With the continuous development of plastic recycling technology, recycled plastics are increasingly recognized by the market. However, the quality of recycled materials on the market varies greatly and the standards are different. If you are not careful, you may spend a lot of money to buy inferior products. Therefore, recycled plastic buyers usually spend a lot of effort to identify high-quality suppliers and buy suitable recycled materials.

Coca-Cola Eurasia Partners (CCEP) Netherlands has announced that it is moving towards using 97% recycled plastic to manufacture its iconic red plastic crates, which are used to transport refillable glass bottles of Coca-Cola in the Dutch restaurant industry.

French biochemical company CARBIOS has collaborated with global cosmetics brand L’Occitane and cosmetics and personal care packaging manufacturer Pinard Beauty Pack to develop a transparent recycled polyethylene terephthalate bottle (r-PET bottle) made entirely from an enzymatic depolymerization process.

PepsiCo Europe is working with Germany’s GreenDot Group to recycle plastic waste into materials for flexible snack packaging, in line with PepsiCo’s goal to increase recycled content in packaging and reduce the company’s carbon footprint.

In response to World Earth Day, the world-renowned sports brand Anima Sana In Corpore Sano, ASICS (Japan) launched the SUSTAINABILITY series of closed-loop recyclable environmentally friendly running shoes. This series of shoes is marked with a new carbon footprint label on the insole, clearly showing the carbon emissions generated during the production process of each pair of shoes.

Eastman and regional grocer Food City recently officially launched a new store, recycling, and reused plastic recycling program in Kingsport, Tennessee.

At present, Volvo, Huayu Vision, Covestro, and Freya Magneto have demonstrated their strength in the research and development of environmentally friendly automotive materials. The innovation of PCR recycled plastics has injected new vitality into the green development of the automotive manufacturing industry.

With the release of a regulatory proposal on End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) by the European Commission, the proposal was formulated in accordance with the European Green Deal and the Circular Economy Action Plan, requiring that 25% of the plastics used in the manufacture of new cars must come from recycled materials, of which 25% must be recovered from scrapped vehicles. Under the urging of this regulation, the use of recycled plastics in automobiles has been greatly encouraged.