3:30 min Africa, Complete PET recycling plants
Recycling

South Africa launches R300 million facility for PET recycling

A new PET processing facility, which can accommodate more plastic waste and is the first-of-its-kind technology for Africa, will come on stream in 2025.
4:34 min Chemical recycling
Chemical Recycling

New process vaporizes plastic bags and bottles, yielding gases to make new, recycled plastics

A new chemical process can essentially vaporize plastics that dominate the waste ...
1:52 min Caps & Closures
PET caps

Origin Materials unveils CapFormer System and completes Factory Acceptance Test of world’s first commercial-scale manufacturing system for PET caps

Origin CapFormer System is a Breakthrough for Recycling Circularity and Packaging ...
1:43 min Fakuma 2024, Staple fibers, fibers, filaments, Recycling machines
Preview

PURE LOOP at Fakuma: ISEC evo also keeps composite materials in the loop

With the ISEC evo plastic pelletising system, PURE LOOP offers a high-performance ...
3:10 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Chemical recycling
Chemical recycling

Schneider Electric collaborates with GR3N to tackle plastic recycling challenges and drive circularity in chemical sector

GR3N’s breakthrough new process to address current hard to recycle PET waste while meeting virgin-like quality Schneider Electric’s software-defined automation system enabling operational agility to scale from proof of concept to industrial level Together, companies are fostering ...
3:70 min Bottle development and design
rPET bottle

StarLITE®-R Premium: Sidel’s new streamlined rPET bottle base elevating high-end products

StarLITE®-R Premium is a sleek, high-performance bottle base for distinctive, 100 ...
1:49 min Sheets & Films
Self-adhesive materials

HERMA: Wash-off adhesives solutions for the EU target

HERMA is significantly expanding its range of wash-off self-adhesive materials: A total of six film and paper products are now certified with the wash-off adhesive 72Hpw. The adhesive, certified by the Institute cyclos-HTP with various materials, is virtually the same cost as a ...
3:13 min Digitization, Sorting and collection
Sorting

TOMRA R2 reverse vending machine launches with Digital Vouchers and expanded charity donation

Global reverse vending leader TOMRA Collection today unleashed the ...
2:20 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Sheets & Films
Self-adhesive label materials

Herma: Sustainable light weight film

Since the new HERMA PE white light label film (grade 853) is almost 17 percent thinner than a standard PE film, it conserves resources – and reduces costs. The film therefore offers a sustainable and economical labelling solution, for example, for cosmetics and personal care ...
0:51 min One step blow moulding systems
Large bottle production

XTRA BIG: High-output production of large-sized bottles

XTRA BIG rotary stretch-blow molding machines are engineered to produce large, ...