German plastic packaging recycling (input) rate increases to 68.9%, with PS continuing to meet target, but households must discard waste correctly: The Umweltbundesamt (German Environment Agency/ UBA) and the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister - ZSVR) jointly

Which are the most commonly used plastics in #EWaste? 🤔 PS, ABS, PC, PA and PP! Once collected, EEE products are sorted into distinct categories, making the recycling process more efficient and ensuring higher-quality #RecycledPlastics ✅ More 👉 plasticsrecyclers.eu/plastic-recycl…

Styrenics Circular Solutions today announced a reciprocal membership agreement with Plarebel, a Belgian non-profit organisation committed to fulfilling the circular economy potential for plastics. Since its creation in 1999, Plarebel has become a reference in Belgium for anyone

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Circular PS – The time is now: SCS Secretary General Jens Kathmann SCS will present during the 'PS Recycling Focus Session' at Plastics Recycling Show Europe 2025, alongside SCS members and partners. Jens will explain how material properties, #recycling technology development, new regulation and

As SCS and PLAREBEL have entered into reciprocal membership, our Secretary General Jens Kathmann SCS has outlined the scope of SCS' activity in Plarebel's newsletter, including the development, demonstration and economically viable scale-up of #recycling technologies for

📢 Nos complace anunciar que hemos fabricado productos 100 % reciclados en colaboración con repsol y AnQore 💪. Los clientes no percibirán ningún cambio en las propiedades de sus productos, pero sí se estarán sumando a un consumo responsable y circular: bit.ly/3FpcO0e

Our Policy Director, Ken Huestebeck, will present at the 3rd Sustainable Plastics Europe 2025 conference in Frankfurt, 7-8 May 2025. The EU has fundamentally changed its regime to ensure the safety of the recycled plastic food contact material. Ken will address the challenges and

We hope to see you in Prague for the Smithers' Global Food Contact 2025 conference, where our Policy Director Ken Huestebeck will present on 'Recycled plastic food contact material – Challenges and opportunities of the new EU regulation'. The EU has recently adopted

The start-up of the new plant in Porto Marghera marks an important step in #Versalis’ transformation process, promoting a more circular and environmentally sustainable economy through technological innovation and post-consumer plastic recycling. bit.ly/4l0DswY

Our recycled polystyrene is paving the way for sustainably advantaged solutions in food packaging. Made using dissolution recycling technology, our rPS features 30% recycled content and meets food-contact standards. Learn more: ow.ly/4p1u50VS4Ow

More sorting capacity for plastic packaging, including #polystyrene (PS), being added in the European market: After a two-year construction process, the new Områ sorting facility in Holtskogen, Norway, recently entered into ‘warm’ commissioning, with the first bale being put on

Additional recycling processes for #polystyrene food contact material (rPS FCM) considered safe: For the first time this year, the US FDA recently updated its list of so-called no objection letters (NOLs). NOLs are favourable opinions on the suitability of a specific process

Belgian packaging #recycling rate increases further; about half of #polystyrene already recycled: In its 2024 activity report, household packaging producer responsibility organisation (PRO) @FostPlusfr details that the plastic recycling rate increased from 69% to 71%. 49% of that

As the EU faces soaring energy costs and competition from low-cost recyclate imports, Plastics Recyclers Europe’s president, Ton Emans, presents a six-point checklist to protect Europe’s plastics recycling industry, from improved transparency to clean energy packagingeurope.com/comment/six-ac…

Dairy pot with 30% mechanically recycled polystyrene (mrPS) content wins German Packaging Award. The jury of the Deutsches Verpackungsinstitut (dvi) @dviverpackungannounced it as a winner in the category sustainability – recycled content yesterday. It noted that the sour cream

We're excited to be shortlisted for two prestigious Reuters Global Sustainability Awards 2025: Circularity and Net Zero: Supply Chain Decarbonisation. We made significant progress in both of these areas in 2024, which are outlined in our Sustainability Report. Reuters Events Sustainable Business