Like many other major plastics applications, plastics use in flexible packaging has come under deep scrutiny in recent years as sustainability concerns rise and spread globally. Paper is often lauded as a far more environmentally...

A new testing protocol that determines whether film packaging is compatible with the current recycling infrastructure in North America has been developed by the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR). The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR)...

Stora Enso has appointed Annette Stube as EVP, Head of Sustainability and a member of the Group Leadership Team. She will start on 1 September 2020. Annette Stube is a Danish citizen who joins from...

UK-based Cromwell Plastics has renamed its manufacturing and recycling division following the acquisition of Moorgreen Flexible Packaging earlier this year. Cromwell said the new division, Cromwell Plastics Recycling, would strengthen its focus on helping businesses...

INX Europe has joined CEFLEX to further reinforce its commitment to developing sustainable technologies to create a circular economy for the flexible packaging market. CEFLEX is a European-based consortium that represents the entire value chain,...

Recycling is an excellent way to help the environment -- if it's done correctly. Simply tossing all of your plastics into the recycling bin isn't the way to go. Instead, you need to know which...

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...

The Coalition, which includes retailers and manufacturers such as Nestlé, Tesco, Walmart and General Mills, aims to halve per capita global food loss at the retailer and consumer levels. The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) has...

ByFusion aims to make building more sustainable. The company created ByBlock, the first construction-grade brick made entirely out of recycled plastic materials. “We have been working hard over the past several years to develop an innovative...

With sustainability firmly at the forefront of today’s packaging supply chain, Flint Group Packaging Inks, one of the largest consumables suppliers to the global print and packaging industry, has detailed its vision for supporting circular...

It’s no secret that plastic recycling is undergoing some major growing pains: multiple resins, different shapes and sizes, and a continuously evolving packaging stream that doesn’t always align with recovery infrastructure or the demand from...

Procter & Gamble (P&G), the parent company of many, many brands that we all use, is aiming for 100% recyclable packaging by 2030 — Downy, Bounce, Pampers, Tide, Gain, Gillette, Dawn dish detergent, Vicks vapor...

ProAmpac, the flexible packaging leader, announced that it is producing its first ProActive Renewable products for the baby food market with Bimbosan’s newest premium baby formula, cereal supplements & cereal paps. The new bag, which...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation has denied solid-waste and air-emission permits for a proposed waste-to-energy facility that would go on the site of the former BASF chemical plant. And while opponents say the permit...

The disposal of plastics is a global problem. They are nearly indestructible in natural conditions but are discarded worldwide on a large scale. The world produces around 359 million metric tons of plastics each year....

Sun Chemical has organized a Corporate Sustainability Committee to further strengthen its approach to addressing the sustainability needs of the packaging industry. The development of sustainable packaging solutions is not a new endeavor at Sun...

For packaging converters looking for compostable solutions, Michelman is excited to announce the certification of three high performance products to help make design and performance needs a reality. Michelman continues building on its 70-year...

The Coral Springs City Commission voted to redirect the city’s recyclables to the Wheelabrator ‘Waste to Energy’ plant. This facility recovers energy produced by burning waste and converts it into electricity. Last May, the city...

Sealed Air Corporation has announced it has signed a collaboration agreement with Plastic Energy, an industry-leading company in advanced recycling technology. Additionally, Sealed Air has made an equity investment in Plastic Energy Global, the parent...

The Global Plastics Alliance (GPA) has announced a huge increase in the number of projects aimed at combating marine litter in the decade since its inception. The GPA, a collaboration among plastic industry associations around...

Giving a new life to plastic trash gets Carlos Bento out of bed every morning. But the coronavirus pandemic has seen revenues drop up to 40 percent at Micronipol, the large recycling facility he runs...

As part of Taghleef’s initiative to pioneer in developing solutions that support the move from a linear to a more circular economy, Ti introduces its new product portfolio called reLIFE™. Under Taghleef’s Dynamic Cycle approach,...

BASF, CSSA, Layfield, London Drugs, Merlin Plastics, NOVA Chemicals, Recycle BC, Return-It, Save on Foods and V.I.P. Soap have joined forces to respond to one of the most pressing environmental challenges – plastic waste. Supported...

The Kroger Co. announced the launch of its Simple Truth Recycling Program, offering customers a free and simple way to recycle the flexible packaging of more than 300 products from the company private-label Simple Truth,...

A chemical recycling firm is on the hunt for a massive quantity of plastics Nos. 1-7, material the company plans to process at plastics-to-fuel facilities across the country. San Francisco-headquartered Brightmark is looking to bring...

Amcor, one of the world’s largest packaging companies, developed a film that matches the heat resistance of oriented PET but can still be recycled in PE film streams. The multi-layer material is one a number...

The system uses ground-up old asphalt mixed with a polymer binder made from recycled materials, and may be even more durable than traditional processes. Paving roads is a dirty business. That may not come as...

Film manufacturer Südpack has committed itself to chemical recycling and is calling upon companies across the value chain to collaborate and achieve positive change. The company believes that chemical recycling of plastics waste is a...