TerraCycle is gaining ground in the food industry with new customers for its waste reuse and recycling models. The Kroger Co. is working with TerraCycle to give people nationwide a way to recycle flexible packaging...

Leading packaging and paper manufacturer, Mondi, is launching a fully recyclable 80% paper-based packaging solution for cold meats and cheese. The new packaging will reduce plastic usage for Austrian dairy producer SalzburgMilch by approximately 40...

The LEGO Group has announced plans to package its products in recyclable paper rather than single-use plastic. The Danish toymaker said in a statement that the new bags will begin appearing in LEGO boxes starting...

As part of its ‘Issue Alignment’ process, CEFLEX stakeholders are working with Swiss University ETH to collect and assess topics which are essential to realising a circular economy for flexible packaging. These issues are being...

We have a tradition on Treehugger: On every November 15th since 2008, on America Recycles Day, we do a post calling recycling what it is: "a fraud, a sham, a scam perpetrated by big business...

A stretch of Highway 162 just west of Oroville, California, has been repaved using 100% recycled materials. Caltrans, the state transportation agency, partnered with engineering startup TechniSoil to pave the nation’s first highway with recycled...

The plastic waste revolution died in the California Legislature this year. Environmentalists have pinned their hopes on the nation's most populous state ever since China rejected American recyclables two years ago, literally dropping the problem...

Every year, the average American goes through more than 250 pounds of plastic waste, and much of that comes from packaging. So what do we do with it all? Your recycling bin is part of...

Siegwerk, one of the leading global providers of printing inks for packaging applications and labels, has developed a proprietary washable ink technology that enables deinking of UV/LED-printed PET shrink sleeves allowing for a recycling of...

Toyochem Co., Ltd., a member company of the Toyo Ink Group, has developed a new pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) with a high bio-based content for use in packaging, labels and tapes. The bio-based content for the...

Once again Werner & Mertz, in cooperation with its Reyclate Initiative partners, has pioneered a new printing ink system for applications way beyond its own industry. With the ink manufacturer Siegwerk Druckfarben AG & Co....

Amcor announces its membership of the Digital Watermarks Initiative “HolyGrail 2.0”, which brings together over 85 companies and organisations across the packaging value chain, including key customers and industry peers. HolyGrail 2.0 is a pilot...

Swiss trading group Meraxis and the integrated Central and Eastern European oil, gas and petrochemical company MOL Group are entering into a strategic partnership. They will be joining forces to forge ahead with the development...

Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, has joined forces with AIM, the European Brands Association, and other partners across the value chain to prove the viability of digital watermarking for sorting waste at...

Less than a year ago, one of the hottest topics in the environmental news sphere was single-use plastics. The question of how to phase them out as quickly and thoroughly as possible dominated websites like...

The secretive way in which plastic recycling is handled in the UK carries the potential for the next big scandal. While the government's statutory guidance is supposed to clarify who is responsible, our research suggests...

A commitment to demonstrating robust ethical management is at the heart of an innovative Sustainable Supply Model implemented by Flint Group Packaging Inks, one of the largest ink suppliers to the global print and packaging...

Toyochem Co., Ltd., a member of the Toyo Ink Group of Japan, has developed a new series of biodegradable pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs). Marketed under the Cyabine™ series of polyurethane PSAs, the newly developed product is...

NOVA Chemicals Corporation, a leading producer of chemicals and plastic resins, announced a long-term agreement with Merlin Plastics Supply Inc. to increase the supply of high-quality, post-consumer recyclate (PCR) for consumer packaging. This marks...

ePac Flexible Packaging, the first company created based entirely on breakthrough digital printing from HP and RePurpose Technologies (RPT), which provides engineered product solutions through purpose-driven recycling, have announced a partnership to effectively solve the...

For the past decade, one top-of-mind sustainability challenge has been the reduction of food waste and the resulting adverse social, economic, and environmental impacts. From an environmental perspective, “in the U.S. alone, food distribution waste...

As customers increasingly bring their own bags to stores in response to the levy on plastic bags that began in July, guidelines for their use are being advocated to prevent shoplifting. Earlier this month, a...

Plastics recycling is failing. Globally, over 350 million metric tons of plastic are produced annually, but according to the OECD, only 14-18% of that is recycled. And now that China has stopped importing the world’s...

With its light weight and ease of transport, flexible packaging has long been lauded by producers for its environmental footprint. However, until recently, the fly in the ointment was the fact that the multiple film...

Harpak-ULMA announced the official launch of its innovative PaperSeal® packaging technology as part of the company’s initiative to fundamentally rethink packaging systems to promote green packaging alternatives across the food industry. Public concerns, regulatory actions,...

A group of public and private stakeholders have launched a high-profile plastics initiative establishing near-term targets for U.S. circular economy efforts. Dubbed the "U.S. Plastics Pact," the collaborative is led by The Recycling Partnership (TRP)...

Amcor announced it has joined the U.S. Plastics Pact, a collaborative, solutions-driven initiative to create a path forward to a circular economy for plastics in the United States by 2025. The U.S. Plastics Pact is...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $97,000 in grants for projects to address microplastic pollution in Lake Tahoe. The projects include a study led by the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC)...