Recycling

Dow and Avery Dennison have co-developed an innovative hotmelt label adhesive that enables filmic labels and packaging (PP/PE) to be mechanically recycled together.

The new olefinic hotmelt adhesive is the first of its kind on the label market, designed for chilled food applications.
The solution is approved by Recyclass for recycling in the HDPE colored stream in European markets.

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igus will present next-level engineering through digital innovation at Hannover Messe 2023

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 Patented process for the reliable deep discharging of electric vehicle batteries
 Core process now 100 times faster
 Modular structure allows quick scaling to higher volumes

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By Christopher Morgan, Global Sales Director, Filtrona Tapes
Simplification can provide the best competitive advantage of our time, helping us be more innovative, adaptable, and better positioned to thrive.
Good design demands that users take precedence over aesthetics if the product is to meet their needs.
Why do some products capture our attention while others flop? What makes us engage with certain things over others? Is there an underlying pattern to how technologies hook us in?

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• The Spanish startup develops and commercializes its REACT™ recycling system thanks to funding from Veos Ventures, S.L.

• In Spain, more than 5 million coffee capsules are used every day, but only 10% are recycled.

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Eyewear brand MYKITA, and material technology steel maker Alleima, have joined forces in a new collaboration. The left-over steel scrap from the production of eyewear frames is now returned to Alleima to be recycled steel to be sold back to MYKITA. A win-win collaboration and an important sustainability partnership for the future.

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First production of cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) pipes based on feedstock from chemically recycled PEX waste

Project demonstrates chemical recycling can process hard-to-recycle waste plastic into high-quality polymer products
Partners to evaluate further cooperation to expand waste material pool as well as recycled volumes

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Neste hat seine zweite Testreihe zur Verarbeitung von verflüssigtem Kunststoffabfall im industriellen Maßstab in der Raffinerie in Porvoo abgeschlossen

Insgesamt hat Neste bis heute fast 3.000 Tonnen verflüssigten Kunststoffabfall verarbeitet

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Living in the (big) city and enjoying green, nature-oriented surroundings do not have to be mutually exclusive, as the Munich-based start-up Greenling demonstrates. Founder and CEO Johanna Leisch, co-managing director Megan Douglas, and their team are pursuing the goal of giving city dwellers little moments of nature every day with their mini-garden that fits perfectly on the balcony or terrace.

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Climate Activist, Entrepreneur and Innovator Gibson Kawago discusses his sustainable solution to Tanzania’s unreliable electricity supply.

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