Rohrer is bringing a new sustainable packaging solution to WestPack 2020. ecoCombo™ uses post-consumer recycled (PCR) materials. Available for both blisters and blister cards, this new program expands the recycled content options within Rohrer’s premier ezCombo™ capabilities.

Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia announced its corporate venture capital platform Amatil X had completed a strategic investment in Indonesian logistics startup, Kargo Technologies as part of the business’ broader strategy to digitize its operations.

Inline Plastics announced today the integration of rDPET™ across its full product line, making Inline the first food packaging manufacturer in the United States to develop high performing food-grade packaging material infused with post-consumer content born from recycling at the molecular level,…

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $25 million in funding for plastics recycling research and development (R&D). The funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is part of the Department’s Plastics Innovation Challenge, a comprehensive program to accelerate innovations in plastics…

In joining the Circular Plastics Alliance EDANA, the association representing the nonwovens and related industries, endorses the vision to deliver on the circular economy for plastics and substantially increase the use of recycled plastics in new products.

With Staffordshire residents throwing out four in 10 plastic bottles annually, Staffordshire County Council is launching ‘Plastic Bottles: Recycle One and All’, a new campaign to help increase recycling rates and reduce waste.

The new "green brand" MITA Eyewear from Vision of Tomorrow Eyewear LLC combines fashion and sustainability by making their frames out of recycled materials.

Contrary to the equipment suppliers for the automotive segment, the suppliers of waste disposal and recycling technology see a real boom in incoming orders. Herbold Meckesheim has full order books for 2020 and even further projects for 2021are already being finalized. That is unusual for a market…

Henkel is stepping up its commitment for sustainability and has set further ambitious packaging targets for 2025 to promote a circular economy. By then, 100 percent of Henkel's packaging will be recyclable or reusable* and the company will reduce fossil-based virgin plastics by 50 percent in its…

Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), a global company listed in Thailand has recycled 50 billion PET bottles since 2011. The equivalent of over 200,000 elephants in weight. This major global recycling milestone saved three million barrels of crude oil and eliminated 1.65 million tons of…

Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia announced its corporate venture capital platform Amatil X had completed a strategic investment in Indonesian logistics startup, Kargo Technologies as part of the business’ broader strategy to digitize its operations.

Following international debate on plastic waste at the World Economic Forum last week, the British Plastics Federation (BPF) has released two videos to address public misunderstanding about plastic’s role in society and the best ways to prevent plastic waste.

Detecting machine downtimes before they happen: sounds like science-fiction. But this has long been possible with GRAFiT 4.0, a complete software solution for central production monitoring and digital process optimization. The software is used on Starlinger machinery and allows the operator to…

Virtual design and visualisation of entire plant solutions enables the use of digital twin technology and optimal solutions​ - Tetra Pak, the world’s leading food processing and packaging solutions company, announces a collaboration with Hexagon’s PPM Division, the leading global provider of…

The future of service support is becoming progressively more digital. But what for some is still a vision of the future is already corporate reality at Krones: thanks to remote support, Krones’ specialists are available to their clients night and day in the event of unexpected standstills or sudden…

Rohrer is bringing a new sustainable packaging solution to WestPack 2020. ecoCombo™ uses post-consumer recycled (PCR) materials. Available for both blisters and blister cards, this new program expands the recycled content options within Rohrer’s premier ezCombo™ capabilities.

Inline Plastics announced today the integration of rDPET™ across its full product line, making Inline the first food packaging manufacturer in the United States to develop high performing food-grade packaging material infused with post-consumer content born from recycling at the molecular level,…

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $25 million in funding for plastics recycling research and development (R&D). The funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is part of the Department’s Plastics Innovation Challenge, a comprehensive program to accelerate innovations in plastics…

In joining the Circular Plastics Alliance EDANA, the association representing the nonwovens and related industries, endorses the vision to deliver on the circular economy for plastics and substantially increase the use of recycled plastics in new products.

With Staffordshire residents throwing out four in 10 plastic bottles annually, Staffordshire County Council is launching ‘Plastic Bottles: Recycle One and All’, a new campaign to help increase recycling rates and reduce waste.