Mechanical Recycling

So Good So You brand introduces biodegradable plastic bottles made of PET that the company claims are also recyclable.

Kroger’s new sustainability goals, announced this week, “fall far short of what the company needs to be doing,” according to the environmental organization.

A global supplier of plastic can-rings, Hi-Cone is working to close the loop through a recycling program that will create a renewable source of post-consumer recycled content and halve its use of virgin plastic.

The Flake Scan analysis system from Sesotec GmbH captures data that can be quickly leveraged to determine the purity of plastic flakes and regrind.

The launch of NextLooPP creates circularity for food-grade polypropylene (PP) food packaging from post-consumer plastic.

The Japanese company has also made recent acquisitions in engineering plastics recycling and molding in Europe to complete the circle.

Molded fiber bowls and containers lined with PFAS used in restaurant franchises in Canada, including at Burger King and McDonald's, tested above fluorine screening levels.

ELG Carbon Fibre and Aerocircular N.V. join forces to establish a closed-loop recycling scheme for a material typically shredded and incinerated, or landfilled.

APR certification means that Avery Dennison's clear BOPP film labels on HDPE containers can remain in place for recycling. 

The “contribution” to the EU budget is designed to incentivize member states to increase recycling of plastic waste, according to the European Commission. It will, in fact, do the opposite, responds the European Plastics Converters association.