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The world’s most innovative project in global plastics sustainability has been decided by panel and delegate vote at the Global Research & Innovation in Plastics Sustainability conference (GRIPS). Greyparrot’s AI system can detect waste composition at scale to identify plastics and divert them from landfill and incineration. It has been …

It has been almost 2 years since Cromwell Polythene Ltd expanded its UK manufacturing and recycling base with the acquisition of a long-established recycling and extrusion facility based in Alfreton, Derbyshire. Keeping with the ‘Cromwell’ identity, the business was rebranded as Cromwell Plastic Recycling and later changed to CPR Manufacturing …

Cromwell Polythene takes pride in the accomplishments of its partners, so they were delighted to hear that Pembrokeshire County Council were announced as the ‘Best Recycler in Wales’ for the second year in a row. Between April 2020 to March 2021 Pembrokeshire Council achieved a phenomenal recycling rate of 73.2%. …

Cromwell Polythene, which supplies products for the capture and containment of materials for recycling, has launched a ‘Countdown to the Plastic Packaging Tax’ campaign. This is designed to help businesses and their suppliers prepare for this new policy. From the 1 April 2022, this new tax of £200 per metric …

Clean Planet Energy has released details of two new ultra-clean fuels manufactured to replace fossil fuels in the Marine industry, for use in any ship or vessel. The products branded under the banner of “Clean Planet Oceans” can provide CO2e reductions of over 75 percent, and significantly reduce harmful air-pollutants …

83% feel plastic waste is ‘a problem’ 63% have initiatives in place to reduce their reliance on plastic 58% aren’t being incentivised enough to reduce the amount of plastic waste they use SMEs across the UK are almost uniformly in agreement that plastic waste is a problem that needs to …

Plasticity Forum asks how can product designers help in reducing plastics waste, in a world where less than 15% of all plastic ever produced gets recycled today? This was the question at the heart of the Plasticity Forum, held on 21 September as part of the London Design Festival. The …