GREENBACK

UK recycler buys local reclaim tech firm Enval / Deal to provide ‘fully circular solutions'

NESTLÉ

Chemical recycling plant for flexible plastic packaging in Mexico / 6,000 t expected to be recycled in the first year

RECYCLING

UK trials test kerbside recycling of flexible laminated packaging / Public-private project uses Enval technology

UK RECYCLING

Recoup publishes revised “Recyclability by Design” guide / Companies contribute their experiences for the first time

RESEARCH

Commercial recycling of flexible laminates underway at Cambridge University spin-off Enval / Process capabilities and economics demonstrated to investors and waste handlers

RECYCLING UK

Defra funds study to boost recycling of flexible packaging / Development of new methods of recovery and treatment / Flexible laminate could be included in mainstream recycling collections

ENVAL

UK recycling technology specialist building first laminate packaging separating plant in Alconbury / Award-winning pyrolysis technology

UK PACKAGING WASTE

Municipal waste stream contains 3% flexible packaging / 80% landfilled in 2010 / Increasing presence of laminates

ENVAL

Kraft Foods joins consortium to co-fund first commercial-scale plant for recycling plastic and aluminium laminate waste