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March 01, 2003.
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Essel Propack launches recycled plastic packaging tube |
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April 24, 2008.
Packaging company Essel Propack, based in Mumbai, India, has introduced the first recycled and recyclable plastic packaging tube Etain, which will be followed by a family of other similar green products from the company, says Sanjay Bhasin, Chief Executive Officer, Tubes and Laminated Products. ... more
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Polyester recycled in 'ecological fur' |
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April 15, 2008.
Basking in the runway spotlight at a Tokyo fashion show, next to the 5 million yen (US$50,000) Russian sable coat is a cape of lowly polyester sewn with chinchilla that's being billed as "ecological fur."
The cape, bolero and several other items by Japanese designer Chie Imai use real chinchilla and mink from fur farms. But the fabric parts of the clothing use recycled polyester from Japanese plastic and pharmaceutical maker Teijin Ltd. ... more
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Interseroh acquires stake in waste plastic trader RDB |
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April 14, 2008.
ISR Interseroh Rohstoffe GmbH is acquiring a majority share in the internationally operating waste plastic trader and processor RDB GmbH. The firm with headquarters in the northern German town of Aukrug and a yearly turnover of approx. 50 million euros transports approx. 130,000 tons of used plastics throughout Europe, including over 70,000 tons of plastic film, approx. 40,000 tons of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and additional plastics. ... more
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AERT opens plastic processing facility |
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March 20, 2008.
In order to reclaim post-industrial plastic materials for use in the company's building products, Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc (AERT) has opened a plastics recycling plant in Watts, Oklahoma. ... more
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RotorCut for processing packaging |
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March 03, 2008.
Strautmann has introduced the RotorCut for use in the recycling of packaging.
Bundled materials are put into the machine either manually or, in the case of larger quantities, by using a fork-lift. ... more
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Rieter sells pelletizing machinery business |
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February 28, 2008.
Machinery manufacturer Rieter is selling its activities in machinery and systems for manufacturing plastics granulates to CGS Management of Pfäffikon, Switzerland, with retroactive effect as of January 1, 2008. The two parties signed a purchase and sale agreement, for the Rieter Automatik GmbH business unit, based in Grossostheim, Germany, which is no longer a core activity for Rieter. ... more
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Cable recycling process patented |
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February 25, 2008.
Power of the Dream Ventures (PDV), one of Hungary’s premier technology acquisition companies, has filed a Hungarian patent application for a process designed easily to recycle PVC shielded electrical cables. ... more
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Coca Cola awarded for recycling efforts |
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February 12, 2008.
The National Recycling Coalition (NRC) has honored The Coca-Cola Company with its annual "Recycling Works!" Award for the Company's unparalleled commitment to sustainable packaging design, investment in recycling infrastructure and its unprecedented goal to recycle or reuse 100 percent of the Company's PET (plastic bottles in the United States.
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2006:Half of Europe's plastic recovered |
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January 30, 2008.
The EU's 25 member states plus Norway and Switzerland recovered half of all plastics waste in 2006, up three percentage points on the previous year, reports industry body PlasticsEurope in its latest annual report.
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Major plastics recycling project starts in Ghana |
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January 28, 2008.
With support from the Dutch government, Cyclus Plastic Recycling in the Netherlands and Vanhold Constructions in Ghana, are instituting a joint venture to put up a plastic recycling factory at the town of Aburansa, close to Ghana’s major city Elmina in the KEEA (Komenda-Edina- Eguafo-Abrem) district.
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Nuga improves PET bottle granulation |
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January 15, 2008.
Nuga, the Swiss manufacturer of plastics granulators and accessories, has further developed its compact CentriCut 44slr range designed for demanding PET bottle applications. ... more
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New joint venture to recycle UK’s shredder residue |
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January 07, 2008.
A new company in the United Kingdom, called MBA Polymers UK, will recover plastics from upgraded shredder residue. The newly formed joint venture is initiated by MBA Polymers, Inc. (MBA) from Richmond, California, USA and Warrington, UK-based European Metal Recycling Limited (EMR) and will start operation of a 60 000 tonnes per year processing plant by early 2009. ... more
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New book covers problems with recovering and recycling plastics |
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December 18, 2007.
Smithers Rapra, a subsidiary of the US-based independent testing, consulting and contract research organisation, The Smithers Group, has just published the second edition of a book entitled Introduction to Plastics Recycling, written by Vannessa Goodship. ... more
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New JRC study on the prospective for plastic recovery |
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December 17, 2007.
The Joint Research Centre Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) has published a report entitled ‘Assessment of the environmental advantages and drawbacks of existing and emerging polymer recovery processes'. In accordance with a relevant announcement, the report describes the plastics waste streams generated by different economic sectors in the EU and develops an outlook of the composition of these streams for the coming 10 years. ... more
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Big push to recycle plastic |
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November 27, 2007.
Cold extrusion is playing an ever greater part in recycling of waste plastic, and the UK Department for Business and Enterprise is sponsoring research into development of the machinery necessary for such work. Engineers at Bradford University, United Kingdom, have built a pilot plant and are running a series of trials with different processes, feed plastics, additives, and final products. ... more
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Sri Lanka promotes waste plastic recycling |
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November 07, 2007.
The Sri Lankan government has started to encourage plastic waste recycling in an effort to prevent the material piling up along the road side and causing environmental pollution. The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) recently launched a program called the ‘national post-consumer plastic waste management’. ... more
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Veka invests in UK recycler |
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October 30, 2007.
A worldwide manufacturer of PVC windows, doors and other building materials is expanding its recycling activities into the UK. ... more
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Weak year for EU plastics converters |
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March 01, 2003.
Last year proved to be even weaker than expected for the European Union’s plastics converting industry, according to Brussels-based representative body EuPC. This mostly resulted from a slump in the German economy and a recession in the construction sector. ... more
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Eriez metal detectors Wavin |
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April 01, 2003.
Wavin of The Netherlands, one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of plastics systems for the building, construction and utilities industries, has installed three Eriez tunnel-type Model 20C Metal Detectors at its U.K. headquarters in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England.
Wavin looked to Eriez to provide a metal contamination solution which would also ensure a steady and continuous feed of recyclable material to their granulators. Wavin collects and stores plastics waste and other plastics components in large storage bins. Before being fed to granulators, the contents of the bins are decanted onto an inclined inspection table from which any over-sized pieces are removed. Water drains from the material through the table’s perforated deck. ... more
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Plastic bags as packaging |
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November 01, 2003.
A draft European Court of Justice judgement argues that plastic carrier bags should be defined as packaging under EU law. ... more
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Plastics recycling on the march in Europe |
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November 01, 2003.
There was a significant increase in European plastics recycling between 2000 and 2002, according to APME in its latest report. ... more
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Study compares car component recycling options |
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November 01, 2003.
From the environmental efficiency perspective, mechanical recycling of plastic car components should be favoured only for those large, easily accessible, mono-material parts where a sufficient market exists for the recovered material, according to a study from the Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe (APME). ... more
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U.K.’s EPS recycling rate leaps to 40% |
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May 01, 2003.
Some 10 800 tonnes of expanded polystyrene (EPS) packaging was recycled in the U.K. in 2001-2002 - producing an increase in the recycling rate to 40%, according to figures from the U.K. EPS Packaging Group, a member of the British Plastics Federation. This places the EPS packaging recycling rate ahead of those for glass and aluminium. ... more
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New Zealand plastics sustainability initiative |
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May 01, 2003.
Plastics New Zealand Inc. - which comprises 51 plastics companies in New Zealand including major players ACI Plastics Packaging NZ, Alto Plastics, Huhtamaki New Zealand, Iplex Pipelines NZ, Marley New Zealand Ltd, Vertex Pacific and Viscount Plastics (NZ) - has released the ‘New Zealand Plastics Sustainability Initiative’. ... more
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