At the second edition of the GreenPlast fair, taking place at Fiera Milano in Rho (Milan) from 27 to 30 May, Bausano will showcase for the first time its new E-GO R single-screw extruders, designed to enhance the efficiency of polyolefin recycling processes. Available in sizes 44, 47, and 50 L/D, with a total of...

Plastics Europe welcomes the news that a provisional agreement was reached last night between the European Parliament and the Council on mandatory pellet loss prevention measures. This is a critical step toward enhancing environmental protection and prompting a...

Out of over 4,600 tons of plastics waste collected, almost half was found to be polyethylene, approximately 2,300 tons, which represents a small "treasure" made up of a 100% recyclable material that, if properly sorted, can be turned into new products. This is the result of the experimental project carried out...

The European Council and Parliament provisionally agreed on a regulation on preventing the loss of plastic pellets into the environment. The new rules will help improve the handling of plastic pellets at all stages of the supply chain, both on land and sea...

Aquafil launched in Slovenia the first demonstration plant for the chemical separation of elastic fibre from polyamide, an innovative technology that opens new perspectives in the textile fibre sector, allowing the company to take a step forward in research and development, consolidating...

All Basf's European production sites for engineering plastics, polystyrene, expandable polystyrene, polyurethane, thermoplastics polyurethanes, polyamides and specialty polymers are now certified by independent third parties according to the Operation Clean Sweep (OCS) standard...

Basf Corporation and Braven Environmental, a market leader in advanced recycling, have signed a supply agreement for Braven PyChem. This advanced recycled feedstock, derived from mixed plastic waste, will partially replace fossil resources at the Basf TotalEnergies Petrochemical (BTP) facility in...

Tray Circularity Evaluation Platform (TCEP) ha emanato nuove linee guida per la progettazione in funzione del riciclo di vaschette multistrato in PET, che vanno ad aggiungersi a quelle già previste per i vassoi monostrato in PET. L’iniziativa è in linea con il lavoro che il team Thermoform sta...

Sorema, the recycling systems division of Previero, announces the achievement of quality and quantity targets for the printed film washing plant installed at Coveris – ReCover in Lincolnshire (United Kingdom), equipped with deinking technology. “The international market has long been asking for...

Axens, a technology licensor in the field of plastics circular economy for plastics, and Sorema, an international supplier of plants and technology for sorting, cleaning and mechanical processing plastic wastes, have announced a collaboration to provide integrated solutions for advanced...