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03.09.2025
VANDEN RECYCLING
UK recycler plans to shutter domestic plant / Move in response to tough market for reclaimed plastics
01.09.2025
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE
PRE: “The European plastics recycling industry is facing imminent collapse” / Loss of reclaim capacities projected at 1 mn t by end-2025
18.08.2025
RECYCLING UK
'Urgent action' needed in reclaim industry – BPF official / Plant closures highlight problems / Viridor for sale?
21.01.2025
VIRIDOR
Majority shareholder KKR reportedly considering sale of UK recycling company
16.12.2024
YEAR-ENDER: PLASTICS INDUSTRY UK
Government´s economic policies, recycling woes, global uncertainty rule the roost in 2024 / Industry prospects in 2025 overshadowed by possible trade war
07.11.2024
UPDATE - RECYCLING UK
Waste management group Viridor to shutter mechanical recycling plant in Avonmouth / PET bottle recycler QC Polymer insolvent
01.07.2024
RESOURCE
Large sorting plant commissioned in Denmark
28.03.2024
TOMRA
Industry-first food-grade sorting tech / AI leveraged for object recognition
19.02.2024
VIRIDOR
UK recycler acquires Quantafuel in full
25.08.2023
VIRIDOR
UK recycling giant shuts Skelmersdale facility / Move follows startup of Avonmouth plant
29.06.2023
QUANTAFUEL
Waste management company Viridor acquires majority stake / Terje Eiken tapped as CEO
07.03.2023
QUANTAFUEL
Cash woes hit recycling tech firm / UK-based Viridor submits takeover bid / BASF, Lego owner exit
30.06.2022
PP RECYCLING
Global network conducts first full-scale trials for food-grade material with rPP
10.11.2021
VIRIDOR
UK waste manager announces carbon capture scheme / Investments set to save 1.5m t/y of CO2
02.07.2021
UNILEVER
Consumer goods giant joins scheme to turn post-consumer packaging waste into food-grade rPP
18.08.2020
SEALED AIR
Partnership with Plastic Energy as part of circular economy pledge / Equity in UK recycling technology firm
15.07.2020
VIRIDOR
GBP 4.2 bn sale to KKR completed / New owner of UK waste management firm pledges investment boost
26.05.2020
PLASTIC ENERGY
Study to build chemical recycling plant / Co-location with Viridor facility
25.03.2020
PENNON
Proposed EUR 4.5 bn sale of UK recycler Viridor to KKR
19.02.2020
FOREVER PLAST
Ineos teams up with Italian recycler / Hybrid plastics from PE bottle caps
11.02.2020
VIRIDOR
Unilever and Klöckner Pentaplast agree to purchase recycled plastics from UK facility
25.11.2019
INEOS
New polymer range contains up to 50% post-consumer recyclate / Cologne site certified to produce bio-attributed olefins and polyolefins
14.06.2019
PENNON
New plastics recycling facility to be fueled with non-recyclable plastics waste
05.06.2019
VEOLIA
Recycling group invests in UK plant / Increase in recyclate demand following success of “UK Plastics Pact”
19.11.2014
VIRIDOR
GBP 12.5m recycling plant opened in UK / Annual capacity of 75,000 t
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