23.09.2021
New DIN standard for recyclates
The new DIN standard DIN SPEC 91446 for the classification of plastic recyclates is to come into force from October.
22.09.2021
Packaging: Cost contributions for more recycling
Customers of the Zentek dual system can make a financial contribution to ensuring that more than 63 percent of plastic packaging is recycled.
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21.09.2021
From foil to foil
Nestlé, Papier Mettler and Grüner Punkt have developed an LDPE shrink film that will be made of half recyclates.
20.09.2021
SKZ strengthens board of administration
Ulrich Reifenhäuser and Guido Frohnhaus were unanimously elected as new members of the governing board of the SKZ Plastics Center.
16.09.2021
50 percent more use of recyclates
If at least ten million additional tons of recyclates are to be used in 2025, as planned by the EU, their use in products will have to more than double.
15.09.2021
Coca-Cola bottles made from 100 percent r-PET
The smaller containers of Coca-Cola's core brands will also be offered in bottles made from 100 percent recycled PET with immediate effect.
14.09.2021
BASF: Additives for plastics recycling
Under the name "IrgaCycle," BASF is introducing new additive solutions designed to improve the properties of mechanically recycled plastics.
14.09.2021
Digital watermarking pilot launched
The first sorting tests with micro-marked packaging are reported to have begun in Copenhagen as part of the "Holy Grail 2.0" initiative.
09.09.2021
Launch of the "We are plastics" initiative
Together, the associations GKV, Plastics Europe and VDMA want to promote the circular economy and generate enthusiasm for the material.
09.09.2021
New promotion recycled products at Lild and Kaufland
For the second time, the retail companies are offering household products that come from their own recycling loop.
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