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The Flexible Film Recycling Conundrum
The major challenge with flexible packaging remains its recyclability. TerraCycle founder Tom Szaky discusses likely scenarios for what’s ahead.
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AXA IM on Bioplastics and 3D Printing
How AXA Investment Managers view Bioplastics and 3D printing — You will notice that the strategy to associate bioplastics and biofuels, is now bearing fruit.
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Kenyan Biodegradable Pads Made from Banana Waste
Kenyan award-winning students to set up firm to make bio-degradable pads
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Mexico Sugar Report 2022
FAS-Mexico forecasts a nearly 6 percent decrease in sugar production to 6.16 million metric tons raw value (MMT-RV) during marketing year (MY) 2022/23 due to lower rainfall levels and higher input prices.
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ALPLA and PTT Partner on Mechanical Recycling in Thailand
ALPLA and PTT Global Chemical realise Thailand’s largest plastics recycling plant equipped with state-of-the-art technology
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Greenback CEO on the Anti Recycling Rhetoric
Sustainability innovator, Greenback Recycling Technologies (‘Greenback’), has responded to growing rhetoric following comments made by outgoing UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, that suggest recycling ‘doesn’t work’. — Well I’m open to be convinced that recycling could work, but I haven’t seen anything yet besides a few exceptions. There’s also something about the credibility of the…
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Is Bamboo the Best Option to Replace SUP in India?
Naturally antimicrobial, bamboo can be grown and used sustainably with the appropriate techniques.
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Mitsui Chemicals Invests in Used Cooking Oils Collection
Mitsui Chemicals Invests in Apeiron Bioenergy, one of the Largest Used Cooking Oil Collectors in Southeast Asia and China Region
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Unilever Lauches Biodegradable Detergent Capsules
Unilever launches its most powerful and sustainable laundry capsules yet
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Lufthansa Technik Develops Biobased Compostites for Aircraft Cabine
Lufthansa Technik Develops Greener Composites For Cabin Use
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Plastic Recycling is Working says Bloomberg Columnist
Plastic Recycling Is Working, So Ignore the Cynics says Bloomberg columnist — The columnist only speaks about PET and HDPE. Maybe we could also ignore the plastic continents in the oceans? I wonder who’s whispering in his ears? Or maybe, he was winter sleeping for the last 4 years? Unfortunately, End-of-life is plastics’ achilles heel.
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Contaminants of Paper Recycling
The 12 everyday items tripping up the nation’s recycling efforts
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Arab Newspaper Covers Chemical Recycling
Chemical Recycling is a false solution according to the article
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Hydropol Coating to Increase Paper Recycling Rates
Research demonstrates Hydropol coatings increase paper recycling rates and fibre yield, without compromising functionality
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Swiss Invent New Plastic Recycling Method
Could the Swiss be good as something else than Banking?
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Recyclability Framework Consultation
Industry Leaders Help Establish Groundbreaking Framework to Evolve Packaging Recyclability
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Clarity Environmental Launches New Recycling Standard
Packaging producers can now achieve safer, more sustainable and responsible compliance with the packaging regulations, with the launch of a pioneering quality standard for recycling evidence.
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LA SUP Ban and Alternatives
The supervisors envision the county switching to reusable foodware or compostable or highly recyclable alternatives
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New French Method to Evaluate Packaging Recyclability
France launches a new methodology for evaluating the recyclability of packaging
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Last Secrets of Mechanical Recycling Unveiled
I’ve covered the main challenges of mechanical recycling and here are the last “stones” that weight the most. I was almost convinced that mechanical recycling was a sustainable solution
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Recycleye, Valorplast and Total Partner on Omni Recycling
Recycleye, Valorplast and Total partner with Citeo to develop and improve household waste recycling technologies
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RecyClass Accuses Polymateria of Misusing Recyclability Protocols
Polymateria misuses RecyClass Recyclability Evaluation Protocols
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TerraCycle Cigarette Butt GreenWashing Program
Another great greenwashing solution by TerraCycle
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DS Smith Says Recycling Crisis in UK
New research has revealed a recycling crisis in the UK, with households simply running out of room in their bins and unable to recycle properly
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Avery Dennison Label Liner Recycling Program
Avery Dennison launches label-liner recycling program in Europe
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Closed Loop Recycling of PE Materials
Closed-loop recycling of polyethylene-like materials
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Sustainability Benchmarks for Plastics Recycling and Redesign
NREL Reports Sustainability Benchmarks for Plastics Recycling and Redesign
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All You Need to Know on Black Plastic Recycling
What Makes Black-Colored Plastic Different? What About Black Plastic Bags and Film Wrap? — ROQUETTE has a bio-based solution to Enhance PET Performance
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The Plastic Film Recycling Fiasco
What if we’re not able to solve the plastic film recycling challenges?
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New International Rules for Global Plastic Trade
International convention to stop richer countries exporting contaminated material for recycling could mean a cleaner ocean in five years
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Limits of Plastic Recycling Rates
Theoretical limit in recycling rates for plastic packages scientifically established
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Working From Home Boosts UK Recycling Rates
Plastics Recycling member-based charity, RECOUP, have published their UK Household Plastics Collection Survey, annually, which is a full analysis of Local Authority data of plastics recycling collections alongside that known to be placed on the market.
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Electrolux Goes Plastic Neutral Vacuum Sealer Bags
Anova Launches New And Improved Vacuum Sealer Bags That Are 100 Percent Plastic Neutral through Partnership With Plastic Bank®
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Snapshot of Plastic Recycling in France
Snapshot of plastic recycling in France. A lot of talking but no real changes.
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Drivers of Recycling Contamination
The issue of recycling contamination is costing some local authorities tens, if not hundreds of thousands of pounds each year. Inside the Head of the Contaminator is a collaborative research project, conducted with nine local authority partners, which aims to identify and understand what is driving residents to contaminate and explore the triggers and barriers…
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Dow First Recycled Plastic Shrink Film
Dow introduces its first recycled plastic resin for shrink film applications in North America
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Biffa Joins Poseidon to Recycle Unrecyclable Plastics
Biffa, the UK’s leading sustainable waste management company, is pleased to announce its involvement in the Poseidon Project, a cross-industry initiative aiming to create a process to chemically recycle harder grades of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) material.
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Future of Plastic in Taiwan
The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) on Tuesday called on Taiwanese companies to use more recycled plastics in their packaging.
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Best Kept Secret of Plastic Recycling Industry
The most sensitive secret of the plastic recycling industry has been revealed. The big number of new recycling initiatives may be a cover up to this problem. Will politicians fall for this trap?
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Plastic Upcycling Campaign in India
PepsiCo India Partners with United Way Delhi to Launch #Why Waste #Why Waste is a special Initiative to create awareness on upcycling of plastic.
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Recycling is Killing the Planet
By taking the guilt out of consumption, it undermines effort to cut back on waste.
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It’s Folly To Invest in Renewables
It’s folly to Invest in renewables says American oil executive.
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Global Biodiversity Outlook
Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO) is the flagship publication of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). It is a periodic report that summarizes the latest data on the status and trends of biodiversity and draws conclusions relevant to the further implementation of the Convention.
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Italy Starts Molecular Recycling
The new plastic materials can be used in food packaging and healthcare items.
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Global Plastic Recycling Crimes
Police investigations in the international plastic recycling industry.
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Modernising Plastic Recycling in India
One company is transforming the way India recycles plastic
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What Is Better: Biodegradable or Recyclable?
Someone had to ask this question at some point!
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The Future of Recycling in Finland
Finland is on its way to becoming a model country for plastic recycling.
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Recycling Industry Plays the Compost Card
It looks like the Recycling industry starts to compete with the compostable plastics industry on their strongest unique selling point.
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Versalis Launches Recycled Polystyrene
Versalis to produce new solid polystyrene products with up to 75% recycled raw material.
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O2 and TerraCycle Start PPE Recycling
O2 is partnering with TerraCycle, a world leader in hard-to-recycle waste, to introduce a PPE recycling solution for O2 stores.
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Kids Influence Parents on Recycling
Nearly half of parents have been shamed by their own children – for bad recycling practises.
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Deinking Plastic Film Recyclate
Siegwerk, one of the world’s leading providers of printing inks for packaging applications and labels, and APK AG, a specialist in the production of high-quality plastic recyclate from packaging waste, successfully completed de-inking trials of twofold printed LDPE-films.
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Recycling
Here’s a short video made by Axel Barrett, Chief Editor Bioplastics News, on the advantages and disadvantages of Plastic Recycling.
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Bic Launches Recycling Program
Consumers Can Now Recycle Stationery Products and Packaging Nationwide Through TerraCycle.
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Sabic Recycling Strategy
The critical part played by plastics in modern life has never been clearer.
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Dont Put Bioplastics in the Recycling Bin
Everyone can contribute to increasing the amount of rubbish that gets recycled and the amount of valuable resources that get reused. Here are three lesser-known tips to help you make your contribution.
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Quality Recycling According to Attero
Interview with Berry Bellert, Sales Engineer / Development Plastics Recycling at Dutch environmental company, Atterro.
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Horrible Hybrids, the Recycling Nightmare
Horrible hybrids’: the plastic products that give recyclers nightmares. From singing birthday cards to baby food pouches, a growing trend of mixing materials is making recycling even harder.
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Taghleef Vision on Quality Recycling
CEFLEX Sustainable End Markets workstream is planning industrial scale trials delivering higher-value end market applications for flexible packaging. This work is building the business case for investment and delivery of a Quality Recycling Process, able to unlock the environmental and economic potential of mechanical recycling.
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UPM Raflatac Launches Recycled PP Label Material
UPM Raflatac has launched the first polypropylene (PP) label film manufactured from post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic using Sabic’s TruCircle technology for certified circular PP products.
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The Recycling Conspiracy
It was the late 1980s, and the plastics industry was under fire. Facing heightened public concern about ever-increasing amounts of garbage, the image of plastics was falling dramatically.
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Wind Turbines Recycling
There are 30,000 wind turbines in operation in Germany, many of which are starting to age.
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Impact of Corona on European Recycling Industry
Sources are particularly worried about limited volumes entering collection systems, logistic disruptions, potential downstream demand losses in non-packaging sectors, buyers abandoning sustainability measures and a reduction in necessary long-term investment.
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Reusable PET Bottles by ALPLA
ALPLA has further developed a 1-litre reusable PET bottle together with KHS, the specialist for bottling and packaging systems. The refillable bottle weighs up to ten grams less than the standard bottles that are currently available and can include recycled materials too.
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Glasgow to Boost Recycling
Glasgow to see bin collection changes in recycling boost. Streets in the north-east of Glasgow could see changes to kerbside collection.
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How Estonia Became Recycling Champion
The small country of Lithuania is making big strides towards creating a seamless circular economy where each and every water bottle and aluminum tuna can is recycled and turned into an identical successor.
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New Process Makes Recycling Eco-Friendly
Plastics are user-friendly, versatile, and highly economical to such an extent that the earth is flooded with plastic waste. This makes them a victim of their own success.
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Non-Toxic and Edible Bioplastics Made from Grapes
A new method to produce biodegradable plastic made from vitis vinifera, or commonly known as grapes, has been discovered. the brilliant mind behind this innovation is none less than geisha montes de oca, based in los angeles and dominican native. the said plastic, aside from being non-toxic and edible, biodegrades in a matter of days…
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New Method With Cyanobacteria Could Disrupt Bioplastic Production
A Kobe University led research team has illuminated the mechanism by which cyanobacteria (Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803) produces D-lactate, showing that malic enzyme facilitates this production.
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New Bioplastics Forum
The first “Bioplastics Forum” has been created. The Forum is a place where you can ask all your questions or share your opinion.
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Project to Make Circular Plastic Films
The recycling industry is feeling the heat of compostable films and are leading a project to make circular plastic films in Belgium.
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It’s Time to Trash Recycling
Traditional recycling is the greatest example of modern-day greenwashing.
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Invisible Bar Codes To Improve Recycling
By making it possible for recycling facilities to quickly scan a bottle or packaging and learn what it’s made of and where it’s from, this new tech could make recycling more efficient and accurate.
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Carbios First to Bio-Recycle Plastic at Industrial Scale
The company has developed a unique, sustainable technology using highly specific enzymes that can recycle PET plastics and polyester fibers feedstock.
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The Great Recycling Con
The greatest trick corporations ever played was making us think we could recycle their products.
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The Guardian Says Recycling Doesn’t Work and is a Failing System
Only 9% of plastics get recycled, and significant reductions will require systemic change – but there are easy tips for individuals to cut back.
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Asian Companies Think Recycled Plastic is Dirty
Asian companies think recycled plastic is dirty, low quality and a turn-off for consumers, experts suggested at the Plasticity event at the United Nations in Bangkok. How can this mindset be changed?
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Here’s What Really Happens to Recycled Plastic
This is what happens to plastic from the moment you toss it into the recycling bin to when its materials are repurposed into a new item.
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New App Provides Free Door Collection Service in Singapore
The mobile app from Sembcorp, called Ezi, aims to make recycling more convenient for residents in Singapore, where only 4 per cent of plastic waste is recycled. Users are paid for the materials they collect—but get nothing for plastic.
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ALPLA Moving Into HDPE Recycling
ALPLA, the global manufacturer of plastic packaging solutions, is further expanding its recycling activities – it is moving into polyolefin recycling with its acquisition of two companies based in Spain.
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France Starts Research Project on Recyclability
The COTREP (Centre de ressources et d’expertise sur la recyclabilité des emballages ménagers en plastiques en France) signed a convention with the “Centre Technique Industriel de la Plasturgie et des Composites (IPC)” to improve the recyclability of flexible plastic packaging.
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Plastic Recycling is a Myth Writes The Guardian
You sort your recycling, leave it to be collected – and then what? From councils burning the lot to foreign landfill sites overflowing with British rubbish, here’s a report on a global waste crisis.
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Developing Countries Turn Away From Plastic Waste Imports
Will an amendment to the Basel Convention staunch the global flow of plastic waste?
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Biodegradable Artwork Graces Paris Park
A vast artwork showing a line of clasped hands at the foot of the Eiffel Tower in Paris will be formally unveiled on Saturday.
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Researchers Convert PET Waste in Aerogel
PRESS RELEASE – NUS researchers turn plastic bottle waste into ultralight supermaterial with wide-ranging applications
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Fraud and Crime in the European Recycling Industry?
The plastics recycling industry is being investigated for one of the largest environmental fraud.
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Suez Proposes Pay-as-you-Throw to Help Recycling in the UK
Suez suggests a “pay-as-you-throw” system for household rubbish in the UK by 2030 to drive a recycling revolution.
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Completely and Infinitely Recyclable Polymer is a Breakthrough
Colorado State University chemists have announced in the Journal Science another major step toward waste-free and sustainable materials that could one day compete with conventional plastics of fossil origin or with some “green conventional” plastics made with sugar like green PE.
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New Process for Biodegradable Plastics Production Using Sugar and CO2
Biodegradable plastics of the polycarbonate family could be made with sugar and carbon dioxide and thus replacing fossil carbon based polycarbonates. The Center for Sustainable Chemical Technologies (CSCT) at the University of Bath can be credited for this innovation.
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