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Circular Economy

Circular economy is one of the biggest fields of action in the plastics and rubber industry. The development of a functioning circular economy is one of the most important tasks of the industry. Read all K-Mag articles on the topic of Circular Economy here.
Image: Different colored slip-on shoes made of plastic; Copyright: Dow /Porto Indonesia Sejahtera

Circular Economy

13.12.2024

Dow expands Sustainable Footwear Materials Portfolio

Innovative low-carbon solutions aim to enhance sustainability in footwear manufacturing

Image: Shopping baskets made from recycled material; Copyright: Schwarz Group

Circular Economy

11.12.2024

Lidl and Kaufland are Leading the Way: Shopping Baskets Made from Recycled Material

Resource-saving hand and wheelie baskets made from post-consumer recyclate as a contribution to the circular economy
Image: shoe next to ecoflex® BMB-Based Midsole; Copyright: BASF

Circular Economy

25.11.2024

Advancing Running Shoe Sustainability with Biopolymers

Mount to Coast Partners with BASF to Launch ecoflex® BMB-Based Midsole Technology
Image: Reusable transport box; Copyright: Fraunhofer LBF

Circular Economy

20.11.2024

Reusable Transport Box: Plastics for Modern Logistics

Fraunhofer LBF develops transport solution made of easily recyclable monomaterial for greater efficiency and sustainability

Image: a person holding a sign that says 'recycled material' in front of some pullovers; Copyright: Pressmaster

Circular Economy

23.10.2024

Closed loop recycling for more sustainability in the textile industry
Image: air view of borealis location; Copyright: Borealis

Circular Economy

04.10.2024

Low-Carbon Plastics Production: Infinium and Borealis Partner up

Collaborative effort to create sustainable polyolefins from captured CO2 emissions
Image: Carrie Song, Senior Vice President, Commercial at Neste Renewable Products and Yoshiyuki Watanabe, Division COO, Business Development Div. at Mitsubishi; Copyright: Mitsubishi Corporation

Circular Economy

23.08.2024

Neste and Mitsubishi Corporation Form Strategic Partnership

Collaborating to Build Sustainable Solutions for Japanese Brands
Image: Plastic flakes being poured out of a pipe; Copyright: Interzero

Circular Economy

14.08.2024

Digital Twin for Resource Management

Interzero creates a digital foundation for the circular economy with the Materialkonto

Image: six men standing in front of a POLYSTAR lettering; Copyright: POLYSTAR

Circular Economy

26.07.2024

Advancing Circular Economy in the GCC Region

Oman Plastic Recycler Partners with POLYSTAR
Image: Stadium seats made from recycled material; Copyright: Le Pavé

Circular Economy

17.07.2024

Stadium seats for the Olympic Games made from plastic waste

From waste to win: shampoo bottles become stadium seats
Image: Three men in suits smiling at the camera and holding a transparent car part; Copyright: Covestro

Circular Economy

15.07.2024

Closing the loop: turning old tires into new car parts

Neste, Covestro, Borealis: collaborative efforts in automotive circularity
Image: several bioplastic products made of olive pits; Copyright: Biolive

Circular Economy

05.07.2024

Bioplastics Made of Olive Pits

Biolive's innovative Recycling Process Paves the Way for Sustainable Plastic Production
Image: Sorting belt with plastic bottles. Two employees can be seen out of focus in the background; Copyright: envato

Circular Economy

26.06.2024

Sustainability thanks to the circular economy

New paths for the plastics industry
Image: Vytal Pepsi Cup being held aloft at an event; Copyright: Vytal

Circular Economy

19.06.2024

Digital reusable cup from Vytal and PepsiCo

With individual IDs for each cup, which can be read using a QR code or RFID tag, efficiency at large events is increased enormously.

Photo: Thomas Philipon, CEO of TotalEnergies Corbion and Suvi Haimi, CEO and Co-founder of Sulapac; Copyright: private

Circular Economy

17.05.2024

Pioneering sustainable solutions in the cosmetic industry
Image: a boat on the open sea; Copyright: AKVA group™

Circular Economy

15.04.2024

Renewable plastic for workboat hulls

Borealis and AKVA group set a new standard for sustainability in aquaculture

Image: Threads on bobbins in the textile industry; Copyright: Mint_Images

Circular Economy

27.03.2024

The rediscovery of plastics in the textile industry

The textile industry is in the midst of a green transformation, with sustainability and recycling taking centre stage. ...
Photo: Aerial view of the white building of Integra Plastics AD; Copyright: Integra Plastics AD

Circular Economy

26.01.2024

Borealis to acquire Integra Plastics AD, an advanced mechanical recycling player based in Bulgaria
Image: Recyclates; Copyright: Cirplus

Circular Economy

10.01.2024

Digital marketplace as a driver for the Circular Economy

Cirplus presents a digital platform that makes the recyclate market transparent and enables real-time coordination between ...
Image: Several wind turbines next to each other in a wind farm; Copyright: perutskyy

Circular Economy

22.12.2023

Repsol strengthens its alliance with Pontegadea through a 618 MW renewable portfolio
Image: Several carpets rolled up and stacked on top of each other; Copyright: Ascend Performance Materials

Circular Economy

15.12.2023

Circular Polymers by Ascend and ReDefyne experts highlight expanded options for post-consumer recycled nylons, PET and PP
Photo: Aerial view of the Rialti SPA complex, which is surrounded by greenery; Copyright: Rialti

Circular Economy

08.12.2023

Borealis expands its mechanically recycled plastic compounding capacity with closing the acquisition of Rialti S.p.A.
Image: Five colorful square Play-Tec® HDPE panels. In front the Blue Angel symbol and a link; Copyright: Röchling SE & Co. KG

Circular Economy

20.11.2023

Play-Tec® PCR awarded with "Blue Angel"
Image: Reusable container from MealGood with mashed potatoes and meatballs inside; Copyright: Stephan Floss

Circular Economy

15.11.2023

Circular Economy in the canteen: Start-up develops reusable containers for the catering industry

Interview with Laura-Marie Schulte, Founder, MealGood GmbH
Image: Detail of the upper body of a person carrying takeaway food and coffee in paper packaging; Copyright: maxbelchenko

Circular Economy

13.11.2023

BASF celebrates 25th birthday of ecoflex®, the world's first PBAT biopolymer
Image: slightly blurred shot of an aisle with shelves in an empty grocery store; Copyright: YuriArcursPeopleimages

Circular Economy

10.10.2023

BASF publishes Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study on polyamides from chemically recycled or renewable raw materials in mozzarella packaging
Photo: Project STOP employees take a tour of the new materials recovery facility; Copyright: Project STOP

Circular Economy

02.10.2023

New material recovery facility opened in Banyuwangi under Project STOP's expansion program
Image: various plastic packaging; Copyright: FabrikaPhoto

Circular Economy

06.09.2023

Yogurt cup becomes yogurt cup: Design for Recycling as the key to a Circular Economy

Interview with Konrad Wasserbauer, Global Director Circular Economy, Greiner Packaging
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
Image: Several small copper-colored granule squares fall out of a horizontal beaker; Copyright: traceless materials

Circular Economy

22.06.2023

Bioeconomy startup traceless receives millions in funding from the German Federal Ministry for the Environment
Image: Yellow corn cob hanging amidst several corn plants; Copyright: stevanovicigor

Circular Economy

08.06.2023

Bioplastics become more attractive for industry
Image: Fixation of electric cables in front of bluish background; Copyright: photocreo

Circular Economy

18.05.2023

LAPP uses new bio-based plastic from BASF – Organic ETHERLINE® now available too
Image: Plastic pallet in orange; Copyright: trans-o-flex

Circular Economy

16.05.2023

Logistics: eco-friendly and economical transport with plastic pallets

Interview with Wolfgang P. Albeck, CEO, trans-o-flex Express GmbH & Co. KGaA
Image: Chemical complex with numerous pipes; Copyright: scalatore1959

Circular Economy

27.04.2023

BluCon Biotech welcomes strategic investment by major chemical group LG Chem
Image: Four large waste recycling garbage cans on the street; Copyright: AZ-BLT

Circular Economy

20.04.2023

Project STOP marks major milestones and expands waste collection services to over 300,000 people
Image: interior of a logistics warehouse; Copyright: vanitjan

Circular Economy

29.03.2023

Parcel logistics: the future belongs to reusable plastic boxes

Interview with Dr. Peter Entenfellner, Co-Founder & CEO, and Andreas Holzleithner, Co-Founder & CTO, BOOXit
Image: a nurse holding an infusion tube in her hand; Copyright: Iakobchuk

Circular Economy

17.02.2023

Bioplastics for medicine: sustainability and quality in harmony

Interview with Julian Lotz, Managing Director (CEO), BIOVOX GmbH
Image: two men sitting in an easter-asian boat filled with plastic bottles; Copyright: tide ocean material

Circular Economy

15.02.2023

Back to the cycle: #tide turns ocean plastic into high-quality recyclates

Interview with Marc Krebs, Co-Founder & CCO, Tide Ocean SA

Further K-Mag articles

Image: In-house recycling at a manufacturer of electronic components; Copyright: WITTMANN

Machinery & Plants

Economical Plastics Recycling for the Injection Moulding Industry

Image: Plastic waste on the conveyor belt of a sorting plant. Copyright: Heng Heng - AI Stock – stock.adobe.com

Climate Protection

Falling EU Competitiveness Threatens Circular Plastics Transition
Image: a person wearing a dark green raincoat; Copyright: astrakanimages

Developments

Fluorinated polymers for the circular economy
Image: VTT's pilot equipment for converting carbon dioxide into synthesis gas; Copyright: Photo VTT

Climate Protection

Sustainable plastics production through bio-based carbon capture in Finland
Image: a woman holding two walking aids; Copyright: DC_Studio

Climate Protection

Opportunities and limitations of recyclates in medical technology
Image: View of the Earth from space - symbolic image for future applications of 3D printing in space travel; Copyright: Oulailux - stock.adobe.com

Additive Manufacturing

3D Printing Redefined: Manufacturing Plastic Components Faster and More Precisely
Image: Against a blue background: parts of a building on the left, 3 waving flags on the right; Copyright: Reifenhäuser

Machinery & Plants

Reifenhäuser Expands Service Capacity in Middle East and Africa
Image: Hand reaching into apple waste and lifting it up; Copyright: Covestro

Plastics

New Leather Alternative Made From Apple Waste: Sustainability in the Fashion and Automotive Industry
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