Petainer announced their inaugural Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) report, covering 2022. The report details significant progress against key sustainability metrics, including reduction in: virgin resin usage, greenhouse gas emissions and energy usage from non-renewable sources. Hugh Ross, CEO of Petainer commented “Petainer enables businesses to grow without their CO2 footprint growing
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ArabPlast, the Dubaian trade fair for the plastics, recycling, petrochemical, packaging & rubber industry, opened its doors from 13th to 15th of December 2023. The three-day fair not only celebrated the latest advancements, and innovations, but also delved into sustainable solutions. A defining feature of ArabPlast 2023 was the participation of
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Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), operator of the world’s largest integrated refining and petrochemical complex, has become the first Indian company to chemically recycle plastic waste-based pyrolysis oil into International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC)-Plus certified circular polymers. RIL shipped its first batch of ISCC-Plus certified circular polymers, named CircuRepol (Polypropylene) and CircuRelene (Polyethylene).
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The ‘Packaging Design for Recycling Guide’, a product of World Packaging Organisation (WPO) has recently been translated into Japanese, and is now available through WPO website. This is the 11th translation besides the versions in English, German, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, Thai, Latvian, Czech, Hungarian and Georgian. Developed by WPO, Circular Analytics, FH Campus University of Applied Sciences
Read MoreStarting from January 1st, Hungary has implemented a new deposit return system (DRS) for recycling single-use drink containers. Manufacturer of reverse vending machines Tomra has partnered with Mohu (MOL Hulladékgazdálkodási Zrt.), the central system administrator for the DRS, to roll out a collection infrastructure aimed at making drink container returns as
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The Krones Group has chosen to cease its activities in the field of digital container decoration by the end of 2023. The decision to cease the activities of the group’s subsidiary Dekron GmbH is the result of a careful review of Krones’ business strategy and the current market situation. Dekron informed
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For their internal Christmas party, Sipa’s marketing team surprised their co-workers with a Christmas tree made entirely from PET bottles. The tree reached an impressive height of 3.05m and contained a total of 527 bottles. In a three-day process, the team attached hundreds of 0.75l PET bottles to a wooden frame
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STF Group of Germany and Zimmer America Recycling Solutions announce the sale of a complete STF PET Bottle Recycling Plant in Hilo, Hawaii. The equipment will be installed at Malama One Recycling LLC, Waiakea Water, a supplier of sustainably sourced and packaged premium volcanic water. The line has an initial capacity
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The National Association for PET Container Resources (Napcor) has released its 2022 PET Recycling Report. The report found that PET recycling rates held steady with the US rate at 29% and the North American PET recycling rate at 37.8%. Demand for recycled PET (rPET) also remained strong in 2022, and a new
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Rottneros AB, a Swedish-based manufacturer and supplier of pulp, is now investing in Blue Ocean Closures and becoming a co-owner of the Swedish startup developing proprietary fiber-based packaging materials. In just two years, Blue Ocean Closures AB has developed technology to produce fiber-based closures for consumer packaging at large scale aiming to replace
Read MoreAccording to preliminary figures released by the MECS – Ucima (Italian Packaging Machinery Manufacturers’ Association) Research Centre, the Italian packaging technology industry has passed the €9 billion mark for the first time, reaching total sales revenues of €9.05 billion in 2023, a 6% increase over 2022. If this is confirmed by the final
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