A company operating in the circular economy and environmental sustainability sector for over thirty years and listed on the Euronext Growth Milan market (EGM), RES (Recupero Etico Sostenibile) recently started up a post-consumer rigid plastic packaging washing and granulation plant at its industrial site in...

European Bioplastics (EUBP), the association representing the interests of the bioplastics industry in Europe, has elected a new Board during its General Assembly on 4 June. For the next two years, the EUBP leadership team will be headed by Co-Chairs Mariagiovanna Vetere (Natureworks) and Franz Kraus (Novamont), and...

Back after six years, the NPE 2024 show held in Orlando, Florida, from 6 to 10 May marked an important milestone for Meccanoplastica, a reliable manufacturer of blow moulding machines based on the outskirts of Florence, that was able to strengthen relationships on the...

By participating as a strategic partner in the company BioBTX, Covestro is enabling the construction of the world’s first innovative demonstration plant for the BioBTX ICCP-Technology in the Netherlands. The technology makes it possible to produce chemicals such as benzene, toluene and xylene from organic and mixed plastic waste...

An infringement case has been opened by the European Commission against Italy for the "exceptions" introduced into the transposition of Directive 2019/904 on single-use plastics, the so-called SUP Directive. The European Commission sent a letter of formal notice to the Italian Government...

According to figures of Eurostat, the EU statistical office, in 2023 exports of recyclable raw materials from the EU to non-EU countries amounted to 39.3 million tonnes. Export volume in recyclable raw materials has been on an upward trend since 2004, increasing by 74% (+16.7 million tonnes). Meanwhile...

.At NPE 2024, Farrel Pomini displayed a new recycling solution for both mechanical and chemical recycling applications, featuring the versatility and flexibility of the Farrel Continuous Mixer. The mechanical recycling system features include a large feed hopper for ingestion of irregularly shaped material, crammer...

Since the last edition of NPE in 2018, the plastics industry has undergone drastic changes to meet new challenges in the global climate, economy and politics. With this in mind, ST BlowMoulding has always been committed and focused on innovation and the development of new solutions in terms of...

On the occasion of the next NPE show (Orlando, Florida, 6-10 May) Macchi will be exhibiting a 5-layer R-POD Flex blown film line representing the latest evolution of the innovative POD Flex system (dedicated to polyolefin), specifically designed for very high productivity and for the use of...

CMG Granulators renews its presence at European Thermoforming Conference 2024, in Amsterdam from 10 to 12 April. On April 12 CMG will held a presentation about granulators for thermoforming scrap, featuring high capacity and reduced energy consumption...