Chile has launched its first plant dedicated to producing beverage bottles from recycled plastic. The facility, named Re-Ciclar, is a joint venture between Coca-Cola Andina and Coca-Cola Embonor, representing a $35 million investment. The plant aims to recycle over 350 million bottles annually and integrate food-grade recycled material into Coca-Cola’s packaging
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Constantia Flexibles returned to the European Forum Alpbach this year, following a successful debut in 2023. The company took a leading role in shaping the conversation on sustainability and packaging, hosting an insightful content session titled “Unpacking the Role of Packaging & Circularity Towards a Climate Neutral Europe” on the afternoon
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DataM Intelligence has published a new research report on “Sugarcane Based PET Bottle Market Size 2024”. The report explores comprehensive information about various key factors like regional growth, segmentation, CAGR, business revenue status of top key players and drivers. The purpose of this report is to provide a telescopic view of
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Tomra Collection has played a key role in promoting recycling at summer festivals across Europe, turning these large gatherings into opportunities for environmental progress. These festivals, which attract thousands of young people, often result in significant amounts of beverage consumption and waste. Tomra Collection’s active participation has helped mitigate this issue
Read moreLyondellBasell (LYB) announced it entered into an agreement to acquire full ownership of APK AG in Merseburg, Germany. Enabled by its technology, the acquisition positions LYB to grow and upgrade its circular and low carbon solutions business. Closing of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions. LYB believes APK’s solvent-based
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The world’s leading poster on biodegradability has been updated by the nova team of experts: current standards and certifications as well as the latest scientific findings. The biodegradation of a material is a process that depends on the complex biological conditions at each site. In addition, only a handful of polymers
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Sustainable transportation using an adaptable mono-material concept for B2B and B2C: Packaging materials are becoming increasingly scarce and are often not environmentally friendly. Conventional transportation packaging is designed to be disposed after a single use, and is often made from corrugated card-board. At Fraunhofer LBF, researchers have collaborated with Berges GbR
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Cirplus, a leading European platform for recycled plastics procurement, announced its expansion to India in a strategic move to cater to growing demand for recycled plastics in India and the broader Asian markets. With this move, Cirplus aims to focus on increasing the availability and quality of recycled plastics globally as
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It’s getting serious with PET recycling: According to the EU’s Directive on Single-Use Plastics, a recycled content of 25% should be achieved for single-use beverage bottles by 2025 and the bar is even raised to 65% for 2040. Reliable recycling processes that provide high-quality PET recycled material are a crucial prerequisite
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After a constant recycling volume of 32,283 tonnes of PET material in 2023, PET to PET Recycling Österreich GmbH recorded 16,071 tonnes of PET beverage bottles that were successfully kept in the resource cycle in the first half of 2024. This corresponds to a decrease of nine per cent compared to
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CCL Label, a leading producer of labels and packaging solutions, has announced the extension of its award-winning low density, floatable polyolefin (PO) shrink sleeve that is a sustainable alternative for existing materials that are detrimental to recycling. “We are proud to share our extended range of floatable shrink sleeves that work
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