The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) announced the formation of a new coalition of companies and organizations committed to creating resources to recycle small format packaging and other materials. This is the first coalition of its kind...

Georgia’s Macon-Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller has withdrawn his support for Brightmark to construct an advanced plastics recycling and renewal facility in Macon, Georgia. Brightmark, a global waste solutions provider based in San Francisco, had...

Dow, based in Midland, Michigan, has announced an investment into Mr. Green Africa as part of their Series B fundraising round to enable further diversion of plastic waste from informal dumpsites and the environment. The...

Keurig Canada will pay millions of dollars in penalties and alter its coffee pod recyclability claims, as part of a legal settlement with Canadian regulators. Canada’s Competition Bureau on Jan. 6 announced the agreement, which...

Recycled-content laws are a tool for driving post-consumer resin demand. But what if producers are given too many outs, feedstock is in short supply, or the mandates actually result in greater environmental harm? Those were...

Printpack, a leader in flexible and specialty rigid packaging committed to developing and commercializing sustainable packaging solutions, announces an investment in Nexus Circular (Nexus), a leader in advanced recycling technology. Nexus diverts and economically converts...

When Thailand-based I.P. One, a manufacturer and distributor of leading fabric care products, set out to install fabric softener refill stations for their Hygiene brand in retail stores, they opted for a bag-in-box solution that...

Plastic Energy, a chemical recycler based in London, and TotalEnergies, an energy company based in Paris, have announced the construction of an advanced recycling plant in Sevilla, Spain. The plant will transform end-of-life plastic...

The company has successfully brought its breakthrough technology to market and has positioned itself as a world leader in the field. TIPA’s products are used by some of the world’s largest brands and retailers in...

Plastic has been around for more than a century and is one of the most vilified materials worldwide. Why? Plastic is used for everything from industrial packaging to consumer goods to single-use masks—all because plastic...

BillerudKorsnäs has been awarded the Climate Prize as part of the supplier engagement initiative “Join us in protecting the planet”, driven by Tetra Pak. The company, which is one of BillerudKorsnäs’ most important customers, launched...

A law banning plastic packaging for large numbers of fruits and vegetables comes into force in France on New Year’s Day, to end what the government has called the “aberration” of overwrapped carrots, apples and...

What comes around goes around: Your discarded plastic water bottle may soon become part of your next car. Automakers are racing to make their vehicles more sustainable -- the industry's favorite buzzword -- by turning...

The Canadian Government has published draft regulations that prohibit the use of some single-use plastics in the country for public comment. Announced by Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault and Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos,...

Cortec® Corporation is very excited to receive industrial compostability certification of it’s Eco Wrap® stretch film! Cortec® received the ‘OK compost INDUSTRIAL’ certificate from TÜV Austria on November 24th. This certifies that Eco Wrap® conforms...

As consumer brands are increasingly demanding sustainable labels on their packaged goods without added material costs, Acucote has introduced a line of 25 USDA Certified Biobased products. Materials include coated, uncoated, fluorescents, tag and digital...

Toppan, a global leader in communication, security, packaging, décor materials, and electronics solutions, has published the English version of its Sustainability Report 2021 on its corporate website. The Sustainability section of Toppan’s website has also...

Siegwerk, one of the leading global providers of printing inks and coatings for packaging applications and labels has won the Thailand Prime Minister Industry Award in the Circular Economy category. The prize was presented by...

Chemical or advanced recycling has created a growing buzz over the past two years as accelerating research yields a torrent of developments. It’s no wonder, the technology is a kind of modern, sustainable plastics alchemy...

Chemical recycling, sometimes known as advanced recycling, has long been a controversial practice in the recycling arena. At the Southeast Recycling Development Council annual meeting Dec. 1, representatives from Eastman and PureCycle, two companies that...

NOVA Chemicals Corporation has launched version 5.0 of its proprietary BONFIRE® Film Development Platform for modeling and simulating multilayer films. A free tool for NOVA Chemicals’ customers and broader value chain collaborators, the BONFIRE Platform...

Siegwerk, one of the leading global providers of printing inks and coatings for packaging applications and labels, congratulates Eximpro, one of its long-time customers, on winning the AWA International Sleeve Label Award 2021. The Mexican...

Ranpak Holdings Corp., a global leader of environmentally sustainable, paper-based packaging solutions for e-commerce and industrial supply chains, announced the acquisition of Recycold Cool Solutions BV, a manufacturer of sustainable cool packs. Unlike typical cool...

Amazon has developed a new, more sustainable form of insulated food packaging that not only is made from recycled paper but also is easily recyclable. The packaging keeps ecommerce grocery orders in a safe temperature...

Toppan, a global leader in communication, security, packaging, décor materials, and electronics solutions, has been named to CDP’s climate change A List. CDP surveys and assesses the efforts of businesses and subnational governments in relation...

Learning to recycle just got more rewarding for K-12 students nationwide, who now have the chance to win a cash prize for their school by participating in the Trex® Plastic Film Recycling Challenge. Trex Company,...

As the world approaches two years of battling the corona virus, and the resulting supply chain crisis, food and beverage manufacturers like Mars, Grupo Bimbo, and others remain focused their sustainability goals. I’m Joyce Fassl,...

Waste Management of Houston, TX, revealed plans to invest $200 million in recycling infrastructure in 2022, bringing the company’s investment in new and upgraded recycling facilities to over $700 million since 2018. With the demand...