Environmental News
Condale Plastics
Condale Plastics achieves ISO 14001 Environmental Management Certification
Condale Plastics has been awarded the ISO 14001 certification for Environmental Management Systems, which confirms the company's efforts towards sustainability.
17 Mar 2025
Venator
Venator implements automated carbon footprint tool with ATOS
Venator has rolled out the Eviden Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) Platform with the help from ATOS, enabling the company to deliver accurate data on the carbon footprint of its products to its customers.
13 Mar 2025
Perstorp
Zero greenhouse gas emissions for Perstorp’s Waspik site
Perstorp's Waspik has reduced its gas emissions to zero at its Dutch plant. To achieve this, the company replaced all fossil fuel forklift trucks with electric ones and all lighting with LED. All natural gas was replaced by biogas.
5 Mar 2025
ELIX Polymers
ELIX Polymers obtains positive results in Climate Care and Sustainable Supply Chain programmes
ELIX Polymers has released its positive results in the Climate Care and Sustainable Supply Chain programmes. These include a lower carbon footprint, reduced water consumption and more sustainable transport routes.
24 Feb 2025
Biffa
Clearing up confusion
Biffa has commissioned a research ahead of the Simpler Recycling legislation to find out how much Brits know about recycling.
18 Feb 2025
Broanmain Plastics
Production volumes vs environmental impact
Can any form of plastics production ever be zero impact? And is it more environmentally considerate to produce products on a small scale, or is mass production more attuned to what the French refer to as Industrial Ecology?
14 Jan 2025
Normec OWS
Normec OWS and B4Plastics launches biodegradation pre-screening platform
The solution is a high-throughput pre-screening platform that generates large amounts of data.
12 Jun 2025
Alpek
Alpek ceases operations at North Carolina facility
The facility has 170,000 tons of PET resin and 35,000 (approx.) tons of rPET flake production capacity.
11 Jun 2025
LyondellBasell
LyondellBasell enters agreement with AEQUITA
The deal will see the sale of select olefins and polyolefins assets and the associated business in Europe.
11 Jun 2025
GSC Technologies Inc
GCS Technologies Inc acquires F&M Tool and Plastic Inc
Both companies are known leaders in the plastic goods manufacturing space in North America.
10 Jun 2025
DuPont
DuPont expands sterile packaging operations in Costa Rica
The company has expanded its facility in Heredia by 16,000 square feet.
9 Jun 2025
Broadway
Broadway awarded EcoVadis Platinum sustainability rating
Broadway has received the EcoVadis Platinum Sustainability Rating.
9 Jun 2025
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SKZ expands regulatory training of plastics selection with intensive course
The SKZ Plastics Center and the Swiss company Gradical are offering a two-day intensive regulatory course in collaboration from fall 2024.
5 Aug 2024
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Symphony highlights major gap in Plastic Pollution Treaty draft
Symphony Environmental Technologies Plc, the specialists in biodegradable plastics, addresses a major gap in the draft as it fails to address the issue of plastics which get into the open environment and cannot be collected.
22 Apr 2024
DIP
DIP: Final six students present their concepts to the judges
The six finalists presented their projects during the final round of judging for the Design Innovation in Plastics (DIP) 2025.
13 May 2025
WMG
The Nanocomposite Research Institute celebrates 10th anniversary
The International Institute for Nanocomposites Manufacturing (IINM) at WMG, University of Warwick celebrates its 10th anniversary.
10 Apr 2025
Continuous Process Solutions
Continuous Process Solutions launches machinery range in the UK and Ireland
The partnership between Continuous Process Solutions and Mingke bring innovative solutions to manufacturers across the UK and Ireland.
6 Jun 2025
ELIX Polymers
ELIX Polymers presents new colour trends for several industries
In collaboration with KraussMaffei, ELIX Polymers have created new colour trends as well as other new materials for several industries, from automotive and consumer goods to electronics.
30 May 2025
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Mauser Packaging Solutions invests to revolutionise sustainable plastic drum manufacture
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10 Mar 2023
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