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European PVC industry prepares for challenging future |
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May 28, 2009.
PVC recyclers in Europe claim they are making great progress in its recycling programme, as well as actively encouraging the reduction of hazardous additives, going well beyond legal requirements. According to industry body Vinyl 2010, the sustainability targets are not only an example of self-regulation, but are in line with European Union policy on reducing emissions and lowering energy consumption in the production process. ... more
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WRAP undertakes polypropylene recycling test |
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April 21, 2009.
United Kingdom | UK-based Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has initiated a study to test the process of recycling polypropylene for use in food grade packaging and evaluate its commercial viability. WRAP has commissioned Axion Consulting, in partnership with Greenstar WES, Fraunhofer IVV and Pira Consulting for carrying out the project. The project aims to use recycled PP in food grade packaging which has not been possible until now; however, the same plastic is regularly recycled into industry plastics application (such as buckets and pallets). The scoping study will end in late August 2009.
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European PVC recycling reaching new heights |
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April 22, 2009.
EU | A recent report made by the European PVC industry today confirms that the PVC industry’s
sustainable development initiative is definitely on track to achieve its Voluntary Commitment 10-year targets.
The audited results show that 194,950 tonnes of PVC were recycled in 2008, a year-on-year 30% increase on the levels for post-consumer PVC recycling. The replacement of lead-based stabilisers surpassed 50%, two years ahead of its 2010 commitment. ... more
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US makers of plastic bags to use 40% recycled content |
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April 21, 2009.
The US American Chemistry Council has announced to dramatically increase recycling of plastic bags. The move was applauded by Walgreen Co., the nonprofit Keep America Beautiful, and numerous US retailers and retail associations. ... more
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Maurizio Peruzzo Polowat to invest in Polish PET recycling |
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March 27, 2009.
Italian PET bottle recycling company Maurizio Peruzzo intends to set up a production plant in Swidnica, Poland. The investment will cost an estimated PLN 18.3m (Euro 4.1m) and will cover an area more than 2.6 ha in size. The plant will manufacture PET granulate flakes and should be operable by June 2010.
Its Polish subsidiary, named Maurizio Peruzzo Polowat, is already operating two PET bottle recycling facilities in Poland. Polowat already manufactures PET flake at a plant in Bielsko-Biala capable of processing 18,000 tpa of post consumer PET bottles. The company also runs a smaller 14,000 tpa bottle branch recycling unit launched in Leczyca last year.
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New bumper recycling technology for Mazda |
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March 24, 2009.
Japan | Car builder Mazda has developed a new process for recycling used vehicle bumpers into raw plastic resin for use in new bumpers. The Japanese company said that it is the world’s first system capable of recycling bumpers from different manufacturers at the same time. ... more
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Scotland launches programme for plastics recycling |
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March 12, 2009.
Tenders are now being invited by the UK Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) for plastics recycling facilities to be built in Scotland with funding from the Scottish Government under the £5 million grant scheme announced earlier this year.
The funding is coming from the Government's Mixed Plastics Capital Grant Programme and is available to cover up to 30 per cent of the total investment required to develop new plastics recycling facilities in Scotland. According to WRAP Scottish households generate over 200,000 tonnes of plastic waste every year, ... more
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Chinese PET recycler upgrades with German technology |
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March 06, 2009.
China | A large PET recycler in China is upgrading its technology and adding more bottle-to-bottle recycling plants.
Beijing INCOM Resources Recovery Co. Ltd has signed a co-operation agreement with Germany-based OHL Engineering GmbH for the supply of PET bottle-to-bottle recycling equipment. ... more
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Crossing the ocean in a recycled plastic bottle catamaran |
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March 09, 2009.
United States | A 60-foot sailboat is being built from more than 12 000 recycled plastic bottles and will sail from California to Australia - a journey of 11 000 miles. Adventure-seeking David de Rothschild from the UK hopes his unique vessel will boost the recycling of plastic bottles which, he says, are a symbol of global waste. ... more
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New European platform for PET bottle recycling |
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February 11, 2009.
Belgium | Several European plastics organisations have joined in launching the European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP), a Brussels-based initiative that will aim to offer a service to the packaging industry by assessing new PET bottle formats entering the European plastics recycling stream. This front-end evaluation process is expected to assist the move towards a more sustainable PET recycling industry in Europe. ... more
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Major PP recycler stops US operations |
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February 05, 2009.
United States | Industrial polypropylene recycler Sundance Products Group LLC is looking for an investor or a buyer for the business. In the meantime, it has halted operations at its three plants and is selling off its inventory of raw materials and finished pellets. ... more
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Plastics recyclers in California receive US$ 20 million |
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January 26, 2009.
United States | Grants could create nearly 2000 ‘green’ jobs in the US state of California over the next few years and lead to innovations in recycling billions of beverage containers, says the California Department of Conservation. ... more
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UK plastics recycler receives £5 million in funding |
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January 23, 2009.
United Kingdom | The Foresight Group, a UK environmental investor, is funding a multi-site roll-out of plastics recycling facilities at 2K Manufacturing. The company will manufacture an environmentally-friendly plywood substitute for the construction industry. Under the £5 million funding package, the first facility will open during 2009. ... more
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Site confirmed for MBA Polymers’ UK plant |
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January 21, 2009.
United Kingdom / United States | Plastics recycling company MBA Polymers and leading scrap processor European Metal Recycling Ltd (EMR) have announced that their new joint venture facility will be located at Worksop in central England. ... more
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EUPVcycle sets up recycling facility |
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January 20, 2009.
The European association of PVC recyclers, EUPVcycle, has established its own facility at Bonn in Germany. The aim of this dedicated plant is to process Europe’s mixed hard and soft PVC from the post-consumer waste stream. To help achieve its goals, the company has opened regional offices in Valencia and Rome, and is also in the process of establishing offices in Eastern Europe and South East Asia. ... more
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Giant Coca-Cola recycling plant unveiled |
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January 14, 2009.
The US-based Coca-Cola Company and plastics recycler United Resource Recovery (URRC) of Spartanburg, North Carolina, have opened a new US$ 60 million, 9300-square-metre ‘bottle-to-bottle’ recycling facility. The state-of-the-art plant, said to be the largest of its kind in the world, will produce annually around 45.5 million kg of food-grade recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET), or the equivalent of some 2 billion plastic Coke bottles. ... more
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Motorola makes phone from recycled PET bottles |
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January 15, 2009.
At the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, USA, mobile phone manufacturer Motorola introduced its new Moto W233 Renew phone - billed not only as ‘the world’s first mobile phone made using plastics comprised of recycled water bottles’ but also as the world's first carbon-neutral phone. The Renew will become available for the first time at T-Mobile USA during the current quarter.
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PET collections in the US on the increase |
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December 16, 2008.
Over the year 2007, 633 million tonnes of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottles were collected in the United States, the highest PET container collection volume recorded to date and a 10% increase over 2006. ... more
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New York governor signs plastic recycling bill |
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December 15, 2008.
Starting next month, many retailers in the US metropolis New York will be required to recycle plastic shopping bags under a bill New York Governor David Paterson signed into law on Saturday.
Effective January 1, large grocers and other retailers that offer plastic bags to their customers will be required to put out bins where shoppers can deposit them and recycle the returned bags. It's similar to a recently enacted California law, as well as local ordinances adopted in municipalities US wide, including New York City. ... more
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Major plastics recycler buys Titech equipment |
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November 19, 2008.
Plastics recycling company Jayplas in the United Kingdom, which has reprocessing sites in Manchester, Grimsby, Loughborough, Derby and Birmingham, has installed an advanced automated sorting system which processes mixed plastics. ... more
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European plastics industry: increased recycling rates |
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October 21, 2008.
The European plastics industry – comprising PlasticsEurope, EuPC, EuPR and EPRO – has published its 18th report on trends in production, demand and recovery of plastics called the “Compelling Facts about Plastics 2007”.
In 2007, 9 countries (representing 29% of the population in EU27+NO/CH) recovered more than 80% of their used plastics. ... more
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Plastic-munching bugs upcycle PET into PHA |
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October 15, 2008.
Newly discovered bacterial alchemists could help save billions of plastic bottles from landfill. The Pseudomonas strains can convert the low-grade PET plastic used in drinks bottles into a more valuable and biodegradable plastic called PHA. PHA is already used in medical applications, from artery-supporting tubes called stents to wound dressings. ... more
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Mitsubishi to reclaim plastics with 99% purity |
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October 09, 2008.
Electronics producer Mitsubishi Electric has achieved a technological breakthrough aimed at boosting the use of recycled plastics, the Japanese manufacturer claims. The company developed a technology to sort three kinds of plastics –polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS) and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS)- from mixed plastics from household appliances with purity levels of more than 99%. ... more
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Taiwan plastics recycling takeover |
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September 24, 2008.
Injection press maker Victor Taichung Machinery Works Co. Ltd. is diversifying into the recycling business with the purchase of Taiwan’s largest plastic container recycler.
Victor Taichung, based in Taichung, Taiwan, purchased Sunny Environmental Consultants Ltd. to get a foothold in what it said is the island’s growing recycling industry, at a time when the local plastics industry is facing environmental pressure from bag bans and other product restrictions. ... more
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UK firm unveils large PET bottle recycling plant |
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September 22, 2008.
The UK's plastics recycling capacity received a major boost this week after Newcastle-based AWS Eco Plastics has successfully completed a £14m (US$ 26 million) upgrade to its recycling facility in Hemswell, Lincolnshire, creating what it claims is the largest plastic bottle recycling plant in Europe. ... more
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