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DS Smith Recycling Wins Paper Recycling Business of The Year 2018

May 15, 2018

DS Smith has been awarded paper recycling business of the year at the Awards for Excellence in Recycling & Waste Management 2018. The Awards for Excellence, run by LetsRecycle.com, is one of the most prominent events in the environmental ...

Tags: DS Smith, Paper Recycling

Europe's PET Collection and Recycling Rates Rise in 2016

Dec 22, 2017

Of 3.1 million tons of PET bottles and containers placed in Europe last year, a 59.8% (1.88 million tons) of them were collected and 1.77 million tons have been recycled, according to a survey by Petcore Europe. The survey revealed that ...

Tags: PET bottles, containers

Environmental Image Important to UK Plastics Converters, Says Survey

Dec 15, 2017

European Plastics Converters (EuPC), a European trade association, has surveyed plastics converters across Europe to look at the current and future use of recycled content as well as incentives and barriers to its use. With high targets ...

Tags: European Plastics Converters, Plastics

ESA Recommends to Increase Recycling in UK

Nov 23, 2017

UK-based Environmental Services Association (ESA) has recommended the HM Treasury to work with Defra to increase recycling in the country. ESA is a trade association that represents the resource and waste management industry in the UK. ...

Tags: packaging, recycled material

Plastic Trade Groups Create Global Coalition to Coordinate Testing Protocols

Oct 12, 2017

Three key global plastics recycling organizations, The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE), and the European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP), have created a coalition aimed at coordinating efforts on testing ...

Tags: plastics, PET Bottle

Technology to Transform Plastics Recycling

Jul 24, 2017

PureCycle Technologies has opened a new plant at in the US state of Ohio, which will use technology patented by P&G to produce recycled plastics. The facility will allow consumers to purchase more products made from recycled plastic. It ...

Tags: Plastics Recycling, PureCycle

AI-Driven Robot Learns to Identify Food and Beverage Cartons

Mar 27, 2017

The Carton Council of North America has announced the success of a program that is using artificial intelligence (AI) and robotic systems to collect cartons more efficiently at the Alpine Waste & Recycling's material recovery facility in ...

Tags: AI-Driven Robot, Beverage Cartons

Buhler Sortex and NRT to Offer Plastics Recyclers

Oct 9, 2015

As the demand for plastic sorting solutions continues to soar, C, a member of The Bühler Group, and US-based National Recovery Technologies (NRT) are entering a strategic commercial agreement to offer plastics recyclers a complete ...

Tags: Buhler Sortex, plastics recyclers, plastic bottle

Coca-Cola GB Sets Itself More Ambitious Targets as Part of Its Sustainability Strategy

Jun 29, 2015

Coca-Cola GB is setting itself more ambitious targets as part of its sustainability strategy The soft drinks giant outlined its plans following the report of its Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Report. Coca-Cola GB said ...

Tags: Coca-Cola GB, soft drinks

Canada Plastic Packaging Recycling 9% up

Apr 9, 2015

Canada’s recycling rate of post-consumer plastic packaging has increased by 9% in a single year, according to the Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA). The country reportedly collected over 311 million kilograms of ...

Tags: plastic packaging, used plastics, Packaging

" Solution Is on The Table"

Apr 1, 2015

Last week, Closed Loop Recycling, the biggest recycler of plastic milk bottles, said that it was on the brink of administration. The move was blamed on the drop in the price of oil and that its customers wanted to buy recycled plastic but ...

Tags: Dairy Crest, Dow, Packaging

Jim Malone Will Lead The Recycling Division in The Next Phase of Development

Mar 5, 2015

Miles Roberts chief executive of DS Smith said: “Peter McGuinness has overseen a great period of growth for the company, including the consolidation of SCA Packaging. He will continue to play an important role within DS Smith. ...

Tags: Jim Malone, DS Smith

China to Lower The 17% Tax on Steel Scrap Sales

Sep 5, 2014

The China Association of Metalscrap Utilization has been lobbying the central government to lower the 17% tax on steel scrap sales to help increase its utilization in steelmaking, CAMU Secretary General Li Shubin said at the 7th China ...

Tags: Steel Scrap, Metal, Mineral

UK Government Has Excluded Small Retailers From The Proposed 5p Carrier Bag Charge

Jun 26, 2014

The UK government has excluded small retailers from the proposed 5p carrier bag charge, which will come into force in England in October 2015. Government noted that its proposals for England only apply to plastic bags. The cross-party ...

Tags: Plastic Bag, carrier bag

Smart Planet Parters with Newark to Evaluate Use of Earthcoating Technology

Mar 4, 2014

Smart Planet Technologies has joined forces with Newark Recycled Paperboard Solutions to evaluate the use of its EarthCoating technology in recyclable barrier paperboard solutions. The company, along with Newark, intends to confirm that ...

Tags: Smart Planet, Earthcoating Technology

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