Tomra has just published its latest white paper examining how to achieve greater performance from Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programs. This policy principle shall give the power to accelerate society’s shift towards a more circular economy, where resources are reused repeatedly to maximize their value.In a webcast that took place on
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The Digital Watermarks Initiative HolyGrail 2.0, driven by AIM – European Brands Association and powered by the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, has achieved a significant milestone with the successful validation, after semi-industrial testing mimicking real-life conditions, of the prototype detection unit for digital watermarks. The results show that the digital
Read MoreBB Engineering GmbH, Remscheid, Germany, a subsidiary of Oerlikon Textile, announced that Thai Polyester Co., Ltd, Thailand, has placed an order for four VacuFil systems for recycling bottle flakes with connected direct spinning. The polyester manufacturer, established in 2001 and with an overall annual capacity of 316,800 tons, is one of
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Proceeding on the target of commercializing chemical recycling of waste plastic, Neste is conducting a feasibility study to examine investing in capacity for processing liquefied waste plastic at its refinery in Porvoo, Finland. The goal is to scale up processing capabilities for liquefied waste plastic by implementing proprietary technologies to pretreat
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A large amount of plastic waste from consumer-market packaging is generated daily. In order to obtain high-quality plastic recyclates from these material streams, and to be able to make them reusable for high-quality applications, odorous substances that have migrated into the material during the course of the product-life must be removed.
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Online conference March 24, 2:00 – 3:00 pm CET The sixth PETinar organised by PETplanet Insider took place on March 24, 2022. PETplanet invited three companies to talk about Tethered Caps. Summary Mark Smith from Universal Closures spoke about his experience in developing the right Tethered Closures solution for specific applications.
Read MoreIndustrial Physics Inc. announced that it has acquired Steinfurth, a specialist in producing quality control instruments and solutions for the beverage, food, and pharmaceutical industries. For more than 80 years, German based organisation Steinfurth has been developing and producing CO2 measuring instruments, logger systems, carbonation systems, laboratory shakers, beer analysis instruments,
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Recently, in the Chinese province of Fujian, a new Sorema rPET line with a production capacity of 9,000 kg/h of flakes became fully operational and a second rPET line will be operational in the coming months. Both lines are designed to achieve high quality of rPET flakes to manufacture polyester monofilaments
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Environmental services provider PreZero commissioned Stadler, the globally active German company specialised in the planning, production and assembly of turnkey recycling and sorting plants, to design and install a state-of-the-art light packaging sorting facility in Eitting, Germany. The new facility is capable of sorting the packaging fractions by colour and, very
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China is a main player in the PET market. This applies not only to production but also to demand. A circumstance that, in the current situation with rising energy and raw material prices, is raising worry lines on the foreheads of many processors from abroad: supplies from the Far East are
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China’s consumers are increasingly demanding healthy drinks in sustainable packaging As a company that is active in moulds and services for bottles, with a considerable R&D department, Foshan-based GDXL has a good overview of the latest market requirements. In our interview, they explain current trends and developments in the Chinese market
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