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Belgian PVC window frame maker Deceuninck says it is on track to become the largest PVC recycling company in the Benelux after acquiring equipment from Verpola 21 December 2011

Continuing growth in the European recycling rate for plastics packaging could result in 100% diversion from landfill by 2020. This ambition has been given support by 2010 region-wide figures released by EPRO. 1 December 2011

Representatives from the global plastics industry met in Dubai earlier this week to discuss the topic of marine litter and to formulate initiatives for tackling the issue 21 November 2011

Misconceptions by brand owners and inadequate quality control by recyclers are hampering growth in European production of food-grade recycled PET, according to APPE 17 November 2011

Czech Republic-based Nachod Brewery is supplying its Primátor range of beer in recyclable PET kegs from Petainer 17 November 2011

As tyre rubber is a classic crosslinked thermosetting material, it cannot be re-melted as thermoplastics can. But Ohlsdorf, Austria-based rubber recycling company Asamer Rubber Technology (ART) has developed a new application area for rubber from used tyres - functional additives for thermoplastics 10 November 2011

Artenius PET Packaging Europe, Distrupol and Engel UK were among the winners at Friday’s glittering Plastics Industry Awards, which were held in the London Hilton on Park Lane. 17 October 2011

STF Recyling, part of the Germany-based STF group, has opened a second extrusion plant with capacity of 14,000 tonnes of PET regrind 7 October 2011

Coca-Cola has taken a stance against bottle deposit laws, but that does not mean the company isn’t pursuing recycling in other ways 7 October 2011

The European Association of Plastics Recycling and Recovery Organisations (EPRO) has announced the winners of the 2011 Best Recycled Product Competition 5 October 2011

PlasticsEurope has unveiled the results of the first-ever study on polyolefins recycling and recovery rates in rigid applications in Europe 30 September 2011

Continuum Recycling, the new joint venture between ECO Plastics, the UK-based recycling operation, and Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE), is to create 30 new jobs 23 September 2011

Major global PET supplier Indorama Ventures is set to own Europe’s largest PET recycler - Wellman International 23 September 2011

Pipe extruder Wavin has invested $4.71m in equipment to produce piping using 50% recycled plastics 20 September 2011

The trademark green 7UP bottles got a little greener in Canada this summer 20 September 2011

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