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ArticleMono-PP pouch for dry food applications developed by Borealis and value chain partners
Borealis is unveiling a mono-material, designed-for-recycling pouch said to contain over 95% polypropylene and set to package dry food products.
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Borealis bases new polyolefin plastomer and elastomer line on renewable feedstock
Borealis has unveiled a new line in its portfolio of polyolefin plastomers and elastomers based on renewable feedstock – aiming to meet customer demand for high-quality, high-performance, and environmentally friendly packaging solutions.
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Borealis and Ecopost work towards at-scale collection and recycling of plastic waste in Kenya
Borealis and Ecopost are collaborating to scale up the collection and recycling of plastic waste in Kenya by formalising collecting processes, expanding its recycling capacity, and training and recruiting collectors.
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Borealis signs power purchase agreement with VERBUND to supply Austrian operations with hydropower
Borealis and VERBUND have signed a ten-year power purchase agreement to supply a yearly 220 GWh of hydropower – reportedly comparable to the amount of energy used to power 50,000 Austrian households – to Borealis operations in Schwechat, Austria, from January 2023.
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VTT launches project to manufacture polymers using captured CO2 from forest industry and incinerated waste
VTT’s Forest CUMP project is aiming to use captured CO2 from waste incineration and the forest industry in the production of polyethylene and polypropylene, with future process concepts hoped to expand the process into other industries at a commercial scale.
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Borealis signs power purchase agreement with Eneco for ten-year renewable electricity supply
Borealis has signed a ten-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Eneco to supply renewable electricity to its production operations in Belgium – a move hoped to contribute towards its goal of achieving 100% renewable electricity in its Polyolefins and Hydrocarbons business by 2030.
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Borealis plans new advanced recycling plant to convert PO waste into high-performance polymers
Borealis is in the process of designing a commercial-scale advanced recycling plant in Schwechat, Austria, aiming to convert polyolefin-based post-consumer waste into high-performance polymers and work towards a circular economy.
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Borealis and Vibac collaborate on ‘designed-for-recycling’, BOPP-based food packaging film
Borealis and the Vibac Group have designed a new BOPP-based film for food packaging, reportedly designed for easy sorting in PP recycling streams.
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Circularise leads value chain collaboration on public blockchain for mass balance certification
Circularise has announced a joint project with ISCC, bringing together material suppliers, OEMs, brands, and trading companies to test a public, blockchain-based digital system, with the aim of supporting transparency and data integrity for mass balance certification.
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Borealis and Reclay Group collaborate on plastic waste recycling scheme
A strategic partnership will see Reclay Group supply plastic waste for Borealis to convert and revalorise into high-quality recyclate materials, in a bid to work across the plastics recycling value chain to address the challenge of plastic waste.
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The Week in Brief: 1st-5th of October
In this week’s biggest stories from the packaging industry, FEFCO released guidelines on optimising recyclability via design parameters for paper and board packaging, and we got two opposing views on France’s incoming plastic packaging ban.
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The road towards fully circular polyolefins
Elisabeth Skoda speaks to Trevor Davis, Head of Marketing Consumer Products at Borealis, to discuss strategies and ways forward to address the most pressing sustainability issues of today.
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Emmi, Borealis and Greiner Packaging partner up on coffee cup made from recycled polypropylene
Swiss dairy company Emmi is partnering with Borealis and Greiner Packaging to produce Emmi CAFFÈ LATTE drinking cups made from chemically recycled polypropylene.
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Borealis and Renasci reach agreement on acquisition of chemically recycled feedstock
Borealis has signed an agreement with Renasci Oostende Recycling NV to acquire the entire chemically recycled feedstock output from its high-tech recycling centre in Oostende, Belgium.
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Borealis to help scale innovative heat recovery technology
Borealis is set to help Qpinch commercially scale its innovative heat recovery technology, in a bid to reduce CO2 emissions and increase production efficiency.
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Advanced mechanical recycling demo plant opened by Borealis and Tomra
Borealis and TOMRA have announced the operational start of their advanced mechanical recycling demo plant in Lahnstein.
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Finalist interviews: Collaboration for food packaging from chemically recycled PA and PE
With the Sustainability Awards 2020 just nine days away, we talk with BASF, Borealis, Südpack and Zott - finalists in the ‘Pre-Commercialised Innovation’ about their collaboration to create food packaging made from chemically recycled PA and PE.
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Borealis and Menshen launch new packaging closures made of PCR resin
Borealis has collaborated with Menshen on a series of ten packaging closures based on Borcycle, a recycling technology that transforms polyolefin-based waste into new, value-adding solutions.
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Borealis unveils new polyolefin range made from waste streams
Borealis recently announced the launch of the Bornewables, a new portfolio of circular polyolefin products produced with renewable feedstock derived entirely from waste and residue streams.
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The monomaterials challenge
By 2030 all plastic packaging within the EU will need to be recyclable or reusable. But the devil of how this goal can be achieved lies in the detail.
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