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16 04 2018

Taxes or deposit return schemes – how can we use economics to incentivise more recycling? Richard McKinlay, Head of Circular Economy at resource recovery specialist Axion, discusses the options. The...

09 04 2018

AMUT and EREMA are inviting guests to watch washed post-consumer PET bottle flakes being recycled in a closed material loop process from 28 to 31 May 2018 at the AMUT...

03 04 2018

A deposit return scheme to increase recycling rates and cut the amount of waste and litter polluting land and sea will be introduced in the UK subject to consultation later...

21 11 2017

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)* is one of the most commercially significant polymers in the global materials economy. People are most familiar with their daily use of PET for rigid containers such...

02 11 2017

A new European project is to focus on the chemical recycling of PET with the aim of enabling de-polymerization at industrial scale based using a microwave-based process. DEMETO, a new...

18 10 2017

Three major plastics recycling organisations have joined forces in a partnership designed to coordinate efforts on testing protocols. Three major plastics recycling organisations have joined forces in a partnership designed...

18 10 2017

Europe: Almost a decade after the publication of a regulation establishing rules for use of recycled plastic materials in food applications, and despite the European Food Safety Authority's adoption of more...

04 08 2017

An international packaging producer has won an award for directly printing onto containers, eliminating the need for separate labels, liners and adhesives. The recycling-friendly technology from Plastipak Packaging recently won...

26 07 2017

La industria europea del reciclaje de plástico asegura que la tendencia a fabricar las botellas de PET cada vez más finas, junto con la aparición de nuevos flujos de residuos...

07 07 2017

Investigadores de la especialidad en materiales de la Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro (UAQ) desarrollan proyectos para mejorar las propiedades de los materiales de construcción con fibras de...