A new report from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) finds that Principal Members in the organization’s ReSource: Plastic program – Keurig Dr Pepper, McDonald's Corporation, Procter & Gamble, Starbucks, and The Coca-Cola Company – cut their use of problematic plastic [1] by ...

“Talking plainly. Acting sustainably. Showing progress.” This is the title of the ...

Located in Albacete, the new plant will have a maximum input capacity of 150 000 tonnes of post-consumer food-grade mixed plastics per year and produce 54 000 tonnes of rPET pellets per year Repetco Innovations is planning to make an initial investment of €47 million and ...

Invest-NL and Energietransitiefonds Rotterdam will jointly invest €15 million in Umincorp for the construction of a new rPET factory in Rotterdam. With this, Umincorp (“Urban Mining Corp”) is taking the next step in recycling plastics from household waste. InnovationQuarter is ...

End of the deposit exemptions in sight: In May 2021, the German Bundestag and ...

​The number of microbial enzymes with the ability to degrade plastic is growing, in correlation with local levels of plastic pollution. That is the finding of a new study from Chalmers that measured samples of environmental DNA from around the globe. The results illustrate the impact ...

Dow announces that five of its largest manufacturing sites in Freeport, Texas (USA), Tarragona (Spain), Terneuzen (Netherlands), Boehlen (Germany) and Schkopau (Germany) have received International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS recognition for their compliance ...

Deeper partnership drives development of circular packaging solutions based on ...

The UK’s first deposit return scheme will go live across Scotland on 16 August 2023, helping to recycle billions of bottles and cans every year. The announcement follows an independent review, which considered the impact of COVID-19 on the scheme.

PepsiCo Beverages North America announced a $15 million investment in Closed Loop Partners' Leadership Fund, a private equity fund that acquires and grows companies, including in the packaging value chain, to strengthen recycling infrastructure and build circular supply ...