Recycling

The project aligns with tightening EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation requirements for recyclability and recycled content, which are driving significant innovation across the packaging sector.

The investment builds on California’s broader sustainability agenda including SB 54, which establishes an EPR program for packaging and single-use plastic foodservice ware set to take effect on 1 January 2027.

The acquisition significantly broadens NEXTCHEM’s circular solutions portfolio, extending its capabilities beyond plastics recycling, chemical recycling and waste gasification into strategic materials recovery.

The plant, planned at the Euroports Terminal on Antwerp’s right bank, will convert mixed plastic waste streams that cannot be processed through conventional mechanical or chemical recycling methods such as pyrolysis and gasification.

he agreement supports Agthia’s goal of having 100% of its packaging recyclable with a growing share made from recycled content. In 2024, Agthia’s RECAPP sponsorship collected 1,128 tonnes of waste and reduced 898.2 tonnes of CO2 emissions.

The Egyptian bacterial consortium provides a scalable biological pathway for tackling one of the most problematic plastics in the recycling stream, offering a nature-based alternative to energy-intensive chemical recycling processes.

The adoption aligns with Flatlantic’s model of controlling the entire fish lifecycle, keeping flatfish alive until orders are placed to ensure maximum freshness while reducing food waste.

With this model, waste provides both the raw material and the energy required to remanufacture that material into world-class aluminium ingots.

Unlike printing ink containers which often contain residual solvents requiring special handling, the Masaka hub focuses on clean, source-separated household packaging.

The order builds on Lindner’s wider expansion in India, including its 2024 launch of Lindner Recyclingtech Bharat and its cooperation with Erema through Blueone Solutions and Erema India.