Borealis Plans To Quadruple Its Recycled Plastics Production By 2025 Borealis, a leading supplier of innovative solutions for polyolefins, chemical feedstocks and fertilizers, has signed the “A Line in the Sand” agreement for the new plastics economy – a global agreement to eliminate plastic pollution at the source. 250 global organizations, including large global packaging…

100% Recyclable PET Plastic For “Take Away Ready-To-Eat” Food Packaging According to foreign media Foodbev, Faerch Plast has developed a new packaging material made from 100% recycled PET, which can be used to take away ready-to-eat food packaging. The new material will be officially launched in January 2019 and will be promoted through Faerch Plast’s…

Britain Plans To Impose New Tax On Non-Recycled Plastic Packaging According to reports, British Finance Minister Philip Hammond said on Monday that the UK will impose a new tax on plastic packaging manufacturers or importers with a recycling rate of less than 30%. Based on input from public consultations, the measures to reduce pollution and…

Lightweight Materials Power Modern Mobile Solutions The use of LANXESS high-performance plastics and composites enables the design of components that can replace automotive metal parts for weight reduction, fuel economy and emission reduction. These innovative materials are used in engine components, door frames, pedals, front ends, seats, underbody and cockpit lateral materials. Thanks to the…

New SPEED Series And JETMASTER MK6 Series Into Focus At the exhibition, Chen Hsong Group showed the audience a SPEED-PACK 260 and a JE88-MK6 in the JETMASTER MK6 series. Both machine series are the company’s new series. It is worth mentioning that the SPEED-PACK series was exhibited at the Fakuma exhibition because the company’s goal…

Zhenxiong Actively Strengthens Its Position In The European Market This year coincides with the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Chen Hsong Group. At Fakuma 2018, Chen Hsong Europe exhibited two advanced injection molding machines to strengthen the company’s position in the European market. Established in May 2013 and located in the Netherlands, Zhenxiong…

Renewable Resource Recovery System Accelerates Change The market is huge, but the raw materials are scarce. In 2017, the “Implementation Plan for the Reform of the Import Management System for the Prohibition of Foreign Waste Entry into the Solid Waste” was promulgated. After the ban on the import of waste plastics from domestic sources at…

Recovery And Reuse Of The Entire Process Of Processing After the bales entering the rPlanet Earth workshop are separated into separate bottles and thermoformed containers, multiple sorting processes are performed. The magnetization sorter removes debris such as wires; the near-infrared scanner identifies the PET material and separates it from other polymers, and an additional sorting…

Australia Plans To Achieve 100% Environmentally Friendly Packaging By 2025 The Australian government today announced the latest National Packaging Targets, which are planned to achieve renewable or compostable packaging throughout Australia by 2025. The National Packaging Development Goals plan that by 2025, 70% of Australia’s plastic packaging must be recyclable or compostable, and by 2025,…

Closed Loop Recycling Companies Will PET Waste Into Food Grade Packaging rPlanet Earth, a new company specializing in closed-loop recycling of plastic waste, has started a global large-scale vertical integrated recycling production plant project to convert PET packaging waste directly into recycled PET products comparable to raw PET materials. Located in Vernon, Calif., with an…