Recycle

Trinseo’s polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) depolymerization plant in Rho, Milan, Italy, has achieved its first ISO 9001:2015 certification, a globally recognized standard for Quality Management Systems. ISO 9001 certification is awarded to organizations that deliver consistent quality, efficiency and a strong...

The globally active German company specialized in the planning, production and assembly of turnkey sorting plants, Stadler Anlagenbau, carried out the reconstruction of the Sortierkontor Nord (SKN) lightweight packaging facility in Bremen, Germany. After two fire incidents in 2022 severely damaged parts of the plant...

The European Commission has published details of its mass-balance approach under the Single Use Plastics Directive (SUPD) implementing act voted through on 6 February. As ICIS (Independent Commodity Intelligence Services) explains in an information note...

A strategic partnership between BMW Group and PreZero Deutschland aims to promote the circular economy in the European automotive industry by systematically using end-of-life vehicles as a strategic source of materials. The goal of the collaboration is to establish a viable and scalable business model that...

At the recent Plastindia 2026, Erema and Lindner Washtech officially announced the opening of Erema India, sales and service subsidiary that is the two joint venture partners’ response to the growing demand for high-quality recycling solutions in India’s rapidly expanding market...

At the Delfzijl chemical cluster in Groningen, the Netherlands, Circtec recently inaugurated, in the presence of King Willem-Alexander, a chemical recycling plant for end-of-life tyres using its proprietary CIFR pyrolysis technology. With Phase 1 now operational, the plant can recycle 50,000 tonnes per year of...

Scheduled for Rome on 5 and 6 February, the 2026 edition of the annual Petcore Europe conference includes Amut amongst its participants, specifically as a Silver Sponsor. During the event, the Novara-based company will present its advanced solutions for PET recycling...

German turnkey sorting plant manufacturer Stadler has completed a comprehensive modernisation of the lightweight packaging sorting line at BZB (Bizkaiko Zabor Berziklategia) in Amorebieta-Extano, Spain. The project addressed capacity, automation and digitalisation of the facility, which...

Despite PET being the EU’s second-largest recycled polymer, the sector faces mounting challenges. Depressed prices and rising stockpiles - driven largely by low-cost imports - are threatening the survival of the established European recycling facilities precisely at the moment when...

One of Nigeria's leading post-consumer PET recyclers, Polysmart Packaging, has announced a 60 million dollars expansion plan to build the largest plastic recycling facility in Nigeria, which is expected to become operational in two phases by July 2026. This represents an unprecedented investment for...

RES (Recupero Etico Sostenibile), on the occasion of presenting its main strategic projects, received an institutional visit from Italian Deputy Minister for the Environment and Energy Security Vannia Gava accompanied by MP Aldo Patriciello...

Since April 2024, Cirrec, a part of Faerch company, has been operating a recycling plant in the Netherlands that processes PET trays from household collection into food-grade material. 60,000 tonnes per year, more than three billion trays. True tray-to-tray recycling at industrial scale...

Supermarket chain Colruyt has launched the first meat trays made with recycled polystyrene derived from chemical recycling. The plastic packaging material made from yoghurt pots and foam trays collected from PMD bags is processed at Indaver’s new Plastics2Chemicals facility in...

CMG Granulators has announced the expansion of its manufacturing headquarters in Budrio (Bologna) with a new 800-square-metre area, part of the company’s growth path and a response to a continuously expanding market. The new space will be dedicated to logistics, enabling more...

UniPyrum is the joint venture established under the agreement signed by Pyrum Innovations and Unitank Holding to develop and operate five to ten state-of-the-art plants for the chemical recycling of end-of-life tyres via thermolysis. Under the agreement...

NextChem (Maire Group), through its subsidiary MyRemono, has been awarded by Röhm, one of the world's leading producers in the field of methacrylate chemistry, with production and research sites in Europe, North America and China, a feasibility study for a polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) waste chemical recycling plant at...

Europur launched CertiPUR for Bonded Foam, a new module extending the CertiPUR programme to mechanically recycled flexible polyurethane foam. It is the first certification scheme dedicated specifically to the health and safety properties of rebonded foam used in...

Borealis announced a strategic partnership with BlueAlp, a chemical recycling technology company headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The partnership will see Borealis transfer its majority share in Renasci, a chemical recycling company based in Ostend, Belgium, to BlueAlp, while...

According to Plastics Europe, the provisional agreement reached by the European Parliament and the Council on plastics circularity in the automotive sector marks a significant step forward in Europe’s transition towards a circular economy. However, as several aspects are still to be defined...

European Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on new EU circularity rules to cover the entire vehicle lifecycle, from design to final end-of-life treatment. According to the agreed draft, all new vehicles should be designed so as to allow the easy removal of as many parts and components...