Mars Wrigley, the maker of some of the world's most beloved treats and snacks, and Danimer Scientific, a leading developer and manufacturer of biodegradable materials, announced a two-year partnership to develop an innovative home compostable...

Nestlé, together with other companies, has collaborated to develop Australia's first soft plastic food wrapper made with recycled content. The prototype KitKat wrapper, which aims at closing the loop on recycling soft plastics, has been...

In considering materials that could become the fabrics of the future, scientists have largely dismissed one widely available option: polyethylene. The stuff of plastic wrap and grocery bags, polyethylene is thin and lightweight, and could...

The CEID working group on packaging, of which leading ink manufacturer Siegwerk is part, has released its report to assess both opportunities and challenges for Circular Economy approaches in the packaging industry. The report will...

The humble garbage bag may be an ideal candidate to spur more sustainable plastic film recycling end markets, experts said at a plastic recycling webinar hosted by the Northeast Recycling Council (NERC). Recyclers and plastics...

Australia is likely to miss all of its own targets to rid the environment of plastic unless there is a major overhaul of its management and enforcement, conservationists and waste industry representatives say. A government...

A road running through Accra, Ghana’s capital, looks like any other blacktop. Yet what most drivers don’t realize is that the asphalt under them contains a slurry of used plastics—shredded and melted bags, bottles, and...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), the leading advocate and voice for the growing U.S. flexible packaging industry, is pleased to announce the winners of its 65th Annual Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition. The winning entries...

Toyo Ink SC Holdings Co., Ltd., the parent company of the specialty chemicals manufacturing conglomerate Toyo Ink Group, and ITOCHU Corporation, a leading global trading house, have entered into a cooperative agreement to establish a...

Amcor and the Alliance share the belief that collaboration and collective action are critical to eliminating plastic waste. Alliance membership also aligns with Amcor’s 2025 Sustainability Pledge to develop all its packaging to be recyclable...

Continuing its mission to deliver sustainable solutions, ProAmpac, a flexible packaging leader, in collaboration with Westlab, an international brand of luxury, natural, accessible, and affordable mineral bathing salts, announced a recyclable pouch for premium bathing...

LyondellBasell could start construction on a world-scale chemical recycling plant in the next five to six years, the CEO said. "My hope is over the next five, six years, we're in construction of a world-scale...

To start dealing with Australia’s mounting plastic crisis, the federal government last week launched its first National Plastics Plan. The plan will fight plastic on various fronts, such as banning plastic on beaches, ending polystyrene...

A federal initiative focused on energy efficiency in U.S. manufacturing recently selected more than a dozen plastics recycling projects to support. They include efforts advancing PET recovery, mixed-plastics processing, chemical recycling and more. The REMADE...

PAC Machinery, a leader in the heat sealing and flexible packaging industry, announced the availability of their proprietary Recylene brand recycled/recyclable bag material. The new material blend features a unique formula containing over 50% recycled...

ChemFORWARD and the Sustainable Packaging Coalition have launched a new Collaborative to support companies in achieving their 2025 commitments to eliminate waste and single-use plastics. The SPC is the leading voice on sustainable packaging, with...

IndexBox has just published a new report: “EU - Plastic Packaging - Market Analysis, Forecast, Size, Trends and Insights.” Here is a summary of the report's key findings. According to the latest statistics from Eurostat,...

The value chain will continue to progress on design for recycling this year – but needs to continue to build cross-industry alignment and will look to regulators to provide a supportive landscape. Tim Sykes surveys...

Stakeholders across the supply chain discussed ways advanced recycling technologies can help brands to meet recycled-content goals during Clemson’s Food, Packaging & Sustainability Summit. In recent years, more brands have announced commitments to use recycled...

The demand for compostable packaging to replace traditional plastic food and beverage packaging is growing steadily, and that trend is predicted to continue for years to come. It’s no surprise that consumers are excited about...

ExxonMobil has completed the initial phase of a plant trial of a proprietary advanced recycling process for converting plastic waste into raw materials for production of high-value polymers. The trial, at the company’s existing facilities...

The Netherlands Institute for Sustainable Packaging’s (KIDV) Community of Practice (CoP) is a group that has set its sights on developing circular solutions for flexible packaging. Along with partners such as PepsiCo, Unilever, and Mars...

The Kraft Heinz Company announced the successful completion of a pilot project to demonstrate the use of roof board made from recycled flexible packaging. The test was made possible by the Company’s participation in Materials...

Through close and enduring collaboration BillerudKorsnäs and Tetra Pak aim to push the figure of renewable material from wood fibre in carton packages towards 100%. Already today the figure is about 70%. New innovations to...

Vita Nova is a new consortium of industry players promoting the use of mono-PET flexible packaging in the circular economy. BOPET Films Europe and Searious Business are launching the initiative and invite interested parties to...

Filling the market gap for premium and high-performance recyclable frozen food packaging, ProAmpac announces the launch of ProActive Recyclable R-2000F. This patent-pending film is the newest member of the ProActive Sustainability® product family and has...

NOVA Chemicals Corporation has developed a series of customizable film structure designs formulated with post-consumer resin (PCR). The film structures, which incorporate post-consumer low-density and linear low-density polyethylene (rLDPE/LLDPE), can be tailored to meet the...

A circular economy looks different within each industry, but its broad vision of healing the harm from the industrial economy’s extractive, polluting original sins is appealing more to a variety of businesses. A small number...