On October 7th, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, announced the next steps in the Government of Canada’s plan to achieve zero plastic waste by 2030.

There is a significant risk that the EU will not meet its plastic packaging recycling targets for 2025 and 2030, according to a review by the European Court of Auditors (ECA). The update of the legal framework for plastic recycling in 2018 reflects the EU’s increased ambitions and ...

Graham Packaging is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Graham Recycling Company (GRC). The facility opened September 26, 1990, running only one line and one shift. It now operates three lines with three round-the-clock shifts

Transition to 100% rPET confirmed for Coca-Cola in the Netherlands and Coca-Cola in ...

Nestlé and Australian recycler iQ Renew today announced the next steps in a trial which will see soft plastics collected through kerbside recycling and diverted from landfill. The trial will commence with 2,000 households on the NSW Central Coast, with plans to extend it to around ...

Holland Colours, an independent Dutch manufacturer of colorants and additives for the plastics market, has announced in a recent press release that the company has switched South African distributors from Banbury to Tawazon.

With its latest agreement on the new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and coronavirus recovery fund, the European Council has also approved the implementation of the so-called plastic tax as of the 1st of January 2021. The plan foresees a €0.80/kg levy on non-recycled plastic ...

Ozarka®, Deer Park® and Zephyrhills® join Poland Spring® in using 100% rPET bottles ...

Following the successful roll-out of its Eastern Cape pilot project in November ...

Global polyester production is expected to decline by more than half a million tonnes this year. For polyester’s key raw materials, paraxylene (PX) and PTA, the knock-on effects will hit global demand in the coming years.