... Major brands have set 2025 and 2030 as the target dates for transitioning to more environmentally-friendly technologies. This powerful trend brings the idea of the circular economy to life. Once business generates demand for these products, polymer recycling will become a socially responsible and profitable business. According to Elena Maltseva, Senior Expert, Product Marketing at SIBUR, the biggest advantage of SIBUR’s compounds is the fact that they allow manufacturers to use recycled products ...

... environmentalism: it helps to reduce GHG emissions per tonne of finished product. The launch of the new technology fits with Europlast’s sustainability strategy and reflects the company’s commitment to circular economy principles. “Thanks to FTR recycling technology, we will significantly increase the output of granulate containing recycled materials. This means that packaging manufacturers will have the opportunity to increase the percentage of recycled materials in their packaging, and make ...

The production of plastic pallets intended for ZapSibNeftekhim has been launched in Tobolsk. iPlast, a Russian manufacturer of industrial plastic packaging, has launched the production of pallets for SIBUR at its Tobolsk facility. This project will provide the ZapSibNeftekhim petrochemical complex with the pallets it needs to store and transport the polyethylene and polypropylene it produces. “Plastic pallets are preferable to wooden ones when it comes to storing and transporting ZapSibNeftekhim...

... high-quality feedstock, and recycled plastic tableware will be good enough not only to make granules for road construction, but also to manufacture exactly the same tableware. In the circular economy, used materials will be recreated in their initial form. “Recycling accumulator batteries is a challenging task, but it is possible already today, – Georg Wiessmeier said. – As electronic vehicles are gaining popularity, the battery disposal technologies are developing. There are companies in Europe—and ...

... saved and 57,100 tonnes of CO2 equivalent emissions avoided. Photo: pradagroup.com 7. PLASTICDOOM raincoats Galina Larina is a graphic designer, illustrator, researcher, eco-activist and creator of PLASTICDOOM, a brand focusing on recycling plastic bags to design new functional clothing, accessories and interior items. The brand’s key messages are responsible consumption, waste recycling and the sustainable use of natural resources. Galina has made her own plastic melting machine ...

SIBUR and its partners are leading the recycled plastic charge. Recycling plastic as part of responsible production and consumption cycle is becoming a mark of civilised society around the world. According to the European Commission’s 2018 Strategy for Plastics, all plastic packaging should be recyclable by 2030....

PolyER and Local Kitchen have developed and launched eco-friendly food packaging. Local Kitchen, a food delivery company, and PolyER, a partner of SIBUR, joined forces to produce eco-friendly food packaging. “Many of our customers are environmentally conscious and want their food to be delivered in recyclable packaging,” said Alina Likhachevskaya, Head of Sustainable Development at Local Kitchen. “So we came up with the idea of ecopackaging about a year ago. We knew that it needed to be made of...

... suppliers and expects that the projected demand for PET flakes could stimulate the recovery of post-consumer PET from municipal solid waste, effectively reducing the amount of landfilled waste.” “In June 2021, we are planning to launch an additional PET recycling facility, creating over 30 new jobs and bringing over RUB 39 million a year in taxes at various levels,” added Sergey Chudinov, Bumatika’s CEO. “Dmitry Makhonin, Governor of the Perm Territory, has set further ambitious goals for his region,...

... The Coca-Cola Company, announced the launch of a global initiative called World Without Waste. The company’s own efforts towards its vision for a World Without Waste are focused on the entire packaging life cycle (fr om bottle and can production to recycling and reuse) and aim to achieve three goals: make its packaging 100% recyclable by 2025, help to collect and recycle a bottle or can for every one the company sells by 2030, and use 50% recycled material in its bottles and cans by 2030. ...

... initiative is another step towards the circular economy. CEFLEX is a collaborative initiative of over a hundred European companies to ensure full lifecycle management of packaging, fr om production, consumption and waste collection to waste management and recycling. CEFLEX’s current declared objectives include, among others, implementing flexible packaging handling guidelines that would be recognised in all European countries, developing design recommendations for infrastructure to collect, sort and ...

... packaging made of compostable, plant-based polymers conquer the world, and how can we protect nature from waste generated by human activity? Technical Director of International Plastic Guide Eduard Zamyslov, PhD, Chemistry, shared his views on polymers recycling. Packaging, tableware and other products made of plastic using International Plastic Guide’s solutions regularly face a barrage of criticism. Nevertheless, your company itself raises the issue of environmental pollution. Don’t you see ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the global economy and disrupted the waste, plastic, and recycling industries. Meanwhile, the likely decrease in plastic waste generation—due to the global decline in economic activity, reduced collection rates and halt in container redemption programs where inventory may not make it into the waste and ...

Following successful testing, SIBUR’s facility in Tomsk is launching commercial production of bags from recycled materials. Tomskneftekhim, SIBUR’s Tomsk-based facility and one of Russia’s largest polymer producers, is introducing a new type of packaging that involves recycled materials. With a capacity of up to 25 kg, the new form, fill and seal (FFS) bags are designed for transport and retail packaging of bulk petrochemical products made by Tomskneftekhim. In early 2020, the Company produced...

... fractions and excess moisture, while also making it possible to introduce the desired additives and components. Its output is high-quality granules of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) with defined properties. POLYPLASTIC works to introduce technologies for recycling own production waste and used HDPE products. By doing this, the group plans to decrease the cost of its pipe products while also solving the issue of waste disposal. In accordance with GOST requirements, POLYPLASTIC uses recycled materials in ...

... CO2 emissions. Furthermore, over time, various sediments and rust form on metal pipes, which greatly reduces water quality for the end user. Various sediments and rust form on metal pipes. The POLYPLASTIC Group is actively adopting recycling technologies. For certain non-pressure pipeline solutions, where the addition of recycled polymer materials is permitted, we search for and buy such materials (usually canisters, bottles) and process them into finished products. Reusing hundreds ...