Professor Edward Kosior, CEO and founder of Nextek, a UK-based company specializing in PP recycling, gives his take on how stronger connections between academia and industry can help end Australia’s plastic waste crisis.
PACKAGING & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
13 Mar 2024 --- Nextek is partnering with Belgium-based MCC Label to tackle the issue of aluminum pollution on F&B liddings. The duo will replace traditional aluminum lids with monomaterial PP solution named SealPPeel, which... Read More
BUSINESS NEWS
14 Aug 2023 --- Amcor and Mondelēz International are investing in advanced recycling technology pioneer Licella to further the circular economy in Australia and contribute to net-zero plastic waste. With the investment, Licella... Read More
PACKAGING & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
26 Jun 2023 --- Nextloopp, Tomra and MCC Verstraete have successfully trialed adhesive-free and fully printed PP label wrapping dubbed NextCycle IML for removing ink residues from in mold labeling (IML) surfaces, which have... Read More
PACKAGING & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
26 Apr 2023 --- Australia has implemented a National Plastics Recycling Scheme (NPRS) trial through which residents can recycle their soft plastics curbside in yellow recycling bins. Since the soft plastic collection scheme... Read More
PACKAGING & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
11 Apr 2023 --- Fourteen new secret plastic stockpiles from the failed REDcycle plastic collection scheme have been found. The discovery marks the first time sites were uncovered in Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania,... Read More
06 Nov 2023 --- We speak to the European Paper Packaging Alliance’s (EPPA) director general, Matti Rantanen, about misunderstandings on reusable packaging and the importance of the recycling industry to achieve circularity. Our discussion follows Rantanen’s recent Insider View article on Packaging Insights.
