Mechanical Recycling

This initial investment from Nestlé’s sustainable packaging venture fund will help upgrade US recycling infrastructure and secure access to food-grade recycled plastics.

Special agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives have been sent to help with ongoing investigations at both facilities, as the cause of the fires has come under scrutiny.

Since Fakuma 2020 has been cancelled because of the pandemic, Wittmann Battenfeld is showcasing product introductions and new technologies that it was going to exhibit at the event via videos on its Virtual Fakuma portal.

“Poliblend’s portfolio of recycled and virgin PA66, PA6, and POM, and Esseti Plast’s extensive masterbatch operations will offer our customers more choices for . . . high-performance materials on a global scale,” said John Saunders, Ascend’s Vice...

Plans call for building at least one additional FDA-compliant recycled PET resin line in Darlington.

A key goal of the new US Plastics Pact is to recycle or compost 50% of plastic packaging by 2025. Is that realistic?

Report outlines major global efforts to rid environment of plastic waste.

After languishing for nearly two years in the California Assembly and Senate, the California Circular Economy and Plastic Pollution Act once again failed to come to a vote before the legislative session ended at midnight on Aug. 31.

The company’s Twentyby30 program outlines 20 measurable environmental, social, and governance goals to be completed by 2023 or sooner.

While the U.S. Plastics Pact follows the ambitious precedents set by the existing global Plastics Pact network, it is tailored to meet the unique needs and challenges of the U.S. market.