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How Plastics Can Be Used in a Resource-Saving Way Plastics have been the subject of environmental debate for some years now. But they are also high-performance and efficient materials that, not least, make our everyday lives safer. In the…

R-Cycle Wins the German Sustainability Award 2021 R-Cycle – the digital product passport for sustainable plastics – receives the German Sustainability Award 2021 in the “Packaging” category. The award is conferred by the German Institute…

Start of Semi-industrial Trials for Intelligent Sorting of Packaging Waste AIM, the European Brands Association, and the Alliance to End Plastic Waste announced their partnership to drive the next stage of development for intelligent waste…

BOBST Aims to Help Close the Plastic Loop With R-Cycle BOBST, one of the world’s leading suppliers to the packaging industry, tests the R-Cycle data standard and is launching a pilot project to automatically record recycling-relevant…

R-Cycle Complements Cooperation Project for a Pioneering Recycling Concept R-Cycle Partner Reifenhäuser announced, together with the key industry players Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics (P&SP), a business unit of Dow (NYSE: DOW),…

R-Cycle Nominated for the German Innovation Award for Climate and Environment 2022 The cross-industry initiative for high-quality plastics recycling “R-Cycle” has been nominated for the German Innovation Award for Climate and Environment…

GS1 Launches Project to Develop Guideline Based on R-Cycle Under the auspices of GS1 Germany, the project PDS4CircularPlastics (Processes and data sharing approach for enabling circular plastics value networks) has been launched. The goal…

R-Cycle Initiative Becomes Open Community The R-Cycle Initiative, founded in 2020 by various technology companies and organizations across the plastic packaging lifecycle, is transitioning into an open community. This is the next important…

Start for the R-Cycle Community R-Cycle starts into a new phase as an open community. The first official general assembly was held on May 3, 2022 at R-Cycle member Multivac’s corporate site in Wolfertschwenden, Germany. R-Cycle was founded…

ENGEL, One of the World's Leading Manufacturers of Plastic Injection Moulding Machines, Joins R-Cycle ENGEL has joined the cross-company R-Cycle community to drive the establishment of digital product passports for plastic products. R-Cycle…