Recycling and the use of recycled content have become key aspects of sustainability in plastic packaging in the US and the European Union. According to a recent RaboResearch report, the demand for recycled polymers has grown in both regions and is expected to continue to rise in the ...

For the last six months, the GreenDot Group and Shell Chemicals Europe, a subsidiary of Shell, have been exploring ways to collaborate to try to deliver additional business outcomes across circular chemicals and polymers for Europe.

Last week, the White House released a new report, "Mobilizing Federal Action on Plastic Pollution: Progress, Principles, and Priorities." The report is a product of the Interagency Policy Committee on Plastic Pollution and a Circular Economy (IPC). The Association of Plastic ...

Study of restrictions on single-use plastics considers how businesses respond to regulations across the UK internal market.

In the “TrueBlue” sustainability report, KraussMaffei illustrates on 93 pages which instruments and measures it uses to fulfill its corporate responsibility in the areas of economy, environment and social affairs.

Communities across the United States and around the world are facing a plastic pollution crisis. Plastic production and waste have doubled over the past two decades, littering our ocean, poisoning the air of communities near production facilities, and threatening public health. The ...

Neste and Mitsubishi Corporation have agreed to establish a strategic partnership focusing on developing value chains for renewable chemicals and plastics for and with Japanese brands. The partners are targeting brands in industries such as food and beverage, apparel, and consumer ...

New version of the Design for Recycling Guidelines for all plastic packaging streams1 was released by RecyClass. These updates follow intensive testing commissioned earlier this year with a focus on a comprehensive alignment of the Guidelines’ structure. The review included a ...

The partners Nestlé Germany, DUO PLAST and Der Grüne Punkt have jointly developed new stretch hoods made of low-density polyethylene (LDPE), which contain up to 20 percent recyclates from the Yellow Bag or Yellow Bin in the middle layer. This is the first time that post-consumer ...

The collaboration, led by the NextGen Consortium, makes reusable cups the default ...