All Recyclability articles – Page 8
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ArticleICIS indicates annual mechanical recycling supply of 50 million tonnes by 2050
According to a whitepaper from ICIS, mechanical recycling only constituted 8% of European demand in 2024 – but the figure is expected to double across various global regions by 2050, requiring an annual recycling rate of over 50 million tonnes.
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ArticlePepsiCo revisits plastic packaging targets due to ‘external factors’
Citing roadblocks outside its control, PepsiCo has scaled back its packaging targets for 2030, switching its 20% virgin plastic reduction goal to a 2% year-on-year decrease and removing biodegradability from the scope of its sustainable design goals.
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ArticleNOVA Chemicals announces first PE film recycling facility
NOVA Chemicals has announced its first polyethylene (PE) film recycling facility SYNDIGOI in Indiana, USA, set to produce100 million lbs. of SYNDIGO recycled PE (rLLDPE), suitable for food- and non-food grade packaging applications.
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ArticleBorealis debuts reusable cups made from recycled OMV feedstock at K 2025
At K 2025, Borealis will distribute a deposit-free reuse system for cups made from modified polypropylene for foam, utilizing chemically recycled feedstock from OMV’s ReOil technology.
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ArticleCEFLEX issues assessment of new recycling technologies for flexible plastics
A study by CEFLEX and Ghent University finds ‘significant challenges’ in upscaling delamination, deinking, dissolution, and contaminant extraction technologies to meet the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation’s flexible plastic recycling and recycled content deadlines by 2030.