vehicles.

Having earned ISCC Plus certification for bio-circular plastics for its sales locations in France and Germany in May, Albis has now announced that another 4 applications have also successfully come through the audits conducted by the certification specialist DQS CFS GmbH.

Materials science company Void Technologies has earned RecyClass approval for its VO+ cavitation technology, the company has announced.

A long-term supply agreement entered into by Interzero and Eastman will secure the availability of up to 20,000 metric tonnes per year of hard-to-recycle PET household packaging waste for Eastman's previously announced molecular recycling facility in Normandy, France.

The soaring cost of energy on the European continent is increasingly impacting households and businesses across the board.

TenCate Grass, the world’s leading manufacturer, distributor and installer of synthetic turf for sports and landscape applications, has announced plans to implement a responsible end-of-life solution for artificial grass in the US.