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Sustainability is the focus both in the plastics industry and at K in Düsseldorf. We highlight important topics for you such as circular economy, recycling and climate protection.

Sustainability

Sustainability is the focus both in the plastics industry and at K in Düsseldorf. We highlight important topics for you such as circular economy, recycling and climate protection.

Image: Energy chains; Copyright: igus GmbH

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Recycling

22.09.2023

Recycling programme for engineering plastics

Wherever there is movement in manufacturing, the plastic plain bearings and energy guiding chains from igus can be used. Even in packaging machines, e-chains and plain bearings made of high-performance polymers ensure movement. The products are durable but at some point they also have to be disposed of. igus has set up its own recycling programme for this purpose.

Circular Economy

Renewable Energies

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Circular Economy

Image: Women talking to each other surrounded by plastic waste; Copyright: Ecopost

Circular Economy

02.08.2023

Turning plastic waste into sustainable growth: Driving Circular Economy in Kenya

Interview with Lorna Rutto, Founder of Ecopost and Markus Horcher, Director Sustainability & Public Affairs, Borealis

Image: Development of the bioplastic from asparagus peels to the test specimen made from new asparagus compound; Copyright: IfBB

Circular Economy

19.07.2023

The green side of asparagus: a new approach to bioplastics production

Interview with Maximilian Bergholz, research associate at the Institute for Bioplastics and Biocomposites (IfBB)

Image: Detail of hands holding a tablet and a plastic cup. Next to it: Food packaging; Copyright: seventyfourimages

Circular Economy

13.07.2023

Next-level recycling with digital innovations: Cologne-based plastics processor igus invests in start-up cirplus

Photo: Lots of plastic waste floating in a pond; Copyright: RLTheis

Circular Economy

06.07.2023

Supporting this once-in-a-generation opportunity to tackle plastic pollution

All articles on the circular economy

Recycling

Image: Energy chains; Copyright: igus GmbH

Recycling

22.09.2023

Recycling programme for engineering plastics

Image: Chemical recycling plant of Arcus-Greencycling Technologies GmbH; Copyright: Arcus-Greencycling Technologies GmbH

Recycling

22.09.2023

"Considerably more fossil oil would be consumed without mass balance"

Interview with Markus Klatte, founder and managing director of Arcus-Greencycling Technologies GmbH

Image: Chemical recycling plant of OMV Downstream GmbH; Copyright: OMV Downstream GmbH

Recycling

18.09.2023

"Chemical recycling has the potential to close the existing gap in circular economy"

Interview with Beate Edl, Project Director Circular Economy, OMV Downstream GmbH

Image: PET bottles in the rail on the conveyor belt for filling are processed in a drinking water factory; Copyright: StudioPeace

Recycling

12.09.2023

Recycled PET for India's first 100 % rPET beverage bottle produced by Srichakra Polyplast on Starlinger equipment

All articles on recycling

Renewable Energies

Image: Hands turning protective film on front fenders of a car; Copyright: NomadSoul1

Renewable Energies

15.06.2023

Covestro inaugurates new production line and launches new Desmopan®UP TPU series for Paint Protection Film in the automotive and wind sector

Image: A rotor blade is transported by truck on the road; Copyright: Covestro

Renewable Energies

26.05.2023

Renewable energies: Bringing wind power forward with PU resins

Interview with Dirk Soontjens, Director Global Wind Segment at Covestro

Image: PhD student Svenja Pohl with a coloured solar concentrator; Copyright: Oliver Dietze

Renewable Energies

22.05.2023

Luminescent solar collectors: Silicone makes power generation more flexible and colourful

Interview with Prof. Dr. Guido Kickelbick, Professor of Inorganic Solid State Chemistry, Saarland University

Image: sun and clouds in the sky; Copyright: joaquincorbalan

Renewable Energies

13.04.2023

Solar-powered system converts plastic and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels

All articles on renewable energies

Climate Protection

Image: greenhouse gas emissions are coming out of the two chimneys of thermal power plants. In the foreground are some trees. In the background: blue sky; Copyright: Daria_Nipot

Climate Protection

06.07.2023

New guide to the future of plastics

Image: Ingemar Bühler alongside other participants at an event in front of microphones; Copyright: PlasticsEurope Germany

Climate Protection

28.06.2023

"We are convinced that the UN Plastics Treaty can contribute to the transformation of the entire plastics system"

Interview with Ingemar Bühler, Managing Director, PlasticsEurope Deutschland e.V.

Image: Lettering

Climate Protection

16.06.2023

Global chemical companies sign agreement on R&D Hub for plastic waste processing incubated by World Economic Forum

Hub will focus on developing new technologies for waste processing with lower CO2 footprint and greater levels of plastic waste recycling

Image: Exterior view of a biogas plant surrounded by a field and a forest; Copyright: Grigory_bruev

Climate Protection

17.05.2023

CO2BioClean: Turning CO₂ into biodegradable plastics

Interview with David Newman, Communications Manager at CO2BioClean

All articles on climate protection

Further topics of K-Mag

Digitalisation section in K-Mag, the magazine of the K trade fair

Digitalisation

Machines & Production section in K-Mag, the magazine of the K trade fair

Machines & Production

Raw materials section in K-Mag, the magazine of the K trade fair

Raw materials

Science section in K-Mag, the magazine of the K trade fair

Science

Young talents section in K-Mag, the magazine of the K trade fair

Young Talents

Plastics in Practice section in K-Mag, the magazine of the K trade fair

Plastics in Practice

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