2:44 min Plastic recycling systems
Expansion

MENA PET recycling giant BariQ signs contract for new Starlinger recycling system

Based in Giza, Egypt, the biggest PET bottle-to-bottle recycler in MENA region is ...
0:32 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Two step blow moulding systems, Caps & Closures
Join in for the third and last day: Design, SBMT, Labels, Sustainability, Recycling

Pack Passion Week 2022 on 08-10 March 2022

During the free Pack Passion Week 2022 virtual event, participants along the ...
3:44 min Strategies & Market Analysis, Sustainability & Circular Economy, Enzymatic recycling
Partnership in Bio Recycling

Carbios and Indorama Ventures to build in France its first-of-a-kind manufacturing plant for fully bio-recycled PET

The plan for the reference plant is to be operational in 2025 /1/ in France (Longlaville) with a processing capacity of 50.000 tons of PET /2/ waste per year and creating 150 direct and indirect new jobs. Indorama Ventures, the world’s largest producer of recycled PET for beverage ...
3:00 min Biobased Material
Emission reduction

Life Cycle Assessment shows: Avantium’s plantMEG™ cuts carbon footprint by up to 83% over fossil-based MEG

Avantium recently conducted a third party and critically reviewed Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study on the environmental impacts of its plantMEG™ (monoethylene glycol), from its Ray Technology™. The LCA shows a greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction of up to 83% over the life cycle ...
2:10 min Conveying & Transportation
Wrap-around packaging system

Grisi Hermanos chooses the LWP 30 ERGON case packer by SMI

For Grisi Hermanos, Mexican company leader in health, beauty and personal hygiene ...
2:59 min Strategies & Market Analysis, Biobased Material
Data

Life Cycle Assessment study demonstrates the potential of Avantium’s FDCA and PEF technology to curb global warming

Avantium N.V., a leading technology company in renewable chemistry, has published Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) data for its bottles made from PEF (polyethylene furanoate): a plant-based, fully recyclable plastic material with superior performance. nova-Institut GmbH recently completed ...
1:58 min Recycled plastics, Additives
Fund

Edinburgh’s Heriot-Watt University: Project could increase plastic bottles’ recycled content to 30% minimum

Scientists from Heriot-Watt University have been funded by Innovate UK to develop additives and processing methods that will drastically increase the recycled content of plastic bottles. This will help manufacturers meet the UK and EU requirements that all new PET bottles contain a ...
1:21 min Fiber, filament, woven, strapping, PET processing
New PET plants

thyssenkrupp to build three major polymer plants for SASA in Turkey

thyssenkrupp Uhde’s subsidiary Uhde Inventa-Fischer signed a contract to build three ...
1:43 min Sorting and collection
Trial

Aldi launches its first reverse vending machine in Ireland at Mitchelstown store

Aldi introduced its first ever reverse vending machine trial in Ireland at its ...
1:21 min Labels and sleeves
Corporate venture

Avery Dennison launches AD Stretch accelerator program

Avery Dennison Corporation announces the launch of AD Stretch, a first in the labels industry program aimed at partnering with startup innovators to solve key challenges and create new opportunities within sustainability, customer experience and value chains.