Italy’s Garbo set to build country’s first plastic chemical recycling plant with Saipem
Italian chemical recovery company Garbo has signed a deal with engineering firm Saipem to built the first plastic chemical recycling plant in...
Plastipak completes Luxembourg PET plant expansion
Plastipak has opened the expansion of its Luxembourg PET recycling facility that was first opened in 2008.
Annual production...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 5 June 2020
Those trading in the recycling market this week generally found themselves trying to decide which way values are headed.
Activists write to shipping lines asking them not to export plastic waste
A network of 52 environmental organisations have written to major shipping lines asking them not to export plastic waste from rich to...
Plastic Energy raises €145 million to accelerate global expansion of plastic chemical recycling
Plastic Energy has completed raising €145 million (£124 million) from three investors to rapidly expand its technology and global portfolio of recycling...
Packaging firm uses 800t of recycled plastic through Blockchain initiative
Packaging producer Klöckner Pentaplast has revealed that it used more than 800 tonnes of recycled PET last year through a high-tech partnership with a Blockchain-platform provider.
CPTPP trade deal should eventually lead to end of tariffs on scrap plastic to...
The UK has joined the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and this should eventually mean that tariffs on imports...
Veolia profits helped by higher plastics recycling prices
Global waste management and utilities firm Veolia has announced "strong revenue growth" in its half year earnings statement.
Gross...
Packaging firm Sidel opens PET recycling line to help it understand greater use of...
A small-scale recycling pilot line has been opened by packaging business Sidel that is designed to give it greater knowledge of using...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 22 September 2023
A recovery seems to be continuing for OCC with prices for this cardboard grade now back up to levels last seen in...