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Frugalpac sells world’s first paper bottle machine British sustainable packaging company Frugalpac has secured the first customer for its paper bottle machine which makes the Frugal Bottle – the world’s first and only commercially available…

Nominated for Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2022 in the category of Recycling Machinery Innovation The MRSjump is a new extruder which uses the operating principle of the Gneuss MRS technology however with a vastly expanded…

KraussMaffei Introduces New, Comprehensive Product Naming System Starting with the new precisionMolding and powerMolding injection molding machines, the new precisionMixhead and the newly named purity recyclingLine (formerly edelweiss),…

Marine equipment and technology supplier Gael Force Group has begun partnering with a business that aims to turn waste from its moorings production into recyclable garden products. Ocean Plastic Pots transforms raw material from the excess…

Free Plastic Pipe Industry On-line Educational Channel Launched The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI) today announced its on-line educational channel that contains a curriculum of programs about plastic pipe. PPI is the major North…

Borealis Bornewables help Uponor create the world’s first cross-linked polyethylene (PE-X) pipes based on renewable feedstock In line with its EverMinds™ initiatives to work with partners along the value chain and accelerate action on…

BD and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical have signed a letter of intent (LOI) to discuss a partnership agreement to explore new ways to advance biologic drug delivery BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology…

Hamar Laser introduces L-703 Bore & Spindle Alignment Laser Hamar Laser is pleased to introduce its L-703 Bore & Spindle Alignment Laser, a compact and versatile laser with many applications, including bore alignment, barrel and…

Superworms capable of munching through plastic waste A species of worm with an appetite for polystyrene could be the key to plastic recycling on a mass scale. Researchers at the University of Queensland have discovered the common Zophobas…

First evidence of microplastics in Antarctic snow Most people see Antarctica as a pristine, relatively untouched place, but a new study published today has revealed the presence of microplastics – plastic pieces much smaller than a grain of…

Much has been written about the ills of bottled water. About the ugly plastic waste it generates. About the massive price difference between a bottle of mineral water and a bottle of tapwater when the quality is often not very different.…

REMONDIS and Werner & Mertz cooperate on plastics recycling The current global political situation with the continuing pandemic-related breakdowns in global supply chains, the struggle to find economic solutions to climate change and,…