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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,…

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”…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…