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Public Utilities, Waste Management

PET to PET Recycling Austria Sees Small Drop in Recycled Bottle Tonnage in 2023

February 8, 2024

Via: Waste360

PET to PET Recycling Austria sees little change from 2022 to 2023 as the initiative reports it recycled just over 32,000 tonnes of PET bottles. In 2022, it was reported that the overall tonnage of PET bottles recycled was 32,900, […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

The Sterling Group Forms New PET Recycling Platform, Evergreen

June 11, 2021

Via: Waste360

The Sterling Group, an operationally focused middle market private equity firm, today announced the formation of a new PET recycling platform company, Evergreen. Sterling executed the carve-out of Evergreen, the recycling division of current portfolio company, Greenbridge Packaging, and merged […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

AMP Robotics launches AI-powered sortation to improve recycling

May 3, 2021

Via: Waste Management World

AMP’s new software, AMP Clarity, captures data on mixed plastics like PET, HDPE, LDPE, PP, and PS, aluminum recyclables like used beverage cans and fiber, such as corrugated cardboard and sorted residential paper and newsprint. Material data is collected, classified, […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

PET Recycling Rate Returns to Growth in US & Canada in 2017

November 16, 2018

Via: Waste Management World

In the US and Canada the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) and The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) announced today the release of the Report on Postconsumer PET Container Recycling Activity in 2017. The report cites a 2017 […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

Avery Dennison Launches Recycled PET Liners in Europe

August 24, 2018

Via: Waste Management World

Glendale, California based adhesive manufacturer, Avery Dennison, will be the first pressure sensitive labelling material supplier to introduce liner made from recycled PET (rPET) commercially in Europe. The company, which makes and distributs pressure-sensitive adhesive materials, apparel branding labels and […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

£20 million Plastics Research and Innovation Fund to Increase Reuse & Recycling

June 22, 2018

Via: Waste Management World

A £20 million fund has been launched in the UK to explore new ideas and innovations that can bring changes in the plastics manufacturing industry and increase reuse and recycling as part of a move to a more circular economy. […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

BLOG: The Mechanics of Effective Recycling

April 27, 2018

Via: Waste Management World

It’s no secret that our global plastic waste is causing serious harm to our oceans. You may already be aware of some of the striking news stories that have surfaced recently. From the stories of turtles entangled by six-pack holders […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

US PET Bottle Recyclig Rate 28.4% in 2016 as Collection Volumes Decline

November 1, 2017

Via: Waste Management World

The recycling rate for PET plastic bottles in the US was 28.4% in 2016, reflecting a decline of 2.4% in collection volumes, according to the latest figures from National Association for PET Container Resources and The Association of Plastic Recyclers. […]