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R-Cycle Complements Cooperation Project for a Pioneering Recycling Concept R-Cycle Partner Reifenhäuser announced, together with the key industry players Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics (P&SP), a business unit of Dow (NYSE: DOW),…

R-Cycle Nominated for the German Innovation Award for Climate and Environment 2022 The cross-industry initiative for high-quality plastics recycling “R-Cycle” has been nominated for the German Innovation Award for Climate and Environment…

GS1 Launches Project to Develop Guideline Based on R-Cycle Under the auspices of GS1 Germany, the project PDS4CircularPlastics (Processes and data sharing approach for enabling circular plastics value networks) has been launched. The goal…

R-Cycle Initiative Becomes Open Community The R-Cycle Initiative, founded in 2020 by various technology companies and organizations across the plastic packaging lifecycle, is transitioning into an open community. This is the next important…

Start for the R-Cycle Community R-Cycle starts into a new phase as an open community. The first official general assembly was held on May 3, 2022 at R-Cycle member Multivac’s corporate site in Wolfertschwenden, Germany. R-Cycle was founded…

ENGEL, One of the World's Leading Manufacturers of Plastic Injection Moulding Machines, Joins R-Cycle ENGEL has joined the cross-company R-Cycle community to drive the establishment of digital product passports for plastic products. R-Cycle…

IN.Pack Machinery Joins R-Cycle – Setting New Standards for Plastic Recycling Through Digital Product Passports IN.Pack Machinerey, a leading producer of flexible Packaging machinery with a sustainability proposition, joins the R-Cycle…

OLBRICH GmbH Becomes a New R-cycle Member OLBRICH GmbH with its Polytype Converting brand is active all over the world and in various fields. With approximately 450 employees worldwide, the specialists have been developing flexible…

Sikoplast Joins the R-Cycle Community Sikoplast is a specialist in the development, production and sale of plants and systems for recycling plastics. The continuously growing product range includes off-line re-pelletizing systems,…

ILLIG Joins R-Cycle Community ILLIG Maschinenbau has joined the R-Cycle Community. Thus, the specialist for packaging solutions relies on the digital product passport for sustainable plastics, improving the sustainability of products, the…

Silver Plastics Joins the R-Cycle Community Silver plastics GmbH & Co. KG – leading manufacturer of plastic packaging in the food sector – has joined the R-Cycle Community. Since 1967, silver plastics has been producing up to one…

Packaging Europe Awarded R-Cycle in the Category Driving the Circular Economy Packaging Europe awarded R-Cycle with the 2022 Sustainability Award in the category Driving the Circular Economy. Among 360 entries from across the global…