If you’re confidently throwing your ready meal trays in the recycling bin at home, then you may be wasting your time. Black trays, used for microwavable meals and meat, cannot be recycled because the ...

DESPITE most of us being committed to recycle as much as possible around two thirds of plastic items still can't be recycled. Analysis by the Local Government Association suggests 525,000 tonnes of ...

Plastic packaging manufacturer Faerch has announced the launch of a ‘natural colour’ CPET packaging material, aimed at replacing black carbon plastic in ready meal packaging. Faerch's 'natural' ...

Automated sorting equipment from Tomra Recycling is helping a Spanish company convert discarded food trays into food-contact-grade PET plastic. An AutoSort unit with near-infrared technology plays a ...