Recycle

  • 29 September 2021

    A tour to discover "winning companies" in Italy

    There is also Icma San Giorgio among the companies selected for the third edition of "Imprese Vincenti" (“Winning Company”), an initiative of Intesa Sanpaolo bank taking place in these days. The company from San Giorgio su Legnano (near Milan) was one of the protagonists of the first of eight virtual stages, held on...
  • 20 September 2021

    Additives for the mechanical recycling of plastic

    The new range IrgaCycle of additive solutions has been launched by Basf to address the imminent needs in plastics recycling. The plastics industry is seeking ways to incorporate higher content of recycled polymeric material in all major applications to meet sustainability goals, while facing growing consumer concerns and...
  • 06 September 2021

    A non-ordinary plastic bottle

    Keeping up with the new market trends and consumer demands for long-life milk containers, Sipa has created an innovative, functional, appealing, and completely recyclable packaging. This development started with a careful market analysis highlighting all the advantages of...
  • 01 September 2021

    Black masterbatch from recycled PE in Domo Econamid PA

    Domo Chemicals, a leader in sustainable polyamide solutions, has begun using a new sustainable black masterbatch based on recycled material to complement the recycled base polymer in its Econamid brand of sustainable polyamides. Econamid, based on recycled industrial waste, is a benchmark in the industry when...
  • 01 September 2021

    Sabic to launch circular PC produced from post-consumer mixed plastic

    The global leader in the chemical industry, Sabic, announced the launch of its certified circular polycarbonate resin and blends made from the upcycling of post-consumer mixed plastic. This solution, based on advanced recycling, demonstrates Sabic’s ongoing commitment to drive towards a circular economy for plastics...
  • 28 July 2021

    Perfect allies for a more sustainable PVC supply chain

    PVC represents a first choice material, promoting transition to a circular economy. In fact, PVC can be recycled even more than height times thanks to its polymeric structure, while maintaining the same performance levels. In that sense, granulation is one of the best processes to transform end-of-life PVC products or residues resulting from...
  • 21 July 2021

    Amut makes an encore with the British Biffa

    Subsequent to the project accomplished by Biffa and Amut for the Seaham (United Kingdom) state-of-the-art recycling facility, one of the most modern and technically advanced in the world, the two partners join forces again for Biffa new investment in its facility in Washington, Sunderland (United Kingdom)...
  • 21 July 2021

    Recycling in Italy: record figures in 2020

    In 2020, packaging recycling rates in Italy exceeded all forecasts. The health emergency did not slow down the development of this area of the circular economy: last year 73% of the packaging placed on the market was recycled, that is 3.3% more than in 2019. These figures were disclosed by the Conai (Italian packaging consortium) on the...
  • 14 July 2021

    DSM and Sabic combine efforts to create recycled-based Dyneema

    The global science-based company, DSM, and the global leader in the chemical industry, Sabic announced a collaboration to create recycled-based Dyneema. Through a joint pilot with multiple CirculariTeam members, the manufacturing and usage of Dyneema using mixed plastic waste as feedstock (via mass balance approach) will be...
  • 14 July 2021

    Bormioli Pharma steps up its sustainable packaging drive

    Manufacturer of plastic and glass containers for the pharmaceutical industry, Bormioli Pharma has announced that by 2025 its products will be manufactured from 50% sustainable raw materials, such as recycled plastic and glass, and bioplastics. This target will see the company tripling the proportion of...
  • 14 July 2021

    New Karawang facility to recycle 2 billion PET plastic bottles annually

    Thailand-based Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), one of the world’s largest producer of recycled PET for beverage bottles, announced it will build a facility in Karawang, West Java, to recycle almost 2 billion plastic bottles a year in support of the government’s plan to reduce ocean debris...
  • 30 June 2021

    High capacity line for PET and rPET preforms recycling

    In the applications of PET, the concentrations of rPET are increasing more and more, to reach considerable percentage levels. 20% to 30% are the most common rPET concentrations in blends with virgin PET, however those percentages are rapidly growing, to the point that several bottlers have started to advertise 50% rPET and even 100%...
  • 23 June 2021

    Closed-loop recycling pilot project for single-use facemasks

    Fraunhofer Institute Umsicht, SABIC and Procter & Gamble announced their collaboration in an innovative circular economy pilot project which aimed to demonstrate the feasibility of closed-loop recycling of single-use facemasks. Due to Covid-19, use of billions of disposable facemasks is raising environmental...
  • 26 May 2021

    Elix Polymers E-Loop products with recycled content are commercially available

    A global leader in specialised styrene-based thermoplastics, Elix Polymers has included all of its circular economy activities under the new brand name, E-Loop, which was launched successfully last February. The E-Loop brand includes two strategic programmes of Elix Sustainable Portfolio Solutions: Circular Plastics and Responsible Innovation...
  • 19 May 2021

    Industry 4.0: certificate of conformity for Exact pelletizers

    The certificate of conformity according to the "Industry 4.0-Ready" requirements has been issued by Amaplast (the Italian Plastics and Rubber Processing Machinery and Moulds Manufacturers’ Association) to Exact, a member company based in Zingonia (Bergamo, Italy). Amaplast's technical department carried out an analysis of the...
  • 05 May 2021

    European plastics recyclers will meet in Amsterdam next November

    Annual event organised by Crain Communications and Plastic Recyclers Europe (PRE), the “Plastics Recycling Show Europe” is a pan-European, free-to-attend exhibition, conference and awards designed specifically for plastics recycling professionals. The next edition will take place at RAI, Amsterdam in the Netherlands, on November 4-5, 2021...