Example 2:
\nSchwarz Group establishes full-circle recycling of HDPE packaging<\/strong><\/h4>\nAccording to the Schwarz Group\u2019s 2024 Sustainability Report, its environmental division PreZero is consistently driving forward the closed material loop for high-density polyethylene (HDPE). Thanks to state-of-the-art recycling technology, PreZero has succeeded in establishing a complete loop for post-consumer HDPE bottles.<\/p>\n
Collection:<\/strong> The starting point is private households, where the bottles are collected via the Yellow Bag or Yellow Bin (Germany\u2019s separate collection system for lightweight packaging). The material is then sorted by polymer type in highly specialised PreZero sorting plants for lightweight packaging. To increase transport efficiency, the HDPE packaging is baled and shipped to the recycling plant in Gr\u00fcnstadt (Rhineland-Palatinate).<\/p>\nProcessing:<\/strong> This is where the actual reprocessing begins: the bottles are first sorted by colour, then shredded and thoroughly washed, and the resulting plastic flakes undergo an additional post-cleaning step.<\/p>\nRecyclate and application:<\/strong> The result is a high-quality HDPE recyclate suitable for the manufacture of new packaging. The material is used to produce new HDPE bottles that are already in use in Lidl and Kaufland stores, for example as containers for cleaning products and shampoos.<\/p>\nSignificance:<\/strong> With this closed loop, PreZero demonstrates how technical innovation and rigorous process design can turn used packaging into valuable raw materials that are fed back into the production cycle.<\/p>\nFor the packaging industry, this opens up not only environmental but also economic prospects, as high-quality recyclates become available as a sustainable alternative to virgin plastics.<\/p>\n
BP Consultants believes that many more such initiatives are needed from the EPR systems, which have direct access to the recyclable materials. This evidently makes it possible to achieve relevant progress for the urgently needed polyolefin recyclates as well.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Example 3:
\nAgilyx acquires stake in Der Gr\u00fcne Punkt<\/strong><\/h4>\nA strong alliance for more packaging recycling: Oslo-based Agilyx ASA is acquiring a 44 per cent stake in Der Gr\u00fcne Punkt (The Green Dot), one of the leading players in European packaging recycling. Agilyx is a specialist in chemical recycling of plastics with operational roots in the USA.<\/p>\n
The transaction,<\/strong> worth EUR 52 million, values Der Gr\u00fcne Punkt at around EUR 200 million. Der Gr\u00fcne Punkt processes more than one million tonnes of packaging waste annually, including more than 400,000 tonnes of plastics, and is currently building new sorting sites in Germany, Austria and Italy. For 2025, the company expects revenue of around EUR 400 million with double-digit EBITDA.<\/p>\nWith this investment, Agilyx<\/strong> aims to strengthen its presence in Europe and, together with Der Gr\u00fcne Punkt, build a global feedstock supply platform for the advanced recycling industry. Der Gr\u00fcne Punkt benefits from additional capital and Agilyx\u2019s technology expertise to significantly expand its recycling capacity.<\/p>\nThe partnership combines<\/strong> market-leading collection and sorting infrastructure with innovative recycling technology. It marks an important step towards higher recycling rates and higher-quality recyclates \u2013 and thus towards a future-proof circular economy.<\/p>\nIn discussions, BP Consultants frequently observes a lack of commitment on the part of the plastics industry to secure access to recyclable materials. Agilyx, as a provider of recycling technologies, now demonstrates that other players can take this step as well.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Example 4:
\nDairy cup with 30 per cent polystyrene recyclate wins award<\/strong><\/h4>\nAt the showcase of the German Packaging Award (Deutscher Verpackungspreis) 2025, more than 200 innovations from 15 countries competed in cross-material categories. A total of 37 packaging developments emerged as winners, among them several plastic solutions that stood out particularly in the categories of sustainability and recyclability.<\/p>\n
The dairy cup with 30 per cent polystyrene recyclate<\/strong> from M\u00fcller Service GmbH is one of these winners. The rigid plastic cup for dairy products is already on the market and contains 30 % mechanically recycled PS.<\/p>\nThe jury recognised<\/strong> the packaging as an innovative application of recyclate in the food sector. It contributes to the high-quality recycling of polystyrene and prevents the material from ending up in downcycling. By reducing the use of virgin material and CO\u2082 emissions, the solution makes an important contribution to resource conservation and the circular economy.<\/p>\nThe award shows<\/strong> that mechanically recycled polystyrene is not only technically feasible but also market-ready. This is a strong signal for greater circularity in the food packaging sector.<\/p>\nBP Consultants sees this as a successful example that impressively demonstrates what can be achieved in the circular economy. In addition, polystyrene can replace polypropylene relatively easily in many dairy applications, as PP has not yet convincingly demonstrated its recyclability.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The news that plastics recycling is still falling short in many areas is not news \u2013 it is a commonplace. Newer and less widely recognised is the insight that there is real movement in plastics recycling \u2013 and in the right direction. We present four examples: the recycling of flexible packaging and HDPE packaging, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":47806,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2517],"tags":[2920,1321,2918,2914,2919,1322,2913,2467,2916,2915,2917,2588],"class_list":["post-47974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-circular-economy-en","tag-advanced-recycling","tag-chemical-recycling","tag-circular-economy-for-packaging","tag-flexible-packaging-recycling","tag-hdpe-recycling","tag-mechanical-recycling","tag-packaging-recycling","tag-plastic-recycling","tag-recycled-content","tag-recycled-plastics","tag-recycled-polystyrene","tag-recycling-technologies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bp-consultants.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bp-consultants.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bp-consultants.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bp-consultants.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bp-consultants.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47974"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bp-consultants.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47979,"href":"https:\/\/bp-consultants.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47974\/revisions\/47979"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bp-consultants.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bp-consultants.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bp-consultants.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bp-consultants.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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