recycled materials

Berry Global creates recycled plastic packaging for Mars’ pantry jars

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Berry Global has rolled out 100% recycled plastic packaging for the confectionery giant Mars. It has created pantry jars for treats such as M&M’S, Skittles and Starburst. The updated pantry jars, now available across the US, are made entirely…

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Lego launches tyres made with recycled materials

Iranpolymer/Baspar As Lego continues its search for sustainable alternatives to virgin plastic, the Danish toy maker has launched tyres made from recycled materials sourced from old fishing nets, ropes, and engine oil. The material is a blend of styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene created by mechanically recycling…

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Opinion: Recycling trends for 2025

Iranpolymer/Baspar Head of Tomra Recycling, Dr. Volker Rehrmann, weighs in on the key trends in sorting and recycling 1. Deep learning Deep learning will continue to shape the recycling industry in 2025. This subset of artificial intelligence (AI) achieved significant…

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Germany endorses chemical recycling in National Circular Economy Strategy

Iranpolymer/Baspar The German Federal Government has published its National Circular Economy Strategy (NKWS). The policy sets out Germany’s vision to transition to a circular economy across various sectors. The government’s coalition partners, which have recently broken up resulting in the call of…

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Opinion: redesigning multi-layer plastics for a sustainable future

Iranpolymer/Baspar The MERLIN project, funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme, brings together sorting technology providers, recyclers, research centres, social innovation experts and end-users. During the last three years, the project aimed at designing innovative solutions for…

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Questions for Alexandra Megally, sustainability manager at Cabot

Iranpolymer/Baspar 1. Black masterbatches are notoriously difficult to recycle because carbon black pigments are not detectable by standard near-infrared (NIR) optical sorting systems. What is Cabot doing to address this problem? Traditionally, carbon black has been used to enhance the…

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HELIX™: Recycled PET resin from PET REFINE TECHNOLOGY

Iranpolymer/Baspar  PET REFINE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., a member of the JEPLAN Group, has branded its recycled PET resin as HELIX™, a product that utilizes proprietary PET chemical recycling technology*1. The company also launched a website to showcase the products from prominent Japanese…

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Finke presents sustainable colouring solutions at FAKUMA 2024

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Sustainability, colouring solutions for products with a high proportion of recycled materials and support for design-for-recycling approaches are currently the focus of product development at Karl Finke GmbH & Co. KG from Wuppertal, one of the largest medium-sized manufacturers of high-quality…

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QC Polymer seeks investment to drive circular economy

Iranpolymer/Baspar The new owner of QC Polymer is seeking £1 million this year and potentially looking for £5-6 million next year which will significantly upgrade the technologies used to sort and treat PET at the West Midland’s recycling facility. Managing director and…

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Latest market research report for global vacuum packaging market 2024-2028

Iranpolymer/Baspar The global vacuum packaging market is estimated to grow by USD 7.93 billion from 2024-2028, with a CAGR of 4.6%, driven by increasing awareness about food safety and hygiene and a trend towards sustainable packaging solutions. However, the industry faces challenges…

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Positive Plastics goes beyond the surface with latest update

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Friedrichshafen, Germany — The Positive Plastics team — the three material experts behind the Positiv Plastics initiative launched two years ago at Fakuma 2021 — returned with its third sample kit in 2023. For the first time, this year’s offering…

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Envalior works with EPOCA to develop gardening tools made from recycled fishing nets

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Envalior has announced it has supported the Italian based manufacturer EPOCA S.p.A. to deliver SEALOVE, a  gardening tool collection manufactured from Akulon RePurposed, a versatile polyamide, made from recycled fishing nets. Sustainability is imperative for EPOCA — the company, located…

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Conti starts volume production of its ‘most sustainable ever’ tire

Iranpolymer/ Baspar   Hanover, Germany – Continental has started production of the UltraContact NXT – its “most sustainable series tire to date” – at its manufacturing site in Lousado, Portugal. With up to 65% renewable, recycled and mass balance certified materials,…

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Applied Testing of Recycled Plastic in Road Pavement Materials

Iranpolymer/ Baspar  Researchers at the University of Missouri are using recycled materials including plastic waste in experimental replacements for traditional asphalt pavement. In partnership with the Missouri Department of Transportation, the research team has recently created a real-world test road…

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UPM Biochemicals and Selenis Form Strategic Alliance to Develop Sustainable PETG

Iranpolymer/ Baspar  Finland’s UPM Biochemicals and Portugal-based Selenis, a subsidiary of the IMG Group, have formed a strategic partnership to produce sustainable PETG (polyethylene terephthalate glycol) resin that will accelerate the introduction of renewable, sustainable forest-sourced materials into plastic applications. Highly-transparent and FDA-approved…

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Trending now: Plastic is the new black

It was fashion’s biggest night and plastics stole the show thanks to actress Emma Watson’s pantsuit made from recycled plastic bottles.  Designer Calvin Klein and Livia Firth, environmental activist and founder of Eco Age Ltd., collaborated together on the black…

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Chinese market prompts recycling expansion in Pakistan

China is increasingly becoming a magnet for recycled materials from other parts of Asia, and notably from Pakistan, one of the latter’s prominent PET recyclers has noted.

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