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UK initiative to boost plastic milk bottle recycling |
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August 26, 2008.
Research and development work into boosting the recyclability of plastic milk bottles is to be launched by the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP), the UK government body which is studying best recycling practices. ... more
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ExtruWiz |
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August 23, 2008.
CONTACT
Peter Hoffmann
SoftCalc, Inc.,
Miami, FL
305-903-9191
phoff@extruwiz.com
FOR INMEDIATE RELEASE
August 2008
Windows & Macintosh software for Plastics Extrusion and Flexible packaging
Miami, Florida - SoftCalc, Inc. introduces ExtruWiz, a software program that calculates costs of multi-layer structures and enables 33 fast calculations of different plastics extrusion and flexible packaging equations on a Windows and Macintosh platform. Allows engineers, machine operators, sales people and others a series of calculations like: weight, yield, price per area, production rate, roll diameter, etc. It also has a complete troubleshooting chart for extrusion as well as a database of over 1,100 definitions of plastics and flexible packaging related terms. It works in English or Spanish as well as in the standard and/or metric system. ExtruWiz is now available for download from www.extruwiz.com at no charge for a 15-day or 15 time trial period or on a CD for ... more
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Consortium aims to expand recycling of bioplastics |
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August 20, 2008.
In the United States, brand owners, recyclers, retailers, NGOs and academia have launched the Bioplastics Recycling Consortium, which will address recycling opportunities with bioplastics. ... more
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Increase in European PET bottle collection |
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August 04, 2008.
Trade association Petcore has published PET collection figures for 2007. European post-sorting PET collection reached 1.13m tonnes in 2007, an increase of about 20% on 2006. According to the Brussels-based European trade body, in 2007 just about 40% of all PET bottles in the market were collected for recycle. ... more
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Citigroup to invest in MBA Polymers |
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July 29, 2008.
Manufacturer of high performance plastic resin MBA Polymers has secured US$ 40 million in funding from investment bank Citigroup as well as existing investors. The US company, which uses plastic waste as the source for their production will use its new funds to further expand the number of facilities it operates. Currently MBA operates in the United States, the United Kingdom, Austria and China. ... more
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No plastic bags in Los Angeles stores |
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July 23, 2008.
Los Angeles City Council in the USA has unanimously voted to ban plastic shopping bags from stores from the beginning of July 2010, at which point shoppers will have the choice of bringing their own bags or paying 25 cents for a paper or biodegradable alternative. ... more
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Boeing to recycle composite waste in Italy |
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July 15, 2008.
Plane manufacturing giant Boeing and Italian composite producer Alenia Aeronautica, are joining forces to help establish Italy's first composite recycling facility, which will be located in Southern Italy. ... more
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First step towards post-shredder plant |
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July 10, 2008.
A ground-breaking ceremony has taken place at Tiel in The Netherlands ahead of the construction of a separation system for shredder residues. The post-shredder technology (PST) plant, to be operated by Dutch car recycling association Auto Recycling Nederland (ARN), is seen as a vital step in meeting the requirement under EU law to recycle at least 95% of the weight of a car by the year 2015. ... more
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New ISO norm assists plastics recycling worldwide |
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July 07, 2008.
A new ISO International Standard will assist the emerging worldwide market for plastic recovery and recycling. Because plastic products are traded internationally and many of the plastic resin manufacturing companies and industrial users are multinational companies, the arrival of ISO 15270:2008, Plastics – Guidelines for the recovery and recycling of plastics waste, is particularly opportune, a statement from Geneva, Switzerland-based ISO says. ... more
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London welcomes world's first HPDE bottle recycling plant |
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July 01, 2008.
A revolutionary plant in London has opened last week which is said to be the world’s first to recycle mixed waste plastic bottles back into useful food packaging material. The UK division of Australian recycling firm Closed Loop Recycling, will take 35,000 tonnes of recovered plastic bottles, including milk and soft drink bottles and turn them back into recycled raw material for new food and drink packaging. ... more
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WRAP sets target for mixed plastics recycling |
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June 10, 2008.
The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) in the United Kingdom aims to have the UK's first mixed plastics reprocessing plant up and running by 2011.
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Call for reduced plastic bag usage |
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May 27, 2008.
Pointing to efforts within Japan, China and South Korea to cut consumption of plastic bags, Japan’s Environment Minister Ichiro Kamoshita has called on the rest of the world to take similarly strong action. The subject was raised at the start of a three-day meeting of environment ministers in Kobe, Japan, at which a number of environmental issues - including policies on recycling - were addressed. ... more
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Dutch network for plastics packaging |
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May 12, 2008.
Following the Dutch government’s introduction of a tax on plastic packaging materials, the Nedvang packaging manufacturers and recyclers co-operative is launching a dedicated collection scheme.
By contracting globally-operating waste management firms such as SITA, Midwaste and Remondis, Nedvang plans to establish a network of 60 locations for the storage, separation and recycling of plastic packaging waste. According to Nedvang, this constitutes an important step towards raising the recycling rate from its current level of 22% to the government target of 38% for 2009. ... more
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March 01, 2003.
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Essel Propack launches recycled plastic packaging tube |
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April 24, 2008.
Packaging company Essel Propack, based in Mumbai, India, has introduced the first recycled and recyclable plastic packaging tube Etain, which will be followed by a family of other similar green products from the company, says Sanjay Bhasin, Chief Executive Officer, Tubes and Laminated Products. ... more
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Recycled polyester in fashion |
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April 15, 2008.
Basking in the catwalk spotlight of a Tokyo fashion show alongside a Yen 5 million (US$ 50 000) sable coat from Russia, a cape made from polyester is being billed as ‘ecological’. The cape, a bolero and several other creations of Japanese designer Chie Imai use real chinchilla and mink from fur farms but the fabric is recycled polyester produced by Japanese plastics and pharmaceutical specialist Teijin Ltd. ... more
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Interseroh acquires stake in waste plastic trader RDB |
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April 14, 2008.
ISR Interseroh Rohstoffe GmbH is acquiring a majority share in the internationally operating waste plastic trader and processor RDB GmbH. The firm with headquarters in the northern German town of Aukrug and a yearly turnover of approx. 50 million euros transports approx. 130,000 tons of used plastics throughout Europe, including over 70,000 tons of plastic film, approx. 40,000 tons of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and additional plastics. ... more
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AERT opens plastic processing facility |
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March 20, 2008.
In order to reclaim post-industrial plastic materials for use in the company’s building products, Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc (AERT) has opened a plastics recycling plant at Watts, Oklahoma, USA. ... more
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RotorCut for processing packaging |
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March 03, 2008.
Strautmann has introduced the RotorCut for use in the recycling of packaging.
Bundled materials are put into the machine either manually or, in the case of larger quantities, by using a fork-lift. ... more
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Rieter sells pelletizing machinery business |
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February 28, 2008.
Machinery manufacturer Rieter is selling its activities in machinery and systems for manufacturing plastics granulates to CGS Management of Pfäffikon, Switzerland, with retroactive effect as of January 1, 2008. The two parties signed a purchase and sale agreement, for the Rieter Automatik GmbH business unit, based in Grossostheim, Germany, which is no longer a core activity for Rieter. ... more
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Cable recycling process patented |
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February 25, 2008.
Power of the Dream Ventures (PDV), one of Hungary’s premier technology acquisition companies, has filed a Hungarian patent application for a process designed easily to recycle PVC shielded electrical cables. ... more
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Coca Cola awarded for recycling efforts |
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February 12, 2008.
The National Recycling Coalition (NRC) has honored The Coca-Cola Company with its annual "Recycling Works!" Award for the Company's unparalleled commitment to sustainable packaging design, investment in recycling infrastructure and its unprecedented goal to recycle or reuse 100 percent of the Company's PET (plastic bottles in the United States.
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2006:Half of Europe's plastic recovered |
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January 30, 2008.
The EU's 25 member states plus Norway and Switzerland recovered half of all plastics waste in 2006, up three percentage points on the previous year, reports industry body PlasticsEurope in its latest annual report.
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Major plastics recycling project starts in Ghana |
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January 28, 2008.
With support from the Dutch government, Cyclus Plastic Recycling in the Netherlands and Vanhold Constructions in Ghana, are instituting a joint venture to put up a plastic recycling factory at the town of Aburansa, close to Ghana’s major city Elmina in the KEEA (Komenda-Edina- Eguafo-Abrem) district.
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Nuga improves PET bottle granulation |
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January 15, 2008.
Nuga, the Swiss manufacturer of plastics granulators and accessories, has further developed its compact CentriCut 44slr range designed for demanding PET bottle applications. ... more
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