1:70 min Facts & Figures, America, rPET & PET Flakes
Expansion

Verdeco: New innovation center of excellence & rPET manufacturing facility

Verdeco, specializing in customized rPET solutions, announced they will be opening the doors of their brand-new innovation center and manufacturing facility in Greenville, South Carolina in June 2023. This milestone is a major move for Verdeco following their 2020 ...
2:21 min Asia Pacific, Staple fibers, fibers, filaments

Loop Industries and SK Geo Centric sign joint venture agreement to commercialize Loop's technology in the Asian market

Loop Industries and SK Geo Centric have signed a definitive Joint Venture Agreement to deploy Loop's technology in the Asian market through multiple commercial manufacturing facilities. SKGC will own 51% of the venture, which will be headquartered in Singapore, and Loop will have the ...
3:20 min America, Sorting and collection
Initiative

Public-private partnership with Kansas City, Missouri will improve recycling collection citywide

The City of Kansas City, Missouri begins delivery of 162,000 recycling carts that ...
3:52 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Asia Pacific, PET recycling systems
Campaign

Pepsi® becomes first player in Thailand’s soft drinks market to use 100% rPET bottles

Pepsi® beverage by Suntory PepsiCo Beverage (Thailand) Company Limited has continued ...
2:20 min Middle East, PET materials
Expansion

SCZONE is laying the cornerstone for the Indian factory Flex in Sokhna

Mr. Waleid Gamal El-Dien, Chairman of the General Authority for the Suez Canal ...
1:39 min Strategies & Market Analysis, Asia Pacific
Review

Australia: APCO releases review of the 2025 National Packaging Targets

The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) has released its Review of the 2025 National Packaging Targets, and is calling for a stronger co-regulatory framework which strikes a balance between industry-led action and effective government regulation.
3:15 min Strategies & Market Analysis, China
Investigation

ICIS - PET recyclers welcome Commission’s investigative proceedings into PET from China

European PET recyclers are reacting positively to the European Commission’s investigative proceedings concerning PET from China announced on 30 March. The R-PET market has been extremely volatile over the last few years, and a large part of that is connected to what is happening in ...
1:50 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Africa
Initative

Waste Free Oceans: Successful clean-up in Dar es Salaam on March 18 for Global Recycling Day

On Saturday 18th of March, Waste Free Oceans and its partners NAK ...
1:40 min Digitization, India
Krones: New location in India

Krones.digital is growing internationally

In 2022, Krones.digital was established as a community spanning departments and ...
1:10 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Asia Pacific, Sorting and collection
Collection

Plastic Bank Indonesia stops 40 million kilograms of plastic from polluting the ocean

Plastic Bank Indonesia celebrates its collection communities, branch owners, ...