Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Viridor says its soon-to-be-opened Avonmouth plastics recycling plant will reprocess over 80,0000 tonnes of plastic, creating recycled raw material ready to be returned to the economy. It will seemingly reprocess over 80,0000 tonnes of plastic, more than 1.6

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Over 900 Tesco stores now have collection points for plastic recycling. A new partnership between Tesco and packaging manufacturer Berry Global is now recycling soft plastic collected from customers at Tesco stores. There it is washed, scrubbed and dried, during which processes any unwanted items are removed.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 23, 2022

Winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2022 were announced on 23 June at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe in Amsterdam. The seven winners are: • Automotive, Electrical or Electronic Product: Sustainable modular headliner for vehicle interiors and downstream recycling solutions by Grupo Antolin.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2021

A bike helmet made from recycled plastic picked up the award for the UK Best Recycled Plastics Product 2021 at the Plastics Industry Awards on 2 December in London. PLASTIX AS with CIRCULAR ROPES, a product made from 97- 98 % recycled content to make the next generation ropes.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2019

German industrial and consumer products manufacturer Henkel announced on 17 October that it has produced bottles using chemically recycled plastic for the first time, working in collaboration with packaging manufacturer Alpla. Thanks to chemical recycling, fossil resources can be replaced with recycled material made from plastic waste.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 24, 2022

Hamburg-based start-up cirplus has entered into the UK market in a bid to digitalise the plastic and recycling industry. Coming into force on April 1st 2022, the tax increases costs for packaging companies who fail to use recycled materials by 20 to 40 percent. million tons of recycled plastics listed for sale.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 27, 2022

A three-year £10 million large-scale demonstrator project focused on the capture, recovery and recycling of plastic packaging currently lost to landfill and incineration is being led by resource recovery expert Fiberight. Flexible plastics waste sorted by the process.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2024

By Tom McBeth, Policy & Infrastructure Manager with plastics resource efficiency group RECOUP New data reveals an increase in the amount of plastic exported for recycling in 2023, and significant quantities are now going to developing, non-OECD* countries. Indonesia took a further 3.4%, and Taiwan 2.5%.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2021

With less than a year to go until the Plastic Packaging Tax is introduced in the UK, a study by Veolia appears to show that 83% of businesses asked were NOT aware of the tax. The Plastic Packaging Tax is Government policy aiming to directly increase plastic recycling in the UK and cut carbon emissions.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

MARCH 4, 2020

This stylish piece of minimalist furniture is made out of recycled materials and fit for two. Broken and discarded plastic pipe parts make up the main top part of the seat while. The piece, simply titled “PVC Bench,” is made up of four different components.

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Green Living Guy

JULY 19, 2022

Meanwhile, when a used product is recycled, it saves the cost of managing that particular waste. The post 6 Unexpected Products Made From Recycled Materials appeared first on The Green Living Guy. Now imagine how much money and energy would be saved if the world embraced […].

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JULY 22, 2020

Pentatonic, a circular economy company focused on removing single-use plastic products from the marketplace, partnered with acclaimed singer and outspoken opponent of single-use plastic Pharrell Williams to launch a portable dining kit made from recycled materials.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 25, 2024

However, the waste industry is struggling to meet this demand because of the complexity behind sorting recycled materials such as plastic, compounding a missed $133 billion opportunity. Corporations risk running afoul of their own corporate sustainability goals unless they maximise their ability to obtain recycled materials.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2021

million, including the help of PRN funding, the UK’s largest producer of damp-proof membranes is increasing its capacity for recycling ethylene-based plastics by 66 per cent. Mercers, which is based in Bolton, transforms plastic packaging waste into 100 per cent recycled damp-proof membrane. Thanks to an injection of £6.1

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2021

360 million metric tonnes of new plastic was produced in 2018. A group from the University of Pittsburgh explains, and offers a view on why the world must transform plastic use from linear to circular. In 1950, 2 million metric tonnes of new plastic was produced globally. Where did it all go?

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 8, 2021

PET plastic bottles collected at a recycling plant. Specialist PET (polyethylene terephthalate) recycler Enviroo has had its planning application approved for its first plastic recycling facility in the UK. The firm says the facility will be able to re-use 100% of the PET it takes in and help recycle some of the 4.9

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE) will now run as a virtual event from 9 to 11 December 2020. The PRSE Virtual conference will examine the latest developments in plastics recycling and practical solutions for the circular and sustainable use of plastics, dealing with plastic waste and better design for recycling.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2020

grant from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has been awarded to three firms for an ambitious chemical recycling project that aims to make hard-to-recycle plastic packaging recyclable.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Explorer Robert Swan tested the RIKR backpack to prove the durability of recycled materials.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 28, 2021

MFAs show visually how materials flow through the waste management system. They make it easier to identify where material is being lost and whether there is downcycling or " real recycling.". Closed Loop Partners (CLP) also has conducted a detailed MFA for a variety of plastic resins.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 12, 2023

King County estimates that 70 percent, over 600,000 tons per year, of recyclable material exists in the county’s waste stream despite robust curbside recycling programs. In addition to recapturing paper fibre, other recyclable materials like metals and plastics are reclaimed for new beneficial uses.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 3, 2022

MBA Polymers is aiming to recycle more plastics from new vehicles than any other recycler. MBA Polymers has opened a facility in central Birmingham that will enable car makers, electronics firms, and other manufacturers to "buy back" recycled plastic.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The plastics, the waste, the non-recyclable materials…it has all added up to the biggest environmental crisis humankind has ever faced. Modern methods of fashion have led to worldwide global catastrophe. WAMA Underwear is turning to hemp, one of the most sustainable fabrics in the world.

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2021

Backed by Innovate UK, the blockchain innovation aims to provide fully traceable and accurately-labelled record of recycled material. Sustainable supply chain software firm Circulor has unveiled its latest blockchain-enabled innovation, which is aimed at improving the traceability of hard-to-recycle-plastics, it announced this week.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Reduce environmental plastic pollution levels. By recovering and adding value to waste derived from lignocellulosic feedstock, the project aims to: Reduce the levels of waste being sent to landfill. Reduce the amount of suitable food-producing land diverted to first-generation sugar production.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2021

In a new report, the waste management company sets out a series of policy recommendations for boosting plastics recycling in the UK. UK plastic waste exports should be banned, according to leading waste management company Viridor, which yesterday published a new roadmap setting out how to rapidly increase UK plastic recycling capacity.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

The ability to recycle materials has been around for generations, and as an increasing number of residential and commercial facilities take on the metal, plastic and glass, it has become a common task to put your recycling at the curb on garbage pick-up day.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Fossil-based plastic production is still growing exponentially. Only 9% of all plastic is recycled and it can take hundreds of years to degrade. Recycling is critical, but the world cannot rely on that alone. Supporting Business in the Race to Create the World’s Most Sustainable Package.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 16, 2021

This article exposes the flawed system of waste management within hotels and provides practical solutions for reducing three prominent hotel wastes: food, water and plastic waste. Implement the 4-R’s for Plastic Waste Reduction. Replace plastic straws with reusable alternatives like steel and glass. Minimize Food Waste.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

Creating a circular economy for textiles means shifting to recycled and recyclable materials in order to reduce the amount of land, water and fossil fuels used to produce new clothes. The world produces around 300 million tons of plastic waste every year, nearly equivalent to the weight of the entire human population.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

“This plant embodies the principles of the EverMinds platform founded by Borealis, which seeks to innovate plastics circularity through collaboration,” said Lucrèce Foufopoulos, Borealis Executive Vice President Polyolefins, Innovation & Technology and Circular Economy Solutions. Early tests of the material look very promising!”.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 5, 2022

But demand for polluting fossil fuel-derived plastics could peak by 2035 if business and government works together to create a more sustainable plastic supply chain, report finds. Gilfillan said this outcome depended on all actors playing a part in overhauling the way plastic is used in modern society.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Chair, Cllr Clyde Loakes, pointed out that the requirements do not include strategies to reduce consumption, tackle the contamination of recycling or address the issue of recyclable materials going to waste.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

It is a company with a focus on green design products and a dedication to using proceeds from sales to rid the Earth’s waterways of plastic and other pollution. Related: Adidas 100% recycled jacket is solving plastic pollution PANGEA’s Eco-Jacket is made from 100% recycled materials. See the original post:Â .

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Business Green

MAY 22, 2020

Single-use plastics are helping keep people safe during the Covid-19 pandemic, but creating new challenges for governments in dealing with the waste problem. Some of the world's largest corporations promised to quickly slash their use of virgin plastic packaging. Where does this leave the businesses embracing circularity in plastics?

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Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Chemically-recycled plastic could be in high demand by the end of this decade, major companies predict. In a letter published this morning, the firms said there was potential demand for at least 800,000 tonnes a year of chemically recycled plastic in Europe by 2030 from 40 firms alone.

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Business Green

JULY 24, 2022

Firms behind major recycling plant on Teesside announce major expansion of partnership. Advanced plastic recycling firm Mura and leading chemicals giant Dow have announced they plan to work together to construct multiple large-scale recycling facilities in the US and Europe.

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