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EU's competitiveness under severe threat: plastics sector at crossroads

The plastic value chain is hit by a strong recession caused by persisting issues such as increased imports of non-EU recycled plastics, reduced investments in domestic raw materials production and recycling, as well as a lack of demand for EU-virgin and recycled plastics. Eighteen industry stakeholders across the plastic value chain call for immediate efforts to strengthen the European plastics industry and promote a resilient, innovative, sustainable European plastics value chain.

2024-12-17

Neste introduces co-processed renewable Neste RE feedstock for the polymers and chemicals industry

Neste complements its offering of more sustainable feedstock for polymers and chemicals production with co-processed Neste RE, a complementary solution to existing renewable and recycled Neste RE.

2024-12-17

PRSE 2025 conference programme outlined

The outline conference programme for the Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRS Europe) has been published ahead of the event’s return to the RAI Amsterdam on 1-2 April 2025.

2024-12-12

Bakcycle recycles flexible packaging using Tomra technologies

Bakcycle Recycling successfully produces high-quality granules from post-consumer LDPE packaging waste using Tomra’s advanced sensor-based sorting technologies, setting a new standard in the Turkish recycling industry.

2024-12-11

Berry’s Prevented Ocean Plastic Bottle helps tackle a global problem

New spring water range uses the category’s first fully recycled ocean-bound plastic bottle.

2024-12-10

GreenPlast 2025: shaping a sustainable future for plastics

At the official streaming press conference on 26th November for GreenPlast 2025, the conference titled Shaping a Sustainable Future for Plastics was introduced.

2024-12-09

Project Re:Claim wins Plastics Industry Award 2024

The joint venture between the Salvation Army Trading Company (SATCoL) and Project Plan B, known as Project Re:Claim, uses an ISEC evo system from Pure Loop to process used garments and textiles.

2024-12-06

BASF in Lemförde expands sustainable product portfolio

BASF completes the certification program International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) Plus at its production site in Lemförde, Germany to produce biomass-balanced thermoplastic polyurethanes.

2024-12-04

Umac presents new ReadyMac at Plast Eurasia

Umac, a member of the Erema Group, is expanding its ReadyMac product line with a new 60 hertz version. This means that the immediately available plastics recycling solution can now be deployed worldwide.

2024-12-03

Transformation for survival in the traditional plastics industry

According to a survey by Global Information Inc., despite the decrease in demand for plastic injection molding during the COVID-19 pandemic, the market has now steadily recovered, reaching pre-pandemic activity levels.

2024-11-29

Zotefoams to introduce fully recyclable PP and TPU foams at Foam Expo 2024

Zotefoams will demonstrate its ongoing commitment to sustainability at Foam Expo Europe 2024 with the introduction of fully recyclable Polypropylene (PP) and Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) foam ranges.

2024-11-28

The Bottle4Flex project aims to develop a 100% recyclable skinpack container from recycled PET

Aimplas is collaborating with Covinil and Eroski to overcome the challenges of recycling multilayer packaging while promoting sustainability and the efficient use of recycled materials in the food industry.

2024-11-28