February 2024 – Page 2

Carbios and De Smet Engineers & Contractors enter engineering partnership for construction of world’s first PET biorecycling plant

16 Feb 2024 Miriam Trotter

Carbios, a biotech company developing and industrializing biological solutions to reinvent the life cycle of plastic and textiles, and De Smet Engineers & Contractors, a provider of engineering, procurement and construction services in the biotech’s and agro-processing industries, jointly announce their collaboration to spearhead the construction of the world’s first PET biorecycling

Swire Coca-Cola and ThaiNamthip form a north Asean bottling alliance

15 Feb 2024 Miriam Trotter

The Coca-Cola Company, Swire Coca-Cola Limited and ThaiNamthip Corporation Limited announced on February 9, 2024 they have entered into definitive agreements to form a strategic bottling alliance in north Asean (Association of South East Asian Nations), including Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. The companies will align the management, governance and growth objectives

News Recycling

New PET bottle recycling plant in Myanmar and Vietnam with Sorema Technology

14 Feb 2024 Miriam Trotter

Sorema recycling systems division of Previero N. SRL announces the achievement of quality and quantity parameters for the post-consumer PET bottle washing and recycling plant at Commercial Plastics Co. (CPC) in Yangon, Myanmar. This project will soon be followed by a second plant for CPC in Vietnam. Andrea Villa, Senior Technical and

Companies News

Sidel partners with EcoVadis to spearhead sustainable supply chain

13 Feb 2024 Miriam Trotter

Sustainability assessors, EcoVadis, will map and rate the environmental, social and ethical performance of Sidel’s suppliers as part of its new supply chain strategy. EcoVadis has over 17 years of experience in supply chain sustainability assessment and has rated over 125,000 companies. The organisation rates businesses based on four key categories:

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Packaging producer Retal reaches CDP A-score

11 Feb 2024 Miriam Trotter

Multinational plastic packaging producer Retal has earned its first A-score from the globally-recognised Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), rewarding the company’s improved management of climate change after getting a B-score during four years in a row. As the gold standard of climate change management evaluation, CDP represents the reference for investors, to assess

News Packaging / Palletising Recycling

Avient unveils ColorMatrix AAnchor: New acetaldehyde control technology for PET packaging

9 Feb 2024 Miriam Trotter

Avient Corporation, a leading provider of specialty and sustainable material solutions and services, is excited to announce the launch of ColorMatrix AAnchor, an innovative acetaldehyde control technology designed for PET packaging. This cutting-edge packaging solution addresses the challenges associated with increased recycled PET content by oering improved recyclability and enhancing bottle

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World Packaging Organisation President, Luciana Pellegrino, announces the Vice Presidents for 2024 to 2026

8 Feb 2024 Miriam Trotter

World Packaging Organisation (WPO) President, Luciana Pellegrino, announced this Monday the names of the Vice Presidents that will take part of WPO’s new Executive Team and lead WPO’s Portfolios during her term of office that goes from 2024 to 2026, working closely with her, WPO Members, partner organizations and the market. “I am thrilled to

News Recycling

Ireland implements a Deposit Return Scheme

7 Feb 2024 Miriam Trotter

The Deposit Return Scheme — a new, nationwide money-back scheme for plastic drinks bottles and aluminium cans — is being rolled out from February 1, 2024. The scheme incentivises people to return used drinks containers so that they can be successfully recycled into new containers. The Deposit Return Scheme is a

Companies News

Indorama Ventures awarded platinum medal from EcoVadis for sustainability performance in supply chain management

6 Feb 2024 Miriam Trotter

Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited, a global sustainable chemical company, has been awarded the prestigious ‘Platinum Medal’ by EcoVadis Sustainability Assessment, underscoring the company’s unwavering commitment to sustainability. Indorama Ventures actively participates in the annual EcoVadis assessment to measure its sustainable practices, ensuring alignment with the diverse requirements of key customers across

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The union of Thermal Care and Aquatech: PiovanGroup stronger worldwide in the industrial process cooling segment

5 Feb 2024 Miriam Trotter

PiovanGroup launches a new strategic division in industrial and process cooling, the result of the integration of the business segments operated by the recently acquired Thermal Care and the existing Aquatech. The two companies share a 50-year history of designing, selling, and servicing high-quality heat transfer solutions for the plastics, food,

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European plastic recycling industry growth threatened by shrinking market according to Plastics Recyclers Europe

2 Feb 2024 Miriam Trotter

Latest figures published by Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) show that the total European installed plastics recycling capacity stands at 12.5 million tonnes in 2022. Due to heavy market disruptions, the growth rate went down from 17% to 10%, year-on-year. “Progress is indispensable for ensuring the viability of the plastics recycling industry.