On 5 June, the European Commission published a Commission Notice providing further clarity about the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation in practice. We take a closer look at the document to understand its requirements in detail, including the current status of PFAS restrictions, the…
In this Innovation Spotlight, Dow outlines how its extrusion coating portfolio aims to support recyclability requirements and regulatory readiness, and how its collaboration with RDM Group demonstrates how lightweight polymer coatings can extend the use of fibre-based packaging into applications…
Sreeparna Das spoke to Bob Powell, CEO of Brightmark, to understand the role advanced recycling – also known as chemical recycling – can play in supporting the demands of the flexible packaging sector, the key growth areas, and the existing challenges to scaling up advanced recycling.
Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS) has filed a second application for EU authorisation of mechanically recycled polystyrene based on Gneuss’ super-cleaning technology. What does this mean for the polystyrene value chain’s bid for circularity?
A partnership between Tesco and the packaging manufacturer, Berry Global, will see soft plastic collected from Tesco stores and recycled into pellets for use in the retailer’s bin liners.
WWF has released a position paper that emphasises reduction and reuse as the key solutions for managing plastic pollution, while also setting out its principles for evaluating whether it is possible to establish a credible and effective chemical recycling system.
ReCyclass and the European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP) have today announced a collaboration intended to support actors across the value chain in transitioning to PET bottle production that maximises recyclability.
The RecyClass Conformity Assessment Scheme has received a positive evaluation by the European co-operation for Accreditation (EA), meaning it can now apply for accredited Recycled Plastics Traceability Certification.
Circulor has announced a partnership with energy company TotalEnergies and Recycling Technologies, a chemical recycler of plastic, to develop a blockchain-enabled traceability solution for hard-to-recycle plastics (HTRP).
INEOS Styrolution, Recycling Technologies and Trinseo today claim to have reached a significant milestone in their plans to build commercial polystyrene (PS) recycling plants in Europe.
Steve Gillman speaks to Dana Mosora, workstream lead at the Circular Economy for Flexible Packaging (CEFLEX) project, about why the sector is now getting behind a strategy that backs both chemical and mechanical recycling.
Chemical recycling: its potential to bring us ever closer to that goal of circularity is widely acknowledged. But we’re not quite there yet. Victoria Hattersley talks to Tim Stedman, CEO of advanced recycling specialist Agilyx, about the most logical
