Sustainability

Chinaplas: Appliance and LED lighting manufacturers accelerate innovation with vinyl formulations

April 21, 2018

Shanghai, China — Manufacturers are increasingly choosing vinyl resins for both LED lighting and appliance applications according to compounder PolyOne. The company’s material offerings will be featured at Chinaplas, which kicks off in Shanghai April 24, along with examples of how they are...

The benefits of sustainable manufacturing

April 20, 2018

Sustainability

Recycling, 3D Printing, Injection Molding

Gordon Styles

As we get ready to celebrate Earth Day, Gordon Styles, founder and President of Star Rapid, shares thoughts on why manufacturers bear a responsibility to continuously improve services and efforts that benefit communities.

Plastics Industry Association sets 100% waste diversion goal at NPE2018

April 19, 2018

NPE

Recycling

Sustainability, Materials

Clare Goldsberry

The goal demonstrates the association’s commitment to sustainability and aims to exceed the 87% of waste that was diverted from the last NPE show in 2015.

Top 5 issues in plastics and packaging: The ACC responds

April 18, 2018

Packaging

Sustainability, Recycling, Business, Materials

Steve Russell

American Chemistry Council (Washington, D.C.) tackles ocean debris, mixed materials and other major concerns that permeate today’s plastics and packaging discussions inside and outside the industry.

Research team engineers a better PET-eating enzyme

April 17, 2018

Packaging

Sustainability, Recycling, Materials

PlasticsToday Staff

A breakthrough in enzyme research led to an improved variant of an enzyme that can break down PET bottles. News that’s even better? The expectation is that far superior versions are possible.

The role of flexible packaging in a sustainable world

April 17, 2018

Packaging

Sustainability, Recycling, Materials

Clare Goldsberry

A new report from the Flexible Packaging Association (Annapolis, MD) provides a holistic view of the sustainability benefits that flexible packaging offers.

Click-bait headline claims plastics tore apart whale from the inside

April 13, 2018

Sustainability

Materials

Clare Goldsberry

While scientists found plastic bags in the whale’s digestive system, they also removed mangled rope, glass, a large water container and several sacks of raffia.

XPRIZE finalists find novel ways to convert CO2 emissions into plastics precursors, valuable products

April 13, 2018

Sustainability

Materials

Clare Goldsberry

Ten teams from five countries have advanced to the finals of $20 million NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE.

PHA bioplastics a ‘tunable’ solution for convenience food packaging

April 10, 2018

Packaging

Sustainability, Recycling, Resin Pricing, Consumer Products, Materials

Rick Lingle

Cambridge Consultants (Cambridge, England) sees a great opportunity for polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) bioplastics in convenience food packaging—Catherine Joce, sustainability and circular economy lead, explains why.

Torayfan Over the Mountain high-barrier BOPP film

Toray Plastics (America) helps Mexican CPG companies satisfy regional packaging preferences

April 06, 2018

Packaging

Sustainability, Consumer Products, Materials

Clare Goldsberry

Mexican consumers’ food preferences influence package design. For example, they like to purchase milk as a dehydrated powder packaged in a stand-up zipper pouch and are more accepting of retorted food products than U.S. consumers.

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