Avient Corporation announced the launch of ColorMatrix Amosorb 4020L, an advanced shelf life extender oxygen scavenging additive produced specifically for PET bottle packaging. This new additive claimes to offer brand owners and converters a cost-effective solution to enhance the shelf life and recyclability of their PET bottles. The additive is developed
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SK Chemicals has successfully mass-produced chemically recycled materials and started to build a comprehensive center for plastic recycling solutions in Korea. This center will include the production of circular recyclable raw materials, demonstration research and material production. The company announced on February 18th that it will establish a Recycle Innovation Center
Read moreAvantium N.V., a leading company in renewable and circular polymer materials, has signed a joint development agreement with Amcor Rigid Packaging USA, LLC known for responsible packaging solutions. This partnership aims to explore the use of Avantium’s plant-based polymer PEF – branded as Releaf – in rigid containers for various products,
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Vilsa-Brunnen is the first German beverage manufacturer to eliminate shrink wrap on all its single-use bottles, replacing it with adhesive dots. With the introduction of the “VILSA NIX-PACK”, the company aims to redefine the classic six-pack [“NIX” meaning “nothing” in German, highlighting the absence of shrink wrap]. Instead of being held
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MacroCycle Technologies, a developer of a novel PET & polyester textile waste upcycling technology, announced the close of a $6.5M seed financing round. The round was led by Clean Energy Ventures and Volta Circle, with participation from KDT Ventures and Neotribe Ventures. MacroCycle will use the funding to grow its operations
Read moreAvantium N.V., a leader in renewable and circular polymer materials, has signed a collaboration with EPC Engineering & Technologies GmbH, an international technology provider as well as an engineering and plant construction company. This partnership aims to advance the continuous PEF polyester production technology, targeting plant capacities of 100 kt/a and beyond. The collaboration will
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Eastman received RecyClass Recyclability Approvals for eight copolyester resins and their equivalent Renew grades, containing recycled content. Six copolyesters, also known as speciality PET, were classified as fully compatible with the state-of-the-art recycling processes for PET bottles in Europe. This includes: Additionally, two of Eastman’s resins, Cristal EN067 and Cristal EN059 were recognised
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DePoly, a Swiss award-winning CleanTech company which specialises in advanced recycling of PET/polyester plastics, announced their collaboration with PTI (Plastic Technologies Inc) a leader in sustainable plastic packaging design and development, to create a closed loop recycled PET bottle. Using a mixed stream of feedstock, ranging from PET plastic packaging, polyester
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Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen GmbH (NGR) is proud to announce a significant achievement: the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has issued a positive Scientific Opinion for NGR´s Liquid State Polycondensation (LSP)- Process for advanced PET Recycling. LSP becomes the first recycling process to complete evaluation under the updated regulation (EU) 2022/1616. The
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PET to PET Recycling Österreich GmbH, based in Müllendorf, Burgenland, Austria, takes stock for the year 2024: 31,354 tonnes of PET material – the equivalent of 1.25 billion PET beverage bottles – were successfully recycled in Austria. This represents a slight decrease of -2.8% compared to the previous year (2023: 32,283
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SyntheticGestalt KK, Asahi Quality and Innovations, Ltd., a research subsidiary of Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd., and Institute of Science Tokyo have commenced research on an AI-powered PET bottle recycling technology called “Bio-Recycling” which was starting in the second half of 2024. This project aims to establish new standards for PET bottle
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