APR Expands Recycled Content Certification for Plastic Products
APR has extended its PCR program to verify the percentage of post-consumer recycled plastic in finished and semi-finished products across the supply chain.
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Recycled Plastics Italy: First Consumption Decline Signals Pressure on the Supply Chain
Italy’s recycled plastics market is showing its first consumption decline in years, as weak demand, cheaper virgin polymers and imports pressure recyclers.
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Flexible packaging recycling – U.S. Plastics Pact Unveils Strategic Framework to Accelerate Flexible Packaging Recycling and Unlock Circular Economy Gains Across the American Film Market 13-02-2026
The U.S. Plastics Pact introduces a national framework to strengthen flexible packaging recycling, focusing on design standards, collection systems and end market development.
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APR Unveils Groundbreaking PET Caps Guidance to Strengthen Recycling Standards and Accelerate Mono-Material Packaging Innovation Across the Global Plastics Industry 13-02-2026
APR releases proactive PET caps guidance, aligning recyclers and packaging producers to protect RPET quality, support mono-material design, and strengthen long-term recyclability standards.
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Aimplas Project Recycling Nylon Fishing Nets Transforms Marine Waste into High-Value Circular Economy Materials, Reducing Ocean Pollution and Creating Sustainable Industrial Solutions for Global Markets 30-01-2026
Aimplas leads the Redes4Value project to recycle nylon fishing nets into high-performance materials, closing the loop on polyamides and reducing marine pollution through advanced recycling technologies.
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Plastics recycling challenges – Plastics Recycling Faces Structural Limits but Advanced Additives Are Turning Feedstock Variability Into a Competitive Advantage for Circular Manufacturing 27-01-2026
Solving plastics recycling challenges requires advanced additives that stabilize recycled feedstock, improve processing, and enable high-quality products in a truly circular economy.
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Faerch strengthens circular packaging leadership as integrated recycling drives tray rPET growth, supply stability, long-term resilience and sustainability across European markets despite ongoing recycling industry pressures 09-01-2026
Faerch accelerates circular packaging by expanding tray rPET production through its Cirrec recycling division, securing supply stability, quality assurance, and long-term resilience for food packaging customers across Europe.
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Recycled PET bottles – Toxic Chemicals Found in Virgin and Recycled PET Bottles Raise New Concerns Over Safety, Recycling Policy, and Long-Term Human Health Risks 07-01-2026
New research shows that both virgin and recycled PET bottles can leach toxic additives and hazardous chemicals, intensifying scrutiny of plastics amid rising recycled content mandates.
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Design for Circularity for PET bottles – EPBP Accelerates Circular Economy Progress by Launching Ambitious Design for Circularity Consultation to Transform PET Bottle Recycling Across Europe 16-12-2025
The European PET Bottle Platform has opened a major industry consultation on Design for Circularity guidelines, aiming to reshape PET bottle recycling and strengthen Europe’s circular economy.
