Seven Innovators Join Fashion for Good’s 2022 Asia Innovation Programme

Fashion for Good is pleased to announce seven new innovators selected to participate in its 2022 Asia Innovation Programme. Chosen by Fashion for Good brand and manufacturing partners during a hybrid digital/in-person event in Mumbai from a group of global innovators, the nine-month programme provides the participants with tailored support to help them scale – […]

Barrier Monomaterial Films Improve Recyclability

Spain-based Emsur Grupo Lantero’s Packaging Division has launched “EM-Full RFlex”, its new range of PE and PP-based flexible packaging. The new PE and PP-based product line has been developed to improve the recyclability of flexible packaging by replacing conventional duplex structures with mono-material substrates, the company gave account. The solution would provide excellent barrier properties. […]

EP ENVI Vote on the Revision of Annexes IV and V of the POPs Regulation

The European Parliament ENVI Committee voted on 31 March on a series of amendments and their draft report regarding Annexes IV and V of the new Regulation on POPs, which determine how waste containing POPs is treated. The aim of this revision is to update for certain substances and groups of substances, the concentration limits […]

USA: Vinyl Sustainability Council Conferred Recycling Award

The recycling company Lakeland Polymers received the 2021 Recycling Award for their Flex-Tech Gas Hose Recycling Program from the Vinyl Sustainability Council (VSC). “Lakeland’s innovative reprocessing strategy allows them to turn scrap from two different types of plastic into a reusable feedstock for alternative applications,” VSC director Jay Thomas was cited. “This type of product […]

Change in Possession: Blackstone Acquired Recycled Fiber Manufacturer Sustana

In December last year, international asset manager Blackstone has announced that funds managed by its Blackstone Tactical Opportunities business have acquired Sustana Group, an American leading manufacturer of sustainable recycled fiber, paper and packaging products, from an affiliate of H.I.G. Capital. Headquartered in De Pere (Wisconsin, USA), Sustana uses post-consumer materials and the high standards […]

A Common Statement: Finding a True Balance for Waste Management in the Taxonomy

Several associations representing both public and private operators of the entire waste management value chain ask for the inclusion of Waste-to-Energy in the taxonomy. They propose criteria under which this inclusion is possible, in line with the Taxonomy Regulation. Today, the Platform on Sustainable Finance published its final report on the inclusion of new activities […]

Re-Gen MD Endorses Infrastructure Minister’s Decision on the ARC21 Planning Application

Joseph Doherty, Managing Director at Re-Gen Waste, said, “I welcome the Infrastructure Minister’s announcement on the planning application for the incinerator at Mallusk (Northern Ireland). I believe that increased targets in recycling, technological innovation, capacity in the current system and changes in Government policy mean that there is no need for the incinerator proposed by […]

EuRIC Welcomes the Proposal to Make Sustainable Products the Norm in Europe

The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) welcomes the Circular Economy Package that was published by the European Commission on 30 March and aims at making products more sustainable in the European Union. EuRIC strongly welcomes the increased emphasis placed on recycled content in products as it is a key enabler to boost investments in recycling […]

France: New Recycling Plant Expected to Start in 2023

Plastic Energy is building an advanced recycling plant in northern France. The large-scale recycling facility, which will be adjacent to ExxonMobil’s Notre Dame de Gravenchon petrochemical complex, is to have a capacity of 25,000 tons of plastic waste per annum. There are plans to scale up the facility to 33,000 tons in the future. In […]

Spain: Strategic Alliance between GCR Group and Sintac Recycling

GCR Group manufactures sustainable plastic solutions for the plastics processing industry and has acquired a participation in Sintac Recycling, which offers a wide range of 100 percent recycled plastics. The strategic alliance between both Spanish companies would respond to the objective of expanding the offer of sustainable and circular solutions to provide greater added value […]