European Commission adopted a new Circular Economy Action Plan
Yesterday, the European Commission adopted a new Circular Economy Action Plan - one of the main building blocks of the European Green Deal, Europe's new agenda for sustainable growth.
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Sustainable packaging solutions from Krones
How is it possible to transform the predominant mode of resource consumption into a sustainable circular economy?
Term "Single-Use Plastic" harming recycling
Recent research conducted on behalf of the Natural Source Waters Association clearly shows the need to be careful of the terms and language used when talking about plastics and recycling.
Fakuma 2020: Digitalisation and Circular Economy
Roughly 2000 exhibitors are expected to participate at the 27th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing in Friedrichshafen from the 13th through the 17th of October, 2020.
Pour out your container recycling and walk away
Hard on the heels of the launch of the new Tomra R1 “multi-feed” reverse vending solution, global reverse vending leader Tomra is taking recycling automation up a notch with the unveiling of the Express returns concept.
Circularity and innovation - shaping the future of PET
Each year the European PET value chain meets in Brussels for the annual Petcore Europe Conference. This year the two day conference was held at the Crowne Plaza Brussels Hotel to welcome more than 300 industry delegates.
Plastics: the sustainable approach
Simple and profitable in practice: Krones’ solutions for a closed plastics cycle
Nestlé creates market for food-grade recycled plastics
Nestlé today announced that it will invest up to CHF 2 billion to lead the shift from virgin plastics to food-grade recycled plastics and to accelerate the development of innovative sustainable packaging solutions.
Ban on plastic packaging slows down innovation
In an interview in “Die Welt” the new EU Commissioner for Environment, Virginijus Sinkevicius, thinks aloud about a general ban on plastic packaging in Europe.
PET recycling strengthened on all fronts
With the expansion of the collection point network in public spaces and the commissioning of the most modern PET recycling plant in Europe, Swiss PET recycling was further strengthened in 2019.
ELIX Polymers joins Styrenics Circular Solutions
Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS), the joint industry initiative to increase the circularity of styrenic polymers, welcomes ELIX Polymers as a new member.
“Fridays for Future” Kids Visit Arburg
Arburg’s “arburgGREENworld” initiative brings together all of the company’s activities relating to resource conservation and the circular economy – topics that the children in class 4 at the Astrid-Lindgren-Schule primary school in Dauchingen are equally passionate about.
