United States | US plastics recycler Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies (AERT) has received final approval from the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality for start-up of its new Watt ...
China / Australia | Novarise Renewable Resources International, a China-based plastics recycler, is seeking to raise up to US$ 32 million through a listing on the Australian stock exchange. The money ...
Europe | Generation of used plastics in Europe amounted to almost 25 million tonnes in 2008, of which 51% was recovered. Against this backdrop, the European Plastics Recyclers (EuPR) trade association ...
Vietnam | Waste management company Vietstar has inaugurated a large scale recycling plant in Vietnam for 1,200 tonnes of domestic waste a day in Cu Chi district which is 40 km from Ho Chi Minh City. A ...
United Kingdom | The UK Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) confirms that plastic recycling company WES Greenstar will add 20,000 tonnes per year of re-processing capacity for non-bottle househo ...
United Kingdom | Provider of plastic recycling solutions Enval has opened a new engineering site in Luton, United Kingdom. The new site will allow Enval to expand operations from its headquarters in C ...
Brazil / Switzerland | Tetra Pak, the world leader in food processing and packaging solutions, has reached agreement with the largest Brazilian petrochemical company, Braskem SA, to purchase limited v ...
One of America’s most prominent plastics recycling innovators, ECO2 Plastics, Inc., has filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code after failing to identify new sources of l ...
United States | US-based plastics recycler Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. (AERT) says the first phase of its world-class plastics recycling facility is almost completed.
Europe | Figures released by the European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) show that the continent’s end-of-life tyre recycling and recovery rates exceeded 95% last year.