italy

  • 29 May 2024

    SUP Directive: European Commission opens infringement case against Italy

    An infringement case has been opened by the European Commission against Italy for the "exceptions" introduced into the transposition of Directive 2019/904 on single-use plastics, the so-called SUP Directive. The European Commission sent a letter of formal notice to the Italian Government...
  • 27 January 2021

    Alpla invests 5 million euros in Italy for bottle-to-bottle

    The global manufacturer of plastic packaging and recycling specialist, the Alpla Group, is investing more than five million euros in an extrusion system for food-grade recycled PET (rPET) made of used PET bottles (so-called post-consumer material) at its site in Anagni (Frosinone, Italy)...
  • 15 September 2020

    LyondellBasell successfully started up new pilot molecular recycling facility

    One of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world, LyondellBasell announced the successful start-up of its MoReTec molecular recycling facility at its Ferrara (Italy) site. LyondellBasell's proprietary MoReTec advanced recycling technology aims to return post-consumer plastic waste to its molecular form for...