5:40 min America, Sorting and collection
Recycling technology

TOMRA: Quick-change mixed waste processing

Santa Barbara County’s Resource Center efficiently sorts both MSW and single stream ...
4:27 min America, Sorting and collection
Recycling

Argentinian recycler Reciclar improves its capacity of up to 600 million plastic bottles per year thanks to TOMRA’s equipment

TOMRA and Reciclar set an example of accelerating a circular treatment of precious ...
1:44 min America, PET recycling systems, Food grade PET
Expansion

Starlinger viscotec - Doubling rPET manufacturing capacity: Evergreen, USA

Established in 1998 with a single location in Clyde, Ohio, Evergreen is a ...
1:49 min America
US

US Department of the Interior: Single-Use Plastics to be phased out on public lands by 2032

On World Ocean Day, 8 June 2022, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland issued Secretary’s Order 3407, which aims to reduce the procurement, sale and distribution of single-use plastic products and packaging with a goal of phasing out single-use plastic products on Department-managed ...
3:00 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, America, Sheets & Films
Film recycling

Minnesota-based initiative launches circular economy for flexible films

MBOLD coalition catalyzes new ecosystem to support a circular economy for flexible packaging and films in the Upper Midwest.
1:17 min America, Bottle development and design
Bottel Development

Label-less Villavicencio water packaging from Amcor and Danone reduces carbon footprint by 21%

Amcor Rigid Packaging (ARP) and Danone have launched a 100% recyclable bottle for ...
1:38 min America, Plastic recycling systems

PureCycle breaks ground on new recycling facility in Augusta, Georgia

On March 22, 2022, PureCycle Technologies, Inc. breaked ground on its second U.S. ...
0:51 min Management, America, Injection moulding systems
Management

ENGEL North America prepares for the future

ENGEL aligns for a thriving market by creating a new management board.
2:80 min Facts & Figures, Sustainability & Circular Economy, America
Ambition

Berry announces goal for 30% circular plastics by 2030, with long-term vision to decouple from fossil fuels

Berry Global Group, Inc. announced its most ambitious sustainable packaging goal to date: 30% circular plastics use across its fast-moving consumer goods packaging by 2030. Circular plastics include recycled and renewable resins like bioplastics. Berry’s global footprint and ...
1:27 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, America
Survey

Amcor research shows consumers worldwide want to recycle more

A new survey of 12,000 consumers in six countries worldwide shows that 76% of them would like to recycle more than they do now. Recyclability is the packaging sustainability attribute consumers care most about, above other options including reusability and the type of materials ...