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Ineos and Norwegian recycling company Recuro have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop a state-of-the-art advanced recycling facility at Ineos’ Bamble polymer site in Norway. Once commissioned, the plant will process up to 33,000 metric tonnes of end-of-life plastic waste annually, supporting the...

Global chemical leader LyondellBasell announced an innovative flexible packaging solution for Marabou chocolate bars, developed in collaboration with Mondelez International, Amcor, Taghleef Industries and other key industry players. Using LyondellBasell CirculenRevive polymers...

The Council of the European Union formally adopted the regulation concerning circularity requirements for vehicle design and the management of end-of-life vehicles (ELV). The new rules will ensure that new vehicles are designed and produced in a way that supports their...

In the plastics recycling industry, attention is often focused on productivity, the quality of recovered material and waste valorisation. Far less attention is paid to a factor that directly affects all these aspects: the quality of the regrind. Starting from this premise, and driven by the conviction that not all regrind delivers the same value...

The sharp increase in oil prices during the first quarter of 2026, driven by geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, temporarily altered the economics of the plastics market. As virgin plastics suddenly became more expensive, Europe’s plastics recycling industry experienced short-term relief from years of...

Specialised in the chemical recycling of PET packaging, the Swiss company Gr3n has recently closed a 15.5 million euro Series B financing round, the proceeds of which will be invested in Modus, its first industrial-scale plant, located in Spain, with a capacity of 40,000 tonnes per year...

CMG Granulators will participate in Plast 2026 with a technological offering designed to meet the new demands of the industrial recycling market. In today’s plastics recycling landscape, characterized by increasingly heterogeneous post-consumer streams, the growing use of recycled materials and...

Amut will take center stage at Plast 2026, presenting its technological developments for the plastics extrusion and recycling industries. The company will showcase a comprehensive portfolio of advanced solutions designed to improve production performance, product quality, energy savings, and...

Plastics Europe has published its biennial report “The Circular Economy for Plastics: A European Analysis” that provides the latest data and insights into Europe’s circular plastics transition, including trends in circular plastics production, conversion, consumption, and trade, as well as data on waste management...

A new report from the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) finds that expanding advanced recycling can more than double the US plastic recycling rate from 9% to between 19-23%. Authored by Stuart Malec, PPI’s Vice President of Public Affairs, “The Waste Diversion Benefits of...

Eni, together with its subsidiaries Versalis, Enilive, and Eni Rewind, recently presented to Massimo Bitonci, Regional Councillor for Economic Development, Research, Innovation, and Investment Attraction of the Veneto Region, the current status and planned investments for the transformation of the Porto Marghera industrial area...

Basf is expanding its certified compostable ecovio portfolio with new grades that meet increasing recycling needs of flexible barrier packaging. The extended portfolio enables manufacturers of flexible packaging and brand owners to tailor barrier performance and end-of-life options like...

As of 7 May, Tria has entrusted the distribution of its products in the Nordic and Baltic Countries to the Swedish company KD Feddersen Plastics Machinery. The combination of the product range offered by the Cologno Monzese (Milan) manufacturer and the Scandinavian partner’s knowledge of...

The winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2026 were unveiled on 6 May at the 10th anniversary Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE) in Amsterdam. From high-performing recycled-content applications to next-generation recycling machinery and game-changing individuals, this...

An investment of 34 million euros, of which 22 million is allocated to plant equipment and 12 million to infrastructure and construction works, an estimated completion timeline of around 24 months, and approximately 100 new jobs once fully operational: these are the key figures of the project to establish a...

Based on its established Thermolast K product series, Kraiburg TPE has developed a materials solution that combines established product characteristics with advanced sustainability features. The material specially designed for automotive sealing applications has a...

The Global Impact Coalition has published findings from the first automotive plastics circularity pilot initiated by the chemical industry. Every year, more than 800,000 tonnes of plastic from end-of-life vehicles are incinerated or landfilled in Europe alone. The pathway to addressing this is understood but...

On 17 and 18 March 2026, CMG opened the doors of its headquarters in Budrio (Bologna) for an open house dedicated to the future of plastics recycling. The two days of discussions, technical insights, and networking brought together partners and industry professionals from...

Sixty students from the third and fourth-year classes of the Il Tagliamento Higher Education Institute in Spilimbergo (Pordenone, Italy) visited the Sirmax plant in San Vito al Tagliamento (Pordenone) on 31 March. The initiative forms part of a project promoted by the Rotary Club Maniago-Spilimbergo as...

Nextchem (Maire Group) has been awarded two feasibility studies in Southern Africa and Southeast Asia dedicated to state-of-the-art mechanical upcycling and compounding plants based on its NXReplast proprietary technology. The projects aim to valorize post‑consumer and...