06.10.2021
Drugstore DM takes back empty plastic bottles
DM is testing its customers' environmental awareness with a pilot project in 150 stores.
01.10.2021
Climate-neutral plastic
According to a study by an international team of researchers, climate-neutral plastic can be produced.
29.09.2021
New test center for flake sorting
Tomra opened its PO and PET flake testing center for the development of new solutions in Parma on Sept. 22.
29.09.2021
IK against blanket recyclate quota
The German Plastics Packaging Industry Association (Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen, IK) is in favor of an increase in the proportion of recycled material, but not a fixed quota.
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.
Read more … Packaging: Cost contributions for more recycling
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.
