IK-Initiative ERDE fulfils voluntary commitment and collects over 68% of silage and stretch films in Germany
Bad Homburg, 16 May 2023 - The ERDE (Erntekunststoffe Recycling Deutschland - Crop Plastics Recycling Germany) initiative was again able to significan [...]
PackTheFuture Award: Competition for sustainable packaging innovations made of plastic starts!
The IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen and its French partner ELIPSO call on their members to participate in the 5th PackTheFuture Award. [...]
EU Packaging Regulation: IK calls for ecological foresight in new regulation of the packaging market
Yes to recyclability and packaging reduction, no to mandatory recycled content quotas for contact-sensitive packaging and ecologically unfounded re-us [...]
Successful pilot project: Recycled EPS/styrofoam from the yellow bag becomes new packaging
Bad Homburg, 29. September 2022 – With their own initiative, the German manufacturers of EPS packaging (EPS = expanded polystyrene/styrofoam) have suc [...]
“Plastics have a waste and digitalisation problem, not an image problem”
Way2K: Industry interviews in the lead-up to the K 2022 trade fair Interview with Christian Schiller, founder and CEO of cirplus GmbH Mr. Schiller, yo [...]
Potential for the use of recyclates in plastic packaging
In addition to the recyclability of packaging, one of the most important topics in the discussion about the circular economy is the question of how an [...]
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