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Ankit Jain, director, RiBotl at the ElitePlus blow moulding conference photo: PSA

RiBotl’s focus on full-bottle recycling

Plastic recycling company RiBotl is expanding beyond recycled PET to develop end-to-end recycling solutions for plastic bottles, as stronger government policies, rising brand-owner acceptance...
Chemco

Chemco gets FSSAI nod to make food-grade rPET resin 

Chemco Group, an international manufacturing and plastic packaging group, said it has received authorization from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)...
rPET

Recyclers body says rPET facilities lying under-utilized

The country’s recycled PET industry continues to struggle with 'severely under-utilized' capacities, the Association of PET Recyclers (APR) Bharat has stated, adding that nearly...
Ester

Ester Industries reports Q4 & FY26 results

Ester Industries, India’s leading manufacturer of Polyester Films and Specialty Polymers, announced its audited financial results (standalone and consolidated) for the fourth quarter and...
rPET

Debate over food-grade rPET packaging capacity

India’s beverage industry has expressed concerns over the availability of food-grade recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) required to meet regulatory targets, even as recyclers maintain...
Parksons

Parksons Packaging CEO Deepak Ganjoo highlights paper-based packaging at ISPI 2026

At the 6th International Summit for the Packaging Industry (ISPI) in New Delhi, Parksons Packaging CEO Deepak Ganjoo delivered a keynote titled “Scaling Paper-based...
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The Indian label industry this week and in the past year

It has been a tough week to concentrate with the financial year ending and Mr Trump’s antics always in the background, but as our...
The Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 (as amended), mandate the use of 30% recycled content in rigid plastic packaging from 2025-26, with a gradual annual increase of 10% until reaching 60% in 2028-29 and beyond.

40% recycled content in food packaging mandatory from 1 April

In a step toward achieving its circular economy goals, the government of India has notified the final guidelines mandating 40% recycled content in food-grade...
The move unlocks a combined capacity of around 3 lakh metric tons per year of food-grade r-PET for the beverage and bottling industry.

FSSAI nod to 17 r-PET plants

In a major step toward strengthening the circular packaging economy, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has granted final authorization to...
Dr Ajay Nema of Alok Masterbatches speaking about new recyclable flexible packaging structures at the FoodTekPack Conference on 12 December 2025

Designing for Sustainability – recyclable flexible packaging structures

On the second day of the FoodTekPack Conference, one of its important sessions, ‘Designing for Sustainability – New recyclable structures for flexible packaging’ took...