Recycling

Recycling is indispensable for the plastics industry: it offers a sustainable solution for climate protection and at the same time holds enormous economic potential. In addition, the recycling of plastics strengthens the circular economy and enables the industry to actively assume its responsibility for the environment and develop innovative products and business models. Discover exciting stories about sustainable solutions and visionary minds shaping the future of recycling in K-Mag.

Recycling

01.08.2025

Belgium Expands Plastics Recycling Capacity With New Household Waste Facility

Morssinkhof-Rymoplast Group and Ingka Investments drive circular economy with new state-of-the-art recycling plant in Lommel

PET bottles and textile fabrics; Copyright: envato

Recycling

27.06.2025

DePoly launches industrial-scale facility for fossil-free PET recycling

Swiss cleantech company demonstrates circular plastic innovation with a new showcase plant

Photo: an airbag hanging out of a steering wheel; Copyright: envato

Recycling

04.04.2025

Efficient Chemical Recycling Technology for Nylon 66

Toray’s Innovative depolymerization process enables monomer recovery and supports circular economy goals

Recycling

05.03.2025

Global Recycling Day: The Status Quo in Plastic Recycling

How AI, Chemical Recycling, and Digital Tools Are Driving the Circular Economy – and Where Challenges Remain

Recycling

03.01.2025

Doğa Expands PET Bottle Recycling Capacity in Türkiye

New recycling facility supports circular economy with food-grade PET production

Image: different plastics and other materials in glasses on a table; Copyright: Hansgrohe

Recycling

02.10.2024

Recycling and reusing ABS plastics in-house

Hansgrohe, in partnership with ImpulsTec GmbH, has succeeded in recycling galvanized plastics.

Image: Used tyres; Copyright: Sida - stock.adobe.com

Recycling

04.09.2024

Tyre Recycling: Keeping Valuable Raw Materials in the Loop

Possibilities for Reuse, Regulatory Challenges and the Importance of Artificial Intelligence

Recycling

30.08.2024

UBQ is literally turning trash into treasure

Israeli firm’s patented process transforms common household garbage into quality thermoplastic resins

Picture: Children in Africa collecting plastic waste; Copyright: envato

Recycling

10.07.2024

Recycling solutions for a sustainable future

Wild plastic from the environment

Image: Close-up of the DM Maxliner 3D machine printing at drupa 2024

Recycling

04.07.2024

Sustainable PET Film Recycling Solutions

Leonhard Kurz presents the high-performance DM Maxliner 3D machine at drupa 2024

Image: example of the patch-based laminate design using Cevotec's Artist Studio Software; Copyright: National Composites Centre

Recycling

07.06.2024

NCC Enhances Circularity in Aerospace Manufacturing

Pioneering advancements in composite recycling to significantly reduce waste in aerospace production.

Image: PET bottle production plant; Copyright: gumpanat

Recycling

30.05.2024

Partnership in PET recycling drive sustainability forward

GANESHA ECOPET and SOREMA formed a notable alliance in plastic recycling, advancing industry innovation and sustainability.

Image: Close-up of an old plastic tool housing part; Copyright: HolyPoly

Recycling

18.04.2024

Closed-Loop Factory: from waste acceptance to product manufacture

Recycling begins even before disposal. The entire life cycle of a product should be considered as early as the product ...

Image: three men at a gasification plant; Copyright: Waste-to-En

Recycling

13.03.2024

Chemical Recycling of Plastics at Waste-to-En

Start-up Waste-to-En converts plastic waste into valuable resources through gasification

Image: Plant for the gasification of plastic waste from laboratories; Copyright: Re:Lab

Recycling

06.03.2024

Gasification of plastic waste at low temperatures

The specific requirements and high purity of plastic waste from life science research laboratories make recycling it a ...

Recycling

01.03.2024

World's First PET Biorecycling Plant

In a significant advancement for sustainable materials management, CARBIOS has teamed up with De Smet Engineers

Image: Model wearing a sporty jacket made from BASF's recycled material loopamid; Copyright: Inditex

Recycling

12.02.2024

BASF and Inditex promote sustainable fashion with loopamid®

The textile industry is facing major changes in sustainability, led by BASF and Inditex through the launch of ...

Image: Symbolic representation of the decomposition of a PET bottle (left), which is broken down into its basic building blocks by suitable enzymes; Copyright: HZB/Frank Lennartz, Gert Weber

Recycling

12.01.2024

Boosting PET recycling with higher standards for laboratory experiments

Image: Black and white detail of two open hands. The left hand holds snippets, while the right hand holds small beads; Copyright: Coperion GmbH

Recycling

05.01.2024

Coperion Recycling Innovation Center is Up and Running

Image: Plastic pole; Copyright: Talon Technology

Recycling

05.12.2023

From chaos to creation: How composites transform unsorted plastic waste into useful products

Image: Three open snack bags; Copyright: Dominik Benke

Recycling

08.11.2023

From snack bag to cooling technology: The rebirth of aluminum-plastic laminates

Image: Rose gloved hands hold petri dishes in a chemistry lab; Copyright: kalinovskiyphoto

Recycling

20.10.2023

Start-up recycles plastic lab waste into new test tubes and petri dishes

Image: Glass containers with oil; Copyright: ARTFULLY79

Recycling

11.10.2023

Chemical recycling: the supreme discipline for the Circular Economy in the plastics industry?

Interview with Dirk Hardow, Head of Business Unit Manager Functional Films and Compounds, SÜDPACK Verpackungen 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: Energy chains; Copyright: igus GmbH

Recycling

22.09.2023

Recycling programme for engineering plastics

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: Large accumulation of PET bottles to be recycled in a warehouse; Copyright: Krones AG

Recycling

13.09.2023

Making the impossible possible: Recycling multilayer packaging

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

Recycling

05.09.2023

HDPE plastics from post-consumer flows

Image: Recycled thermoplastic carbon fiber reinforced UD tape reflected on the tray against a gray background; Copyright: Fraunhofer IPT

Recycling

17.08.2023

Unwinding in high quality: Continuously detached and recycled thermoplastic carbon fiber tapes with a new recycling approach

Image: Coperion plant; Copyright: Coperion

Recycling

16.08.2023

"Chemical recycling is still in its infancy, but has huge potential"

Interview with Jochen Schofer, Head of Sales of the Recycling Business Unit, Coperion GmbH

Image: Sutco plant in Stockholm; Copyright: Sutco

Recycling

16.08.2023

"There must not be a cannibalisation of material flows"

Interview with Michael Ludden, Managing Director, Sutco Recycling GmbH

Recycling

10.08.2023

Challenge accepted: PET recycling in Myanmar

Interview with Ottavio Previero, Marketing Manager for SOREMA div. PREVIERO N. Srl a socio unico

Image: Prof. Dr. Manfred Renner; Copyright: Fraunhofer UMSICHT

Recycling

25.07.2023

"There is no one and only solution for recycling"

Interview with Prof. Dr. Manfred Renner, Director of Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT

Image: Manfred Hackl und Klaus Lederer; Copyright: EREMA Group

Recycling

14.07.2023

"Recyclates from chemical recycling will be more expensive than virgin material"

Interview with Manfred Hackl, CEO, and Klaus Lederer, Business Development Manager Chemical Recycling, EREMA Group

Recycling

07.07.2023

Together for Sustainability (TfS): "The name is the message"

Interview with Boris Engelhardt, Secretary General, The German Rubber Manufacturers' Association (wdk)

Image: Various nuts and seeds in transparent plastic packaging in a carton; Copyright: Olena_Mykhaylova

Recycling

08.06.2023

Further K-Mag articles

Geotextile sheet used for erosion control on the bank of a waterway; Copyright: BAW

Circular Economy

Recycling

Belgium Expands Plastics Recycling Capacity With New Household Waste Facility

DePoly launches industrial-scale facility for fossil-free PET recycling

Efficient Chemical Recycling Technology for Nylon 66

Global Recycling Day: The Status Quo in Plastic Recycling

Doğa Expands PET Bottle Recycling Capacity in Türkiye

Recycling and reusing ABS plastics in-house

Tyre Recycling: Keeping Valuable Raw Materials in the Loop

UBQ is literally turning trash into treasure

Recycling solutions for a sustainable future

Sustainable PET Film Recycling Solutions

NCC Enhances Circularity in Aerospace Manufacturing

Partnership in PET recycling drive sustainability forward

Closed-Loop Factory: from waste acceptance to product manufacture

Chemical Recycling of Plastics at Waste-to-En

Gasification of plastic waste at low temperatures

World's First PET Biorecycling Plant

BASF and Inditex promote sustainable fashion with loopamid®

Boosting PET recycling with higher standards for laboratory experiments

Coperion Recycling Innovation Center is Up and Running

From chaos to creation: How composites transform unsorted plastic waste into useful products

From snack bag to cooling technology: The rebirth of aluminum-plastic laminates

Start-up recycles plastic lab waste into new test tubes and petri dishes

Chemical recycling: the supreme discipline for the Circular Economy in the plastics industry?

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

Recycling programme for engineering plastics

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

Making the impossible possible: Recycling multilayer packaging

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

HDPE plastics from post-consumer flows

Unwinding in high quality: Continuously detached and recycled thermoplastic carbon fiber tapes with a new recycling approach

"Chemical recycling is still in its infancy, but has huge potential"

"There must not be a cannibalisation of material flows"

Challenge accepted: PET recycling in Myanmar

"There is no one and only solution for recycling"

"Recyclates from chemical recycling will be more expensive than virgin material"

Together for Sustainability (TfS): "The name is the message"

Collaboration project shows: multi-layer packaging can be separated and recycled on an industrial scale

First PET Bottle-to-Bottle Recycling Line in Kenya

Researchers use light to convert abundant lignin into plastic that can be continually recycled

Degradation of Plastic Waste using newly Developed Biocatalysts

Performance meets circularity: fibre-reinforced plastics become recyclable

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