Recycling
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Greenwave Circularity secures US$31.5M for Odisha PET recycling plant
Built on a closed-loop model returning used bottles to raw material, the Odisha plant will produce food-grade resin and preforms, addressing India’s shortfall in food-contact-compliant recycled PET.
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Bull Moose acquires Hanna Steel, expanding recycled-content tube footprint to 9 plants
By extending recycled-content capability across Hanna’s operations, the acquisition supports growing demand for lower-carbon steel tubes in packaging machinery and industry.
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Wausau Coated Products’ new WA-669 wash-away adhesive enables bottle reuse with 90% recycled liner
Designed to stay put through normal use, ice included, but release under hot water and agitation, Wausau’s wash-away technology supports circular packaging, since reuse is among the most energy-efficient recycling routes.
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South Africa mandates 100% recycled content in plastic bags by January 2027
The final phase of the 2021 amendments takes effect Jan 2027, completing the rise from 50% (2023) to 75% (2025) and now 100%.
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Zalando brings 80,000T textile recycling to private label with 20% next-gen cotton
The initiative shows textile-to-textile recycling can scale from trials to commercial production, offering a blueprint for brands to adopt next-generation fibres.
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France drops mandatory bottle deposit, opts for voluntary local schemes amid 58% collection gap
The Ministry of Ecological Transition’s 4 September decision follows strong local opposition—authorities argued a mandatory system would divert valuable PET and aluminium from municipal recycling, undercutting sorting infrastructure investments.
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New Zealand’s March 2027 farm plastic recycling scheme to cover 240 sites
The rules apply to producers of agrichemicals in plastic packaging (≤1,000L), bale wrap, silage sheet, 16–40kg plastic bags, and woven PP bags over 40kg.
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South Africa’s new EPR laws force appliance makers to fund recycling, track e-waste
The regulations support South Africa’s circular economy push, with the draft National Waste Management Strategy 2026 targeting 40–60% landfill diversion over the next 5–15 years.
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Saudi Petromin’s Egypt expansion to enhance lubricant packaging, blending infrastructure
Aiming to raise local lubricant output and broaden production/packaging/marketing, the new company, run by Technolube Egypt, leverages Petromin’s 1960s-era Egypt track record.
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Heidelberg Materials opens 250,000T Leeds CD&E recycling plant with circular economy focus
The Leeds site is one of several recycling facilities Heidelberg Materials will open in the coming months to boost its CD&E waste processing capacity.