Recycling 
Austrian recycling machinery firm Erema has launched the TVEplus system for recycling heavily printed plastics
24 February 2010
European Plastics Recyclers (EuPR) has published a report in which it warns of the potential harm oxo-degradables and biodegradable plastics may present to established recovery streams
2 February 2010
Carpet Recycling UK has enlisted the help of Axion, a recycling specialist, in turning old PP carpets into polymer pellets that can be injection moulded into new products
19 January 2010
To help promote the recycling of plastics, the European Association of Plastics Recycling and Recovery Organisations (EPRO) ran a competition during 2009 – open to all European manufacturers – to find the best commercial product made from at least 50% recycled plastic
7 January 2010
A new LLDPE stretch film is one of the most environmentally friendly on the market because it is free of PVC and plasticisers, while being 100% recyclable, claims Italian manufacturer Manuli
11 December 2009
Turkish and Spanish companies are to start researching into the possibility of recycling coated plastics, such as food containers
4 December 2009
Erema, a plastics recycling machinery maker based in Austria, says its new ecoSave technology can help its users reduce energy consumption by up to 10 percent.
1 December 2009
Taiwan's government has moved to require that disposable packaging produced from PLA bioplastic is recycled and wants to see infrastructure in place to do this by March 2010
23 November 2009
Recycling company says small-appliance makers in Asia are becoming more interested in carbon-friendly materials, opening up opportunities for new recycling partnerships
9 November 2009
Chemicals firm Rhodia is teaming up with Millet, a France-based retailer of outdoor sports equipment, to manufacture recycled engineering plastics
11 August 2009
UK-based plastic recycling specialist Axion Consulting and Europe-wide logistics group TDG have developed a “reverse logistics” reprocessing system that will recycle more than a million HDPE (high density polyethylene) chemical drums and IBCs each year
3 August 2009
The UK company is planning to double its existing plastics recycling capacity with the focus on adding more food contact rPET pellet production.
31 July 2009
At the NPE show in Chicago this year a number of European firms introduced new shredders, separators and features designed to increase the efficiency of recycling equipment that regrinds or repelletises plastics resins
28 July 2009
EPRO, the European Association of Plastics Recovery and Recovery Organisations, is launching a quest to find the best applications for recycled products, hoping to raise awareness of efforts being made in this area
24 July 2009
France Plastique Recyclage (FRP) is to open a new PET recycling plant near Paris later this year. The new facility will use Starlinger equipment and will supply to the PET bottle sector
18 June 2009
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