Sustainability News
TotalEnergies and Intraplas collaborate in sustainable packaging scheme
TotalEnergies and Intraplás are collaborating to bring sustainable solutions to the packaging market, with the aim of not compromising on performance and food safety. Read more
27 Jan 2023
Resins manufacturer Orion announces plans to reduce emissions
Orion, a global specialty chemical and resins company, said today it will act to sharply reduce air emissions at its Borger, Texas, plant with new control technology. Read more
25 Jan 2023
Gunze to launch sustainable part-plastic film
Gunze will launch an eco-friendly “GEOPLAS HCT3” heat-shrinkable film with recycled resin in January 2023. Read more
20 Dec 2022
EUBP conference examines policy framework and discusses bioplastics innovations
At the 17th annual European Bioplastics (EUBP) Conference, industry experts discussed the latest innovations in the bioplastics sector and debated the most recent political developments. Read more
12 Dec 2022
EUBP predicts growth in bioplastics industry
After a stagnation of the overall plastics production in 2020, mainly due to challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, there is now a new momentum for global bioplastics production... Read more
7 Dec 2022
ALPLA develops new carbon-optimised bottle
Packaging and recycling company ALPLA has developed a new carbon-optimised prototype solution. Read more
6 Dec 2022
Fertility wellness brand OVUM launches fully recyclable pregnancy test
Fertility wellness brand OVUM has launched what it says is the world’s first fully recyclable pregnancy test. Read more
20 Mar 2023
Microelectronics company UMC looks to boost circular solutions
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has held a ceremony for its Circular Economy & Recycling Innovation Centre, which will be established at its Fab 12A in Tainan, Taiwan. UMC says the NT$1.8 billion (US$58.8 million) facility will be the... Read more
20 Mar 2023
TotalEnergies and Paprec Develop Value Chain for Advanced Recycling of Plastic Film
French plastic recycling companies, TotalEnergies and Paprec , have signed a long-term commercial agreement to develop a French value chain for advanced recycling of plastic film wastes. The agreement aims to secure the supply of TotalEnergies'... Read more
17 Mar 2023
FIMIC develops filtration technology for PET recycling
FIMIC has installed two units (RAS-type filters) on PET recycling lines to work with more contaminated PET waste streams, i.e., not coming from hot-washed bottle flakes only, such as for example PET lumps from petrochemical waste or from strapping.. Read more
14 Mar 2023
Project STOP aims to address challenge of plastic waste across Indonesia
Project STOP and its partners say they have reached significant milestones and successes in demonstrating a model for expanding affordable waste management and recycling solutions to help address the plastic waste challenge in Indonesia. Read more
13 Mar 2023
RecyClass opens new lab in expansion of certification process
Plastics resource efficiency and recycling charity, RECOUP, is expanding its service provisions by introducing a new Life Cycle Assessment (LCA ) service and its own laboratory to complement its recognised RecyClass certification service and... Read more
13 Mar 2023
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Fertility wellness brand OVUM launches fully recyclable pregnancy test
Fertility wellness brand OVUM has launched what it says is the world’s first fully recyclable pregnancy test. Read more
20 Mar 2023
TotalEnergies and Paprec Develop Value Chain for Advanced Recycling of Plastic Film
French plastic recycling companies, TotalEnergies and Paprec , have signed a long-term commercial agreement to develop a French value chain for advanced recycling of plastic film wastes. The agreement aims to secure the supply of TotalEnergies'... Read more
17 Mar 2023
Sulzer partners with Indaver in recycling collaboration
Sulzer advanced separation technology will aim to enable end-of-life plastics recycling at Indaver’s first plastic depolymerization plant currently under construction in Antwerp, Belgium. The new Plastics2Chemicals (P2C) plant aims to drive polymer.. Read more
13 Mar 2023
Chemical recycling partnership to target waste polystyrene
Sulzer Chemtech is offering chemical polymer recycling by partnering with VTT Technical Research Centre in Finland. The exclusive collaboration will support the commercialization of comprehensive polystyrene (PS) recycling solutions. Read more
12 Dec 2022
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Mauser Packaging Solutions invests to revolutionise sustainable plastic drum manufacture
Investment in multi-layer plastic drum machine expands capacity for growing demand of Infinity Series products manufactured with recycled resin. Read more
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10 Mar 2023
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