After deep consultation and consideration of all the circumstances surrounding the PETCORE PET Conference, 2/3rd February, it has been decided to postpone the event until 14/15th June 2022. The...
The Forum Plastic Recyclates will now be operating, with immediate effect, under new management: All rights associated with the event have been transferred from Hanser Publications to the Fraunhofer...
Italian waste management frontrunner Masotina has partnered with ZenRobotics to retrofit their plastics sorting facility (PRF) with an AI-powered robotic sorting station for the recovery of clear PET...
Microplastics in water, air and soil –Innovation Forum presents solutions Whether in the sea, in rivers, in the soil or in the air, microplastics are everywhere to be found. Public awareness of the...
Although synthetic lawn had been introduced in American baseball stadiums already at the end of the 1960s, it only became an accepted alternative to the high-maintenance natural lawn at the turn of...
Modern plastics come in all shapes and sizes, and are used in countless applications. The different materials must be, for example, particularly tear-resistant in terms of ropes or nets, withstand...
The development of a circular economy to address the plastic waste emergency hinges on the creation of demand for high-quality recyclates. STADLER, one of the leading suppliers of sorting plants for...
Resilux, one of the leading PET bottle and preform producers, has announced a major new technology investment which will result in them doubling their bottle-to-bottle PET recycling capacity. Using...
The quality of plastic flakes and regrind is crucial in determining whether plastic processors and manufacturers can profitably use and sell plastic recyclate.
A majority of the plastic that exists will be used just once and will not be recycled. In Europe, only about 30 % of the plastic produced in 2017 went on to be recycled. Enormous amounts of plastic...
