In recent years, society’s view of plastics has shifted. The actual material advantages have been overshadowed by the plastics waste debate. Uncommon times, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, remind society of the outstanding contribution of plastics materials. Polyethylene is particularly strong in medical and hygiene applications.

PE ensures cost and weight savings in medical technology. For containers, the material also facilitates sterilization

Polyethylene (PE)

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Polyethylen

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Strong in Medicine and  Sanitary Applications

The goal of the European Union (EU) to recycle all plastic packaging in Europe in an economically viable manner by 2030 is exerting enormous pressure on the packaging industry. It is very common that packaging films are made of different materials, and this causes challenges since they are often not easy to recycle.

For these stand-up pouches, counter-printed stiff PE carrier films were laminated with sealing films with low temperature sealants 

Designing Food and Consumer Packaging for Recyclability

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Polyethylenterephthalat

Can One Material Be Enough?

Critical step in the transition to using both recycled and renewable PP feedstocks.

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Braskem America Receives ISCC Plus Certificate

Strategic partnership delivers best practice example of a closed recycling loop for PET-based multilayer.

Best practice example of a closed recycling loop for PET-based multilayer.

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Closed Recycling Loop for PET-Based Multilayer

In the new recycling pilot plant, customers have the opportunity to develop, test and directly implement new process steps.

The Recycling Innovation Center will be built in the immediate neighborhood of the existing Test Center for bulk materials handling.

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Coperion Builds Recycling Innovation Center

Steinert.view is a flexible and reliable monitoring solution for Steinert sensor-based sorting machines. It gives users insight into the availability and output of individual machines, allowing them to learn more about the condition of their applications or sorting facility.

<a href="https://steinertglobal.com/steinert-digital/steinert-view/" target="_blank">Steinert.view</a> in mobile use: the app is available for a wide range of devices and display sizes.

Real-Time Data Visualization

Mohinani is bringing PET bottle-to-bottle recycling to West Africa and is buying two Starlinger plants for this purpose.

The recoSTAR PET iV+ recycling lines produce food-grade rPET that can be used up to 100% in PET preform production.

Bottle-to-Bottle-Recycling in Ghana

European project on increased use of recycled plastics in electronics has started.

The project partners are developing new data-based sorting systems that prevent potentially dangerous substances from entering the plastics recycling loop.

Elektrotechnik, Elektronik

Recycle Plastics from Old Electronic Devices

Decathlon launch the first recycled and recyclable bodyboard made from Arpro. The used plastic 15% maritime industry waste and is a more sustainable material. The basis for this is plastic waste from the ocean.

Boy using the Radbug bodyboard made from ARPRO 35 Ocean.

Sportgeräte

Surfing with Recycled Plastics

For three decades, sustainability has been the focus of the family-owned company Krall Kunststoff-Recycling in Elsenfeld am Main.

Today, the company has almost 40 employees.

30 Years of Krall Kunststoff-Recycling

BASF introduces PuriCycle portfolio of catalysts and adsorbents to enable plastics recycling.

PuriCycle comprises new catalysts and adsorbents solutions.

Chemie

Removes Impurities from Pyrolysis Oils

In the future, 30,000 tons of recyclate per year are to be produced just 200 kilometers east of Istanbul. The company behind the ambitious goals is Futurapet, a spin-off of the consumer goods concern Engin Grup.

A centerpiece of the PET recycling plant is the hot washing step.

Herbold Builds Large-Scale Plant in Turkey

The HolyGrail 2.0 Initiative aims to improve the sorting of plastic waste. But the method also has certain drawbacks. Here, luminescent pigments provide an alternative.

Marker masterbatches enable different information to be embedded in plastics. This can be used to improve the recycling circle.

Improved Sorting of Plastic Waste with Luminescent Pigments

Messtechnik

Additiv-Batches

Additive

Luminous Markers instead of Holy Grail

The consumer wants it and the EU demands it: in the coming years, the amount of recycled material in almost all plastic products is to increase significantly. This is easier said than done; especially considering the sought-after materials are often in short supply.

A sought-after industrial commodity: light-colored flakes are in particularly high demand among plastics processors and brand owners.

Breaking the Bottlenecks

From Household Waste to High-Quality Industrial Goods

More than seven tons of colorful polycarbonate: the former trade show booth of Covestro is a heavy weight champion. After its service time, the material has been recycled and given another life in new products.

Seven tons of Covestro trade show booth go into recycling.

Covestro Recycles Trade Show Booth

From the Exhibition Hall into  the Coffee Machine

First Label Material from Marine Plastics

Sabic cooperates with UPM Raflatac to introduce a packaging label material based on recycled ocean bound plastic.

Sabic has joined an innovative project with value chain partners to help UPM Raflatac launch the world’s first packaging label materials made from certified circular polypropylene based on advanced recycled ocean bound plastic . The label materials are marketed under the UPM Raflatac Ocean Action trademark.

Ocean bound plastic (OBP) is abandoned plastic waste found in areas up to 50 km inland from waterways that may eventually be washed into the ocean by rainfall, rivers or tides. Zero Plastic Oceans, a non-governmental organization dedicated to addressing plastic pollution issues, has estimated that OBP from uncontrolled waste disposal accounts for 80 percent of marine plastic litter.

The OBP used in the project is recovered by local partners of HHI, a Malaysia based recycling company. The sustainable sourcing, proper collection and management of the OBP is certified by Zero Plastic Oceans and Control Union. HHI converts OBP into a pyrolysis oil by using advanced recycling, and SABIC uses this oil as an alternative feedstock to produce certified circular Sabic polypropylene (PP) for further processing to film by Taghleef. Then, UPM Raflatac produces the label material.

The plastic waste used in the process value chain of making Ocean Action label material is certified under the Zero Plastics Oceans program, and the final label material under ISCC PLUS. This means that the material flow is controlled and tracked from the ocean bound plastic to the final packaging following a set of predefined and transparent rules.

The Ocean Action label material is available as White and Clear Top Coated PP films with RP37, RF37, and RP74 adhesives and PET 23 PCR and glassine liners. These label materials are a perfect fit for fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), such as household goods, personal care, packaged foods, and beverages. Since the certified circular PP from Sabic performs the same way as comparable fossil-based virgin PP, the switch to the OBP material solution required no changes to the film and label material manufacturing processes.

The certified circular polymers form part of the company’s Trucircle portfolio and services for circular solutions. The offering also includes design for recyclability, mechanically recycled products, certified renewable polymers from bio-based feedstock and closed loop initiatives to recycle plastic back into high quality applications and help prevent valuable used plastics from becoming waste.

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