How the industry continues to expand in Europe – Focus on PET Interview with Casper van den Dungen, Vice President Plastics Recyclers Europe & PET Working Group Chairman PETplanet: What is the state of affairs in the plastics recycling industry in Europe?Casper: Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is one of the most widely
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The PepsiCo company has implemented a test project with the German dual system “Grüner Punkt” (“Green Dot”) in which the container film for Pepsi bottles and cans is made from 10% recycled plastic from the yellow bag, 40% recycled plastic from other sources and only half from new plastic. If further
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Asahi Beverages announced that around 111 million soft drink bottles will now be made with 100% recycled plastic in Australia each year. The change will apply to all 450ml and 600ml bottles of soft drinks sold by Asahi Beverages including popular brands Pepsi Max, Solo, Schweppes and Sunkist. The move follows
Read MoreKlöckner Pentaplast, a global leader in recycled content products and high-barrier protective packaging, has chosen its production facility in Beaver, West Virginia for its multi-million dollar production expansion, adding post-consumer recycled content (PCR) PET capacity in North America. This expansion is intended further grow kp’s sustainable innovation offering in consumer health,
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Sidel announced the appointment of a new global vice president. Pascal Lefèvre will develop and drive Sidel’s food, home and personal care strategy, meeting the unique needs of these markets and delivering flexible, eco-friendly, and tailored-made solutions that will address the new and complex retailing and distribution challenges that customers face.
Read MoreExtrupet, one of the largest and advanced recyclers of plastics on the African continent, announced a major expansion of their food-grade plastic recycling operations in South Africa. “Extrupet is proud to announce that we will double our food-grade operations by adding a fourth food-grade recycled PET (rPET) facility, which will increase
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Just in time for its 40th anniversary at the site, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Germany (CCEP DE) has commissioned a new PET line in Karlsruhe, Germany. This means that the plant can now fill significantly more beverages: Up to 36,000 PET bottles, each containing 1.25 litres of beverages such as Coca-Cola, Fanta
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Tony Radoszewski is no longer with the Plastics Industry Association, as announced by Tad McGwire, Chairman of the Board. Radoszewski’s last day as President and CEO was Friday, March 25. “Tony Radoszewski is no longer with the Plastics Industry Association. His last day as President and CEO was Friday, March 25.
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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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.
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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