Recycling

A quarterly paper and carton take-back programme is part of the initiative, targeting school-generated items like exercise books, exam papers, and packaging.

As chemical recycling projects across Europe grapple with scalability, energy intensity, and cost competitiveness versus virgin polymers, the ownership change arrives.

The partnership promotes waste-picker, aggregator, and recycler coordination, enhancing data, traceability, recovery verification, and engagement with government and industry.

The revised rules would restrict waste exports, including aluminium scrap, to non-OECD nations, exempting some EU candidates, and take effect in 2027.

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.

By extending recycled-content capability across Hanna’s operations, the acquisition supports growing demand for lower-carbon steel tubes in packaging machinery and industry.

The initiative shows textile-to-textile recycling can scale from trials to commercial production, offering a blueprint for brands to adopt next-generation fibres.

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.

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.

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.