RECYCLING magazine (International)

1 week ago | recycling-magazine.com | Michael Brunn

55 Its creation has two main goals: to shape policies that enhance the recognition of dissolution recycling and to ensure a level playing field among all recycling technologies. Dissolution recycling refers to technologies that recover polymers from plastic waste through a solvent-based physical recycling process, aiming to maintain the integrity of polymer chains.

1 week ago | recycling-magazine.com | Michael Brunn

40 Key updates include streamlining the measurement of intrinsic viscosity variation for PET bottles and harmonising the filter pack used in extrusion during HDPE and PP rigid packaging recyclability tests to facilitate future common assessments.

1 week ago | recycling-magazine.com | Michael Brunn

3 The Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) is a major piece of legislation that will benefit consumers of almost all products put on the EU single market, by ensuring sustainable design from the outset. This includes energy-intensive products like iron and steel, making it a key part of realising the EU’s Clean Industrial Deal. After its adoption in 2024, the ESPR is now being implemented in stages.

1 week ago | recycling-magazine.com | Michael Brunn

41 The most recent studies focus on the search for cheaper alternative substrates, such as agro-industrial waste or industrial by-products, and on extraction strategies to reduce product costs. In this way, the aim is to facilitate their incorporation into a market dominated by petroleum-based plastics.

1 week ago | recycling-magazine.com | Michael Brunn

42 In EU practice, this is the first common framework for the use of recycled materials in the production of packaging that will demonstrate whether such an initiative can work in Europe and how effectively. However, it is, as yet, unclear how to verify regulatory compliance and impose penalties for non-compliance. At present, producers themselves decide on recycled material content in bottles as it has a direct impact on the competitiveness of the end product on the market.