Coveris signed a 10-year purchase agreement with Neoen, a producer of exclusively renewable energy. Coveris is thus investing in green energy that meets the electricity needs of its European plants and will be generated by a future wind farm in Storbrännkullen, Sweden.

Plastics Europe, the association of plastics manufacturers in Europe, and EuPC, the association of European Plastics Converters, announce the launch of the Operation Clean Sweep® (OCS) harmonised European certification scheme. Adding this new tool to the OCS toolbox is a milestone ...

The Recycling Partnership’s PET Recycling Coalition announced three grants to grow and strengthen PET recycling. In its initial round of granting, the Coalition awarded grants to two PET reclaimers and one Materials Recovery Facility that will result in over 2.5 million pounds per ...

80% of plastic in the ocean originates on land   The move, in partnership ...

Alice Rackley, CEO of Digital Deposit Return Scheme (DDRS) technology pioneer Polytag, has issued the following statement following the Government’s response to its second consultation for England, Wales and Northern Ireland:

Digimarc Corporation announces an expansion of the Digital Watermarks Initiative HolyGrail 2.0. Building on successful semi-industrial trials, stakeholders across the packaging value chain have selected France as the European pilot market for Digimarc Recycle. All operators in ...

Addressing, identifying, and applying an overall framework for a sustainable solution to plastic use and disposal is a pressing issue. Researchers from Ritsumeikan University have developed a new behavioral barrier-based framework, which can serve as a guide to policymakers, ...

The Foundation’s Plastics Initiative is joining forces with the World Economic Forum’s Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP) and international climate action NGO WRAP, to ensure more efficient knowledge sharing across their combined network.

TotalEnergies has joined NEXTLOOPP, an initiative bringing together 48 companies from the plastics value chain that aims to create food-grade recycled polymer from advanced mechanical recycling.

Building on the successful semi-industrial validation of two prototype detection sorting units, the Digital Watermarks Initiative HolyGrail 2.0 has entered its next project phase, where the HG2.0 technology will be tested for detection, ejection and purity – among others – at ...