Recovery

UK rPET recycling facility
Plastipak Packaging announces investment in Spanish recycling site

Plastic container manufacturer and recycler Plastipak Packaging has announced it will invest in a recycling facility in central Spain to turn PET flake into food-grade recycled PET (rPET) pellets.


The new recycling facility, which is projected to produce 20,000 tonnes of food-grade rPET pellet per year, will be situated in Toledo in central Spain, near an existing PET preform and container manufacturing plant.

DRS and EPR most effective policy measures to tackle plastic waste in the Mediterranean

Research carried out by Eunomia Research and Consulting found that these schemes will effectively reduce the amount of single-use plastic litter in the Mediterranean region

DRS and EPR most effective policy measures to tackle plastic waste in the Mediterranean

Research carried out by Eunomia Research and Consulting found that these schemes will effectively reduce the amount of single-use plastic litter in the Mediterranean region

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