Vecoplan: New Area Creates Space for Heavy Machinery

German-based Vecoplan AG, a company specialized in machinery and plants for shredding, conveying, and processing, is investing more than five million Euro to expand its main site in Bad Marienberg. It has enlarged its Plant I by a total of 1,900 square meters, while also investing in new production equipment. The engineering company is preparing […]

IPG Facility Achieves Zero Waste Certification

USA-headquartered IPG, a global provider of packaging and protective solutions, reported that its manufacturing facility in Chicago has been awarded GOLD certification under the TRUE (Total Resource Use and Efficiency) rating system. This plant “has demonstrated its dedication to best practices in recycling, reusing, and reducing waste, achieving an impressive 91.6 percent diversion rate by […]

CARBIOS Enters the R-PET Market

French biotech company CARBIOS has signed a multi-year commercial agreement with Thailand-based Indorama Ventures, a global leader in PET production. According to the French firm, this agreement covers the supply of biorecycled monomers, which will be transformed into r-PET filaments by Indorama Ventures. While CARBIOS would use its enzymatic PET recycling technology to produce monomers […]

USA: Innovation Award for “The Topper Stopper”

“The Topper Stopper” won the award at the 2025 Charlotte Hornets Innovation Summit. It is a patent-pending device, that combines barcode scanning, AI verification, and real-time analytics to eliminate recycling contamination. Invented by Marcus Wade of Genesis 1 Technologies LLC and commercialized through a partnership with Waste Wise Innovation, this recycling device secured a 25,000 […]

Solvent-based Plastics Recycling for Circular Economy

With the solvent-based recycling process developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV, a wide variety of plastics from packaging, as well as from the automotive, electronics, construction, and textile sectors, can be recycled and processed into high-purity plastic recyclates. In this way, waste fractions that cannot be recycled using conventional recycling […]

Green Chemicals Market Valuation is Set to more than Double by 2033

According to globally active market research and advisory firm Astute­Analytica India Pvt. Ltd., the value of the global green chemicals market is projected to “skyrocket”. This market was valued at 13.80 billion US-Dollar in 2024 and is expected to reach 28.05 billion US-Dollar by 2033, growing at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 8.2 […]

Europe’s Composite Recycling Market and its Potential

As the amount of composite waste generated in Europe is not officially monitored, the European Composites Industry Association (EuCIA) has collaborated with its members and partners to estimate the potential size of the composites recycling market. While the quantity of composite waste is small compared to plastics, aluminum, and other popular materials, Europe’s transition to […]

Resource Circulation Equipment Market to Grow

According to the market research and consulting agency SNS Insider, innovations and global regulations propel the demand for smart recycling equipment amid rising industrial waste and digital transformation initiatives. The market was valued at 25.63 billion US-Dollar in 2024 and is expected to reach 48.42 billion US-Dollar by 2032, growing at a CAGR of 8.25 […]

CHINAPLAS 2026 in Shanghai: Where Opportunities Bloom

5 Reasons This Leading Plastics and Rubber Trade Fair Shouldn’t Be Missed. Following an impressive closing in Shenzhen this April, CHINAPLAS 2026 will be held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC), Hongqiao, Shanghai, PR China from April 21 to 24, 2026. This premier plastics and rubber trade fair is expected to attract 4,600+ […]

Bantam Materials International Proudly Celebrates 20th Anniversary

Supplier of recycled plastics has prospered by forging long-lasting relationships worldwide. Bantam Materials™ International (Bantam), a leading supplier of recycled plastics to major recyclers and packaging customers in the Americas, today proudly announced its 20th anniversary. Bantam was founded in 2005 by Vytas Gruodis. Over the last 20 years, Vytas and the Bantam team have […]