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Creative campaign encourages residents to recycle aluminium foil

14 October 2021
Recyclability
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An educational initiative to increase aluminium foil collection and recycling rates has been rolled out by the Forest of Dean District Council. Delivered in partnership with the Aluminium Packaging Recycling…Read more →

UPM Raflatac receives world’s first APR recognition for a printed PP label that improves PET wash water

13 October 2021
Recyclability
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UPM Raflatac, a global supplier of innovative and sustainable labeling materials, recently received the APR (Association of Plastic Recyclers) recognition with printed PP labels in the PET recycling process with…Read more →

Berry Global Partners with Ingreendients® to Launch Haircare Product Line in a Bottle and Closure Made Fully from Recycled Plastic

Berry Global Group, Inc. has teamed up with Ingreendients to launch shampoo and conditioner bottles made from 100% recycled plastic. Ingreendients’ brand founder, Rajat Sharma, had a goal to be…Read more →

Waddington Europe offers new punnet that’s easier to recycle, uses less plastic

With MONOAIR™ cushion technology, soft-fruit containers no longer need extra bubble padding Leading European thermoforming packaging specialist Waddington® Europe, a division of Novolex®, has launched a new 100% mono-material protective…Read more →

Mondi serves up RetortPouch Recyclable to food and wet pet food manufacturers

Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, has added to its range of sustainable premium food and pet food packaging solutions with the launch of RetortPouch Recyclable. Mondi launches…Read more →

UPM Raflatac SmartCircle™ PE offer receives RecyClass recognition for HDPE packaging recycling

The granted approval proves SmartCirle PE can be recycled in the HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) coloured stream*. RecyClass’ endorsement helps UPM Raflatac to meet the needs of brand owners in…Read more →

Afri-Plastics Challenge to award grant funding to African innovators to scale plastic packaging waste solutions

6 October 2021
Events, Recyclability
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The second strand of the Afri-plastics Challenge will award grant funding to African innovators with ideas to reduce or remove plastic from the packaging supply chainThe Afri-Plastics Challenge is delivered…Read more →

Multi-recycling – a strong argument for tinplate packaging

Sustainability is the driving factor in the packaging industry, due to consumers’ increased environmental awareness: In a representative survey commissioned by tinplate manufacturer thyssenkrupp Rasselstein in Germany in 2020, 41%of…Read more →

Kerbside return schemes prove their value to brands and households

6 October 2021
Recyclability
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Results from Wales’ first Kerbside Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) pilot, which ran in Conwy, North Wales, over the summer, have shown consumers to be highly engaged, with 97% of registered…Read more →

New study: recycling secures raw materials for a climate-neutral Europe

6 October 2021
Recyclability
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Resources balance of the ALBA Group: 3.5 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions and 28.8 million tonnes of primary resources saved – in 2020 alone “Fit for 55” thanks to…Read more →

Starlinger installs first food-grade plastics recycling facility at Srichakra Polyplast in India

The well-established Indian recycler commissioned a PET bottle-to-bottle and a post-consumer polyolefin recycling line from Starlinger by mid of September. With the new lines Srichakra Polyplast upgraded its facilities and…Read more →

Converting CO2 emissions into products – European Green Deal project PyroCO2 kicks off

A new innovation project will demonstrate large-scale conversion of industrial carbon emissions into value added chemicals and materials. The project, conducted by a consortium of 20 leading industrial and research…Read more →