Plastics

Mobil Launches 50% Post-Consumer Recycled Plastic Pails in India Mobil is driving an initiative to transition to 50% Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR) plastic pails – helping customers reduce waste, convert waste to value and advance…

First Products Granted Recyclass Recycled Plastics Certification RecyClass Recycled Plastics Traceability Certification was granted to first products covering both flexible and rigid, as well as food and non-food applications. The…

Starlinger: Sustainability and Recycling for Woven Plastic Packaging at Interpack 2023 The Austrian machinery supplier will be showing its solutions for the sustainable use of plastic packaging at interpack 2023. "Closed loops for…

Cipet to open plastic recycling centres across India There would be a technology transfer and civic bodies and private entities would be taught the latest methods in plastic reuse. The Central Institute of Petrochemical Engineering and…

UFlex sets up plastic packaging recycling lines in India Facility in Noida, India, will process PET bottles and discarded multilayer film. Noida, India-based UFlex Limited has announced it is setting up two washing and recycling lines…

India recycles only 30 per cent of 3.4 MT plastic waste generated annually: Report Synopsis Over a five-year period, the plastic consumption in the country has risen at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.7 per cent to 14 MT in…

In Brazil favela, skateboards made of bottle caps promote recycling Each colorful skateboard is made of some 500 plastic bottle caps that are crushed, melted, placed into a mold and then baked in an industrial pizza oven. Each one takes…

Castrol Launches 100% Recycled Bottle for Premium Engine Oil Brand Castrol, a leading lubricant player in India, is introducing new, more sustainable packaging for its premium engine oil brand, Castrol POWER1 ULTIMATE. The brand is now…

Asahi Kasei Collaborates on Development of Recycling Technology for Inexpensive, High-Quality Carbon Fiber - Enabling a Closed-Loop Recycling System for Carbon Fiber Asahi Kasei, a diversified Japanese multinational company, has developed…

TotalEnergies Joins NEXTLOOPP to Accelerate the Development of Food-Grade Recycled Polymers TotalEnergies has joined NEXTLOOPP, an initiative bringing together 47 companies from the plastics value chain that aims to create food-grade…