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21 May 202414 May 2024

Successful acceptance at Republic Services in Las Vegas

With Krones as general contractor, Republic Services received the entire plant from a single source

Erfolgreiche Abnahme bei Republic Services in Las Vegas

Mit Krones als Generalunternehmer erhielt Republic Services die gesamte Anlage aus einer Hand

17 May 202414 May 2024

CARBIOS and Hündgen enter supply agreement for world’s first PET biorecycling plant

From end 2026, Hündgen will supply 15kt/year of post-consumer PET flakes to CARBIOS’ first commercial plant

CARBIOS und Hündgen schließen Liefervereinbarung für die weltweit erste PET-Biorecycling-Anlage

Ab Ende 2026 wird Hündgen die erste kommerzielle Anlage von CARBIOS mit jährlich 15.000 Tonnen an Post-Consumer-PET-Flakes beliefern

15 May 20248 May 2024

TOMRA to feature latest AI’s plastic and flake sorting solutions at NPE 2024

TOMRA Recycling will feature its latest sorting innovations available to the plastics industry during NPE 2024 in Orlando, May 6-10, 2024, at TOMRA exhibit #S35185

13 May 202410 May 2024

Innovative carboliq-Technologie auf der IFAT 2024

Auf der IFAT stellt das carboliq-Team rund um Christian Haupts und Geschäftsführer Dirk Hardow das einstufige carboliq-Verfahren zur Verflüssigung fester Kohlenwasserstoffe vor

10 May 20248 May 2024

CARBIOS celebrates the groundbreaking of its PET biorecycling plant, a world first, with its partners

CARBIOS' first commercial plant will play a key role in the fight against plastic pollution, offering an industrial-scale solution for the enzymatic depolymerization of PET waste

Carbios: Grundsteinlegung für PET-Biorecyclinganlage in Frankreich

Dieser technologische Durchbruch eröffnet neue Recyclingmöglichkeiten für mehrschichtige, farbige und undurchsichtige Schalen aus Verpackungs- und Polyestertextilabfällen

25 April 202422 April 2024

Report: The Future Of Synthetics

The Future of Synthetics calls on the fashion, apparel, and textile industry to rapidly divest from new fossil fuel extraction to make synthetic materials, providing brands with guidance on how to do so

22 April 202417 April 2024

Using Carbon Capture to Replace Fossil-Based Polyester Feedstocks with LanzaTech and On

Textile Exchange speaks with LanzaTech and On about how their partnership opened the door to scaling an apparel collection made using this technology

28 March 202422 March 2024

UvA chemists develop new type of bio-based plastic: “Strong, recyclable and biodegradable”

UvA chemists have now developed a strong, heat-resistant plastic that breaks down in the nature after six months

20 March 202414 March 2024

SK chemicals, Hyosung Advanced Materials, and Hankook Tire Commercialize South Korea’s First Chemically Recycled PET Tire

To reduce carbon emissions, the South Korean industrial sector has developed and commercialized the country's first tire using chemically recycled PET

19 March 202414 March 2024

CARBIOS and Landbell Group join forces to increase circularity of PET waste at first biorecycling plant

This collaboration demonstrates Landbell Group’s commitment towards building closed-loop solutions for plastic waste through innovative recycling technologies

11 March 20245 March 2024

Mehr Plastik – mehr Nachhaltigkeit

Für das Erreichen der UN-Klimaziele ist Plastik nicht das Problem, sondern die Lösung, denn Kunststoff kann entscheidend zu einer nachhaltigeren Welt beitragen

29 February 202415 May 2024

TOMRA further strengthens its position in AI with a 25 percent stake in waste analysis start-up PolyPerception

TOMRA and pioneering waste analysis start-up PolyPerception broaden their strategic AI alliance

27 February 202422 February 2024

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

Carbios first commercial facility will play a key role in the fight against plastic pollution by offering an industrial-scale solution for the enzymatic depolymerization of PET waste to accelerate a circular economy

22 February 202416 February 2024

Rumpke and Eastman join forces to expand recycling of PET waste

Rumpke will begin collecting and sorting hard-to-recycle and colored PET packaging waste, and will provide 100 percent of this waste stream as feedstock to Eastman’s molecular recycling process

8 January 202421 December 2023

Three partners changing the narrative in plastic recycling at Site Zero

Svensk Plaståtervinning celebrated the opening of Site Zero, a state-of-the-art plastic sorting plant in Motala, Sweden. The plant features TOMRA and Sutco equipment and aims to realize a circular economy for plastics by sorting Swedish plastic packaging waste into 12 fractions

4 January 202420 December 2023

Paving the way to a circular economy of plastics

How can we turn fossil fuel-based plastic packaging waste into raw material for biodegradable bioplastics? An EU-backed project shows us the way

Einer Kreislaufwirtschaft für Kunststoffe den Weg ebnen

Wie können wir Abfälle der auf fossilen Brennstoffen basierten Kunststoffe in Rohstoffe für biologisch abbaubare Biokunststoffe umwandeln? Ein EU-unterstütztes Projekt weist uns den Weg

14 December 20238 December 2023

Recycled Plastic Reduces Carbon Consumption By Up To 87 Per Cent

Recycling works: plastic packaging specialist ALPLA operates state-of-the-art plants worldwide under the brand ALPLArecycling for the production of rPET (recycled PET) and rHDPE (recycled HDPE)

Recycelter Kunststoff Senkt CO2-Verbrauch um bis zu 87 Prozent

Recycling wirkt: Kunststoffverpackungsspezialist ALPLA betreibt unter der Marke ALPLArecycling weltweit topmoderne Werke für die Produktion von rPET (recyceltes PET) und rHDPE (recyceltes HDPE)

21 November 202321 November 2023

Bottled drink firms attacked over misleading green claims

Bottled water producers such as Coca-Cola, Danone and Nestlé are making misleading claims about the green credentials of their plastic packaging, 13 European consumer groups and umbrella federation BEUC said

15 November 20239 November 2023

Microbial Upcycling of Waste PET to Adipic Acid

A de novo biosynthesis pathway is reported in the bacterium Escherichia coli to convert terephthalate waste from post-consumer and industrial PET samples into the industrial chemical and nylon precursor adipic acid

Plastikfressende Bakterien verwandeln Abfall in nützliche Ausgangsstoffe für andere Produkte

Mikrobielles Upcycling von PET-Abfällen

14 November 20238 November 2023

Carbios: Bau- und Betriebsgenehmigung für die weltweit erste PET-Biorecyclinganlage

Recyclinglösung für PET-Abfälle im industriellen Maßstab und damit ein alternativer Rohstoff zu neuen Monomeren auf fossiler Basis

8 November 20232 November 2023

Carbios obtains building and operating permits, in line with announced schedule, for world’s first PET biorecycling plant in Longlaville

Once fully operational, the plant will have a processing capacity of 50,000 tons of PET waste and will create 150 jobs

19 October 202315 October 2023

ALPLA and TÖNISSTEINER realise reusable PET bottle made entirely of recycled material

When the reusable bottle reaches the end of its lifespan as determined by the number of cycles it goes through, it can now be turned into rPET at the ALPLArecycling plants and recycled into new bottles

ALPLA und TÖNISSTEINER realisieren PET-Mehrwegflasche aus 100 Prozent Recyclingmaterial

Das Recycling-PET (rPET) für die innovative Verpackungslösung steuert ALPLArecycling aus eigener Produktion bei und nach Ablauf der Lebensdauer ist die Flasche vollständig wiederverwertbar

13 October 20239 October 2023

Greenyl uses SKYPET® from SK Chemicals from ALBIS Portfolio for sustainable vinyl records

By choosing a material that is not only recyclable but also already contains a chemically recycled content, Greenyl is making a contribution to the circular economy

Greenyl produziert nachhaltige Schallplatten mit SKYPET® von SK Chemicals aus dem ALBIS Portfolio

Mit seiner Entscheidung für ein Material, das nicht nur recycelbar ist, sondern auch bereits einen chemisch-recycelten Anteil enthält, leistet Greenyl damit einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Kreislaufwirtschaft

11 October 20236 October 2023

Ein glasklares Bekenntnis zur Nachhaltigkeit – tesafilm® Eco & Crystal jetzt mit 90 Prozent recyceltem PET-Träger

Im Rahmen der Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie strebt das Unternehmen bis 2030 an, den Anteil recycelter und biobasierter Materialien in sämtlichen Produkten auf 70 Prozent zu erhöhen

5 October 20232 October 2023

Scientists Use Bacteria to Turn Plastic Into Useful Substances

James Collins from MIT and Ting Lu with the University of Illinois described in a study how to turn plasticwaste into useful products

14 September 202312 September 2023

AI-based sorting technologies from STEINERT create new cycles at RE Plano

Steinert and RE Plano, a subsidiary of the Remondis Group, have joined forces to establish a state-of-the-art sorting facility in Bochum

KI-basierte Sortiertechnologien von STEINERT schaffen neue Kreisläufe bei RE Plano

Hochmoderne Sortieranlage kann mit Künstlicher Intelligenz – KI – auch besonders schwierig zu erkennende Kunststofffraktionen mit hoher Reinheit sortieren

8 September 20238 September 2023

Plastic eating microorganisms

Scientists found plastic eating microorganisms in waste and any environments - but can they tackle a pollution that is fired by an increasing production?

6 September 202331 August 2023

From old plastic to new adhesive – a chemical recycling project

Chemical recycling is seen as an important step towards a circular economy

30 August 202325 August 2023

Hartshorn salt and “baking” solves a serious environmental problem

A group of young chemists from the University of Copenhagen has invented a green and surprisingly simple solution to separate and recycle polyester fabric blends

28 August 202323 August 2023

Aus altem Kunststoff wird neuer Klebstoff – Projekt zum chemischen Recycling gestartet

Recycling Kreisläufe sollen durch Forschungsprojekt um eine Option für stark gealterte Kunststoffe erweitert werden

16 August 202311 August 2023

Building a sustainable PET bottle supply chain

The World's First Initiative for Bio-Paraxylene origin "Biomass to PET Bottles"

Origin Materials Creates Sustainable PET Bottle Caps, Enabling “All PET Mono-Material” Bottle and Cap Solutions, a Breakthrough in Recycling and Circularity

PET caps are more sustainable than common alternatives because they may be produced with any type of PET, from recycled PET to Origin’s 100% bio-based, carbon-negative virgin PET

8 August 20233 August 2023

Origin Materials and Husky Achieve Commercialization Milestone for Advanced Packaging

Recyclable PET polymer incorporating FDCA successfully processed into preforms using Husky’s commercial-scale injection molding equipment and subsequently bottles

Biobasierte PET-Alternative PET/F erfolgreich getestet

Origin und Husky melden erfolgreichen Test des Hybridpolymers PET/F mit einem Bioanteil von bis zu 100 % als Alternative für erdölbasiertes PET

3 August 202331 July 2023

gr3n to build in Spain – the first-of-a-kind manufacturing plant for microwave assisted depolymerization of PET in partnership with Intecsa Industrial

Both partners will join forces and build a “First-of-a-Kind” (FOAK) manufacturing facility able to produce 40.000 tons of virgin-like PET, commencing EPC phase in Q4-2024 and aiming to be operational in 2027

2 August 202327 July 2023

Verpackungsspezialist ALPLA Launcht Neue Marke Alplarecycling

Die international tätige ALPLA Group investiert seit 2005 in den Aufbau eigener Recyclingkapazitäten

25 July 202320 July 2023

Flexible packaging leader Parkside laser-focused on sustainable lidding film solutions with ParkScribe® technology

UK-based flexible packaging specialist Parkside has launched a revolutionary range of sustainable lidding films as a next-generation solution for brands seeking to solve their packaging sustainability challenges, as part of its Sustainable 7 product strategy

17 July 202312 July 2023

The future of recycling could one day mean dissolving plastic with electricity

The researchers described their new approach to chemical recycling July 3 in the journal Chem Catalysis

Die Zukunft des Recyclings könnte eines Tages darin bestehen, Plastik mit Strom aufzulösen

Die Methode ist so simpel, dass man das Auseinanderbrechen des Plastiks vor seinen Augen beobachten kann

10 July 20235 July 2023

EPFL spin-off closes the loop on PET recycling

EPFL spin-off DePoly has developed a method for recycling polyethylene terephthalate (PET) at ambient temperature, even when it’s dirty or mixed with other plastics. The firm confirmed the feasibility of its method with a pilot capable of processing 50 metric tons per year. Having recently raised CHF 12.3 million, DePoly is now building a pilot plant with 10 times that capacity

3 July 202327 June 2023

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