LEGO

Toy giant taps Stube as head of sustainability / Move follows end of plans to replace ABS with rPET

CUP RECYCLING

Partnership advances technology to recycle PE lining in drinks cups / Process said to close loop for coffee cups

TETRA PAK

Construction of recycling plant with plastics processor Axjo

TETRA PAK

Recycling plant with 50,000 t/y starts operation in Poland / Country's recycling capacity for post-consumer beverage cartons set to triple

KOLON INDUSTRIES

Advancing PHA becomes focus / Work starts with Dutch start-up Paques Biomaterials

STORA ENSO

South Korean Kolon Industries joins Finland-based PEF development

BIOPLASTICS

Peer-reviewed study shows low CO2 footprint for bio-based PEF versus PET

PACKAGING MARKET RUSSIA

Huhtamaki divests its business in the country / Western competitors already sold their entities / Domestic packaging segment battles supply disruptions

POLAND

Plastics industry upbeat / Economy booming, raw materials scarce and expensive / Polymer consumption up 3-4% in 2020 / Car sector slowing due to lack of microchips

STORA ENSO

Partnership with Tetra Pak in Poland / Increased capacity for reclaiming drinks cartons

STORA ENSO

Finnish renewables firm announces two bio material deals

STORA ENSO

Pilot plant for PEF precursor in Belgium / Renewable packaging materials

EVENTS

"Plastic Free World" conference to take place in Frankfurt in late June

STORA ENSO

Wood-based biocomposites as plastics alternative / Consumer goods and industrial applications

STORA ENSO

Finnish wood specialist starts commercial polymer compounding / Wood fibre-reinforced PP for several applications