Recycling News

Starlinger Presents First Sustainability Report The Vienna-based machine manufacturer and world market leader in the field of woven plastic bag production plants has presented the first sustainability report for the year 2022. It provides information about the CSR policy that Starlinger has included in its...

STADLER: The Secret of Accurate Commissioning and Timely Project Delivery The pursuit of a circular economy to address the global waste issue is driving a growth of the recycling industry and an increasing complexity in its demands. Environmental services providers and waste management companies need...

Saving Trick for Plastic Recycling by Bacteria Scientists at the Max Planck Institute in Marburg have developed a more efficient, carbon dioxide-saving way for the bacterial utilization of ethylene glycol, a component of the plastic PET. They equipped the bacterium Pseudomonas putida with a new...

TotalEnergies and Ecolab Partner to Launch Heavy use Packaging Incorporating Post-Consumer Recycled Plastic Within RE:?Clic Portfolio TotalEnergies and Ecolab have partnered to launch plastic packaging incorporating recycled material that will contribute to promoting circularity in heavy-use packaging markets. This launch is the culmination of a close...

Performance Meets Circularity: Fibre-Reinforced Plastics Become Recyclable Interview with Prof. Dr. Silke Rathgeber, Head of the Department of Physics, Institute for Integrated Natural Sciences of the Department of Mathematics / Natural Sciences, University of Koblenz Recycled plastics are often less efficient than new plastics. But they...

Neste, Borealis, Uponor and Wastewise Group Enable Chemical Recycling of Hard-to-recycle Plastic Waste Into New High-Quality Plastic Pipes First production of cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) pipes based on feedstock from chemically recycled PEX waste Project demonstrates chemical recycling can process hard-to-recycle waste plastic into high-quality...