News from Five Star Holding, Greenback Recycling Technologies and more

Published: October 14, 2025
Updated: October 14, 2025
by Editorial Staff

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management awarded more than $2.5 million in grants from the state recycling fund to 18 solid waste authorities, counties, cities and other groups to boost recycling efforts.

Amcor appointed Graphic Packaging‘s Stephen Scherger as CFO.

UK traceability platform eco2Veritas Certification spun off from chemical recycling tech firm Greenback Recycling Technologies.

Recycling and waste processing tech firm eFACTOR3 is partnering with sorting technology provider Steinert, with a new showroom and test facility in South Carolina.

Texas-based packaging company Five Star Holding acquired the Mississauga flexible packaging operations of Canada’s Cascades Inc., which produces packaging and hygiene products.

Tech firm Greenback Recycling Technologies deployed its first chemical recycling module at Amcor‘s site in Heanor, Derbyshire, UK, for a six-month commissioning and trial period.

Integra Plastics, part of the Borealis group, is converting its mechanically recycled LDPE plant in Bulgaria to produce grades of recycled PP suitable for automotive applications.

The Sourgum waste management and recycling platform expanded its services into Indianapolis.

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