Plastics Europes exhibits at IFAT 2024 | Booth A6.121
Learn more about how members of Plastics Europe are contributing to close carbon loops.
Improving circularity in the food packaging industry
The new European Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) sets forth ambitious goals for incorporating more recyclable materials into food packaging. Our member companies lead the way, offering plastics solutions and innovative technologies to achieve these recycling targets.
Coffee cups from chemically recycled polypropylene (OMV Group)
Swiss dairy company Emmi is partnering with Borealis and Greiner Packaging to produce Emmi CAFFÈ LATTE drinking cups using chemically recycled polypropylene, based on the mass balance approach.
Recycable spouted food pouches (Dow)
Dow developed PE-rich barrier food packaging using innovative spout insertion sealing technology to enable efficient production and recyclability of packaging and spout together in the PE recycling stream.
Certified compostable and oven-safe paper trays for ready meals (BASF)
The Australian food packaging manufacturer Confoil and BASF have jointly developed a certified compostable, microwave, and oven-safe paper tray for ready meals.
Ultra-high barrier packaging concept (Dow)
High-barrier duplex laminates based on materialized and AIOx-coated, oriented polyethylene film, developed by Dow with industry partners.
Closing the loop on food storage containers (BASF)
IrgaCycle® by BASF mitigates the thermal and mechanical stress of the recycling process. It also increases the use of recycled PP to the extent that the containers are made with 100% recycled pellets. This container is safe for food contact and is compliant with regulations on food contact materials in Europe and the U.S.
Ultra-high barrier packaging concept (Dow)
High-barrier duplex laminate based on metalized, oriented polyethylene film, developed by Dow with industry partners.
Improving circularity for Non-Food Contact materials
The European plastic producers aim to be climate-neutral by 2050, in line with the European Green Deal. This includes using less fossil resources, like crude oil, and natural gas, and shifting to alternative feedstocks, such as bio-based resources, recycled materials, and CO2:
Stand-up pouches with PCR rich lamination film (Dow)
Innovative all-PE laminate combining MDO-PE with a PCR-rich sealant film, delivering a final solution with 30% PCR content overall. Suitable for non-food contact packaging applications requiring good stiffness/toughness balance.
Perfume caps made of bio-based and circular plastics (Dow)
LVMH and Dow intend to collaborate to improve sustainable packaging across major perfume and cosmetics brands
A mono-material toothbrush (Evonik)
To further improve the ecological footprint of the toothbrush, a more sustainable material is also used in this case: VESTAMID® eCO, a polyamide-12 (PA12).
Renewable plastic in the medical device industry (Neste)
Mass balancing supports a gradual introduction of alternative raw materials by mixing them with and phasing out fossil raw materials.
Soother is composed of renewable-sourced polypropylene (Neste)
Collaboration between Neste, Borealis and MAM brings new soother made with renewably-sourced feedstock to market.
Improving circularity in the Fashion industry
Due to the new Ecodesign Regulation, the recycled content and recyclability of textiles needs to be increased in many areas of the fashion and textile industry. Our member companies lead the way, offering plastics solutions and innovative technologies to become compliant.
Fashion made of raw materials from recycled tires (BASF)
Bicycle bag reduces CO2 footprint thanks to raw materials made from recycled old tires, thanks to BASF’s Ultramid® Ccycled®, a mass-balanced polyamide.
Textile-to-textile recycling with loopamid® (BASF)
BASF is transforming textile waste into a valuable resource and is transforming used textiles into new garments.
Improving Circularity in the Automotive Industry
The new European Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) sets forth ambitious goals for incorporating more recyclable materials into food packaging. Our member companies lead the way, offering plastics solutions and innovative technologies to achieve these recycling targets.
Bow door handle made from mass-balanced Ultramid® (BASF)
To produce the plastic for the bow door handle for selected Mercedes-Benz models, BASF combined alternative raw materials in a mass balance approach: pyrolysis oil generated at Pyrum Innovations AG from scrap tires and biomethane from agricultural waste and food industry residues.
Technical components from mass-balanced plastic compounds (BASF)
BASF developed a mass-balanced plastic compound based on pyrolysis oil and biomethane, which is used in the front end of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class as a crash absorber.
Making car materials more sustainable (Evonik)
Evoniks future sustainable car materials are making autos more sustainable.
Improving circularity for complex waste streams
The goal is to produce primarily from non-fossil and circular materials, utilize them responsibly, and ensure they’re collected, processed, and recycled at the end of their lifespan.
Pyrolysis oil condensates made of mixed waste (ARCUS)
The ARCUS process is a pyrolysis-based process that converts mixed plastic waste (including ABS, PET and PVC) and produces high-quality liquids that meet all regulatory requirements.
Recycled carbon (Neste)
Pure hydrocarbons made from chemically recycled plastics waste can be used to produce virgin-quality plastics again.
Renewable carbon (Neste)
Renewable Neste RE consisting of bio-based carbon is a solution for plastics producers wishing to reduce fossil carbon content in their products.
Polyethylene (PEX) pipes based on feedstock from chemically recycled PEX waste (Neste)
Neste, Uponor, Wastewise Group and Borealis enable chemical recycling of hard-to-recycle plastic waste into new high-quality plastic pipes.
Polyurethane Recycling – Cycle for Foams (Evonik)
Evonik cooperates with REMONDIS on sustainable polyurethane recycling.
Additives for Recycling (Evonik)
Evoniks additive portfolio for wet stage, granulation and compounding: defoaming, delabeling, demetallizing, deinking, wetting, foaming, dewatering, draining.
Recycling Plastics from Automotive (Carboliq)
Carboliq processes hard-to-recycle plastics from the automotive industry.
Recycling WEEE Plastics (Carboliq)
Carboliq processes hard-to-recycle WEEE plastics from the electronic industry.
Recycling multilayer film from post-production (Carboliq)
Carboliq processes hard-to-recycle multilayer film from post-production.
Recycling post-industrial multilayer film (Carboliq)
Carboliq processes hard-to-recycle post-industrial multilayer film.
Recycling Solid Recovered Fuel (Carboliq)
Carboliq processes solid recovered fuel (SRF) with chemical recycling.
Recycling heavily mixed waste (Dow)
Dow and Mura technologies are recycling hard-to-recycle mixed waste.
Soiled plastics waste (OMV Group)
The OMV Group is processing hard-to-recycle soiled plastics waste with chemical recycling.
Heavily mixed plastics waste (OMV Group)
The OMV Group is processing hard-to-recycle mixed plastics waste with chemical recycling.
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Your Contact at IFAT 2024
Bettina Dempewolf
Head of Communication
PlasticsEurope Deutschland e.V.
bettina.dempewolf@plasticseurope.de
+49 (171) 9713962
Arcus Greencycling Technologies
Marcel Glas
marcel.glas@arcus-greencycling.com
+49 173 3911764
BASF
Benita von Haugwitz
benita.haugwitz@basf.com
+49 173 3799129
Carboliq
Luca Graebenteich
sgraebenteich@carboliq.com
+49 171 5379989
Dow
Valentina Beatovic-Dobmann
vbeatovic-dobmann@dow.com
+49 16090292200
Evonik
Katja Marx
katja.marx@evonik.com
Neste
Nils Pfennig
nils.pfennig@neste.com
+49 175 6547338
OMV
Beate Edl
beate.edl@omv.com
+43 664 612 1197
Plastics Europe – Booth A6.121, IFAT 2024
