EU launches first ever Europe-wide plastics strategy
The European Union has laid out plans for the first ever Europe-wide plastics strategy.
The strategy is being adopted as “a part of the transition...
Three-way partnership recycles ocean plastics
CHASE Plastics has teamed up with ancillary equipment manufacturer Summit Systems and Ocean Integrity, a global enterprise dedicated to recovering ocean plastics, on a...
Vanden and academics team up to accelerate innovation in plastic recycling
VANDEN Recycling has announced it is supporting Professor Michael Johnston at University of Oxford's Department of Physics to tackle the recycling challenge of identifying...
Karen Drinkwater re-elected to serve second year as BPF president
KAREN Drinkwater has been re-elected as president of the British Plastics Federation (BPF).
Karen, a founding director of JSC Rotational Limited, was re-elected to serve...
Stage is set for Plastics Recycling Show Europe
FINAL preparations are underway for The Plastics Recycling Show Europe exhibition and conference, taking place at the RAI Amsterdam from May 10-11.
Organisers are anticipating...
Plastic off-cuts transformed into water purification items
BERRY Superfos has revealed plastic off-cuts from its packaging manufacturing which can’t be reused on site are being turned into useful items including components...
Plastics recycling progress
While the plastics industry traditionally gave little thought to recycling, by 1991 the issue had moved into the spotlight with the emergence of new...
Reusable container offers ‘ideal’ refill packaging solution
A 14-litre HDPE reusable container by Berry Global is providing the vessel for a new refill packaging solution from the Refill Coalition.
The pilot for...
The war on plastic: be careful what you wish for
AMID the current furore over plastic packaging, a number of industry stakeholders have started to warn of potential “serious environmental consequences” of switching all...
New president elected at BPF
MARTIN Althorpe has been elected as president of the British Plastics Federation (BPF).
The technical director at Epwin's fenestration division had the move confirmed at...
