Sustainability

Biodegradable Plastics Market Rising 9.4% Yearly

April 08, 2020

The global biodegradable plastic market size is projected to reach $7.6 billion by 2027, rising at a revenue-based CAGR of 9.4% during the forecast period of 2020-2027.

Gerber’s New Recyclable Baby Food Pouch: 10 Things to Know

April 07, 2020

Packaging

Sustainability, Recycling, Materials

Rick Lingle

Made entirely of polypropylene, the first mono-material baby food pouch is a step toward a circular economy.

Bioplastics Could Help Reduce Plastic Pollution, but First They Must Capture Market Share

April 07, 2020

Sustainability

Packaging, Materials

Clare Goldsberry

Despite their environmental benefits, bioplastics still struggle to wrest market share from conventional plastics. A new IDTechEx report explores the factors helping and hindering adoption of the material.

food in single-use plastic bag vs reusable bag

COVID-19 Reframes Debate on Single-Use Plastic Bags

April 07, 2020

Packaging

Sustainability, Consumer Products, Materials, Medical

Clare Goldsberry

While environmental groups accuse the plastics industry of exploiting a health emergency to push back on plastic bag bans, industry advocates see an opportunity to advance a fact-based discussion of the benefits of plastics.

‘Plastic Wars’ Documentary Omits Recent Innovations in Recycling Technology

April 02, 2020

Recycling

Packaging, Sustainability, Consumer Products, Materials

Clare Goldsberry

The investigative piece goes to great lengths to show that the plastics industry had serious doubts that “recycling would work in a significant way” as far back as the 1970s. It fails to show, however, the great strides industry has made in recent years.

Top 5 Reads in Plastics Packaging Q1 2020

March 31, 2020

Packaging

Sustainability, Recycling, Consumer Products

Rick Lingle

Sustainability dominates every one of the top-read articles thus far, but the coronavirus makes an unwelcome appearance, too.

Study Suggests Lego Bricks Could Survive in Ocean for up to 1,300 Years

March 29, 2020

Sustainability

Materials

Stephen Moore

A study led by the University of Plymouth examined the extent to which items of the ever-popular children’s toy were worn down in the marine environment.

ANTEC 2020: The Show Must Go On . . . Virtually

March 27, 2020

Injection Molding

Sustainability, Recycling, Thermoforming, Blow Molding, Business, Extrusion: Film & Sheet, Extrusion: Pipe & Profile, Materials

PlasticsToday Staff

This year’s live event was canceled because of COVID-19, but the knowledge sharing will go on via ANTEC 2020: The Virtual Edition. Keynotes from the CEOs of Berry Global Group and Dow will kick it off on Monday, March 30.

Environmental Group Accuses Plastics Industry Association of Fear Mongering

March 25, 2020

Sustainability

Packaging, Business

Clare Goldsberry

Upstream Solutions, an advocacy group that fights plastic pollution, has accused the plastics industry of “exploiting” the COVID-19 outbreak to push for increased production of single-use plastics.

Clariant and Floreon Collaborate to Expand High-Performance Biopolymer Applications

March 25, 2020

Packaging

Sustainability, Recycling, Automotive and Mobility, Consumer Products, Materials

Clare Goldsberry

By integrating the benefits of Clariant’s additives with Floreon’s proprietary material solutions, the collaboration aims to open up additional possibilities to consider biopolymers as a viable, low-carbon-footprint alternative to fossil-fuel-based plastics.

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