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
SNIPEF
SNIPEF and BPEC partnership strengthens Scotland’s apprenticeship pathway
SNIPEF has partnered with BPEC to strengthen Scotland's plumbing and heating apprenticeships. This is particularly important given the rising business costs and higher National Insurance contributions.
20 Mar 2025
Haitian International
Haitian International achieves record-high annual results in 2024
Haitian International has achieved record-high annual results, having manufactured 54,000 machines in the past year - a 35.5% growth compared to 2023.
19 Mar 2025
FANUC & J L Goor
FANUC and J L Goor will continue meeting Irish polymer and machining needs
The pair have been working together for over 20 years, with J L Goor having supplied over 700 units across Ireland.
18 Mar 2025
Nextek
Nextek and Coveris join forces
Nextek and Coveris has partnered to kickstart the COtooCLEAN process. This aims to covert PE and PP packaging waste into high-quality food-grade recycled resins and films.
18 Mar 2025
AIMPLAS
The WALLDRIP Project finds new way to protect drip irrigation
AIMPLAS is taking part in the WALLDRIP Project, which aims to promote sustainable agriculture by developing a new drip irrigation system. This will lower the carbon footprint and optimise water use in agriculture.
18 Mar 2025
AI generated
University of Birmingham researchers unveil new rapid polymer nanostructure production process
The new method could open up new applications for precision polymer nanomaterials while reducing processing times from a week to a few minutes.
18 Mar 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
TOMRA Recycling
TOMRA to showcase advanced sorting solutions at PRSE 2025
TOMRA Recycling will showcase its advanced technologies at the PRSE 2025 in Amsterdam. These include GAINnext, INNOSORT FLAKE, AUTOSORT FLAKE as well as presenting the critical implications of the PPWR.
13 Mar 2025
KraussMaffei
KraussMaffei at JEC 2025
KraussMaffei will be attending JEC 2025 in Paris, showcasing innovative solutions in automotive, additive manufacturing and construction.
19 Feb 2025
SNIPEF
SNIPEF and BPEC partnership strengthens Scotland’s apprenticeship pathway
SNIPEF has partnered with BPEC to strengthen Scotland's plumbing and heating apprenticeships. This is particularly important given the rising business costs and higher National Insurance contributions.
20 Mar 2025
Nextek
Nextek and Coveris join forces
Nextek and Coveris has partnered to kickstart the COtooCLEAN process. This aims to covert PE and PP packaging waste into high-quality food-grade recycled resins and films.
18 Mar 2025
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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.
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Accelerate digital transformation in the chemical industry
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10 Mar 2023
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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.
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