Emerging Technologies

Cost parity between European recyclers and virgin production to take ‘decades’

According to Bain & Company, European chemical recycling could take up to 30 years and €400 billion in cumulative global

Coalition unites to ‘modernize’ plastic recycling systems in America

Closed Loop Partners and the Consumer Brands Association are among the founding members of the Recycling Leadership Council (RLC), which

One week until the Sustainable Packaging Summit: what to expect

Only one week to go until the Sustainable Packaging Summit! Are you wondering what to expect from this year’s

Everything you need to know about bioplastics and packaging

Is a digitalized, standardized industry the key to regulatory compliance?

In this edition of our ‘In Conversation With…’ series, Laura Ott, head of Customer Development at PreZero Sustainable Packaging, explains

How can we retrieve ocean plastic waste – and should AI help us do it?

First raw materials shipped from Indaver’s thermal depolymerization plant

Following a total investment of €105 million, Indaver has announced that its Plastics2Chemicals installation in Antwerp is producing chemically recycled

Amcor and Greenback turn post-consumer flexibles into pyrolytic oil

Greenback Recycling Technologies and Amcor aim to convert post-consumer flexible packaging into pyrolytic oil for food-grade plastics by

Colgate-Palmolive uses Erthos’ AI-powered platform for virtual pack designs

In a new collaborative partnership, Colgate-Palmolive will use Erthos’ AI-powered materials discovery platform to inform its sustainability-minded

‘Industry first’ carbon capture pilot plant launches at Metsä Group mill

Metsä Group and Andritz are now operating a carbon capture pilot plant at the former’s Rauma mill, with the

‘World’s first’ fossil-free LDPE plant announced by Vioneo and ECI Group

Vioneo has awarded ECI Group a contract to build the ‘world’s first’ low-density polyethylene plant operating entirely on

EU-backed scheme researching new cleaning methods for recycled plastics

AIMPLAS is leading an innovative research project researching new cleaning and decontamination methods for recycled plastic, with the aim of