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7UP bottles green and clear

7UP Screwed Up by Going Green 7UP Screwed Up by Going Green

Packaging designers could have easily avoided this seriously unsustainable misstep. Why didn’t they?

byLisa McTigue Pierce

Sep 9, 2024

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4 Min Read

Inside Story of First US Water Brand With Tethered Caps Inside Story of First US Water Brand With Tethered Caps

Sep 3, 2024

6 Min Read

Curbside recylable ReZorce HDPE beverage carton from Zotefoams

Recyclable HDPE Drink Carton Fuels Circularity Recyclable HDPE Drink Carton Fuels Circularity

byKate Bertrand Connolly 1

Aug 27, 2024

2 Min Read

New Cosmetics Bottle Is a Beautiful Breakthrough in Sustainability New Cosmetics Bottle Is a Beautiful Breakthrough in Sustainability

Aug 21, 2024

3 Min Read

LG Chem material gets V-0 level certification.

LG Chem Debuts Eco-Friendly, Flame-Retardant Plastics LG Chem Debuts Eco-Friendly, Flame-Retardant Plastics

byKristen Kazarian

Aug 12, 2024

1 Min Read

PET tethered cap from Origin Materials

World’s First Tethered PET Cap Already in Production World’s First Tethered PET Cap Already in Production

Aug 6, 2024

2 Min Read

Polymer Center Drives Bottle-to-Bottle Circularity

Polymer Center Drives Bottle-to-Bottle Circularity

byKate Bertrand Connolly 1, Rick Lingle

Jonathan Quinn, CEO, U.S. Plastics Pact

A New CEO for U.S. Plastics Pact, an Ambitious Trajectory for the Circular Economy

A New CEO for U.S. Plastics Pact, an Ambitious Trajectory for the Circular Economy

byJoanna Cosgrove

Sonoco's 3-piece polypropylene can

Sonoco Debuts Injection-Molded 3-Piece Plastic Can

Sonoco Debuts Injection-Molded 3-Piece Plastic Can

Potato chip bags

New Dry Lamination Adhesive for Sustainable Flexible Food Packaging

New Dry Lamination Adhesive for Sustainable Flexible Food Packaging

Blue Bunny's clear recyclable PP ice cream pints

Why Did This Ice Cream Brand Pick Plastic Pints Over Paperboard?

Why Did This Ice Cream Brand Pick Plastic Pints Over Paperboard?

Big Brands Back Reusable Cups Trial in CA

Big Brands Back Reusable Cups Trial in CA

byKate Bertrand Connolly 1

Bubbly Breakthrough: New Plastic Food Tray Loses the Weight

Bubbly Breakthrough: New Plastic Food Tray Loses the Weight

Store recycling drop-off bin and heat maps

Mechanical Recycling

Want Consumers to Recycle In-Store? Show Them How.

Want Consumers to Recycle In-Store? Show Them How.

byKate Bertrand Connolly 1

Who Are the Plastic Recycling Champions?

Who Are the Plastic Recycling Champions?

byTom Newmaster

Here’s Help for Your Packaging EPR Compliance

Here’s Help for Your Packaging EPR Compliance

byJoanna Cosgrove

Polystyrene Sustainability: One-on-One with Ineos Styrolution

Polystyrene Sustainability: One-on-One with Ineos Styrolution

turtle swimming near plastic bag

It’s Microplastics All the Way Down

It’s Microplastics All the Way Down

byJohn Spevacek

Pouch made with food-grade recycled LLDPE

Recycled LLDPE Process Gains FDA Okay

Recycled LLDPE Process Gains FDA Okay

byKate Bertrand Connolly 1

Amazon exiting plastic pillow cushioning

Plastic Loses Amazon Pillow Fight

Plastic Loses Amazon Pillow Fight

Chlorophyll Water's sustainable water bottle

This Water Bottle Diverts Ocean-Bound Plastic

This Water Bottle Diverts Ocean-Bound Plastic

Generational differences in recycling graphic

Mechanical Recycling

Which Consumers are Leading the Recycling Charge?

Which Consumers are Leading the Recycling Charge?

byTom Newmaster

Curbside recycling

EPR Gains Momentum with Minnesota’s New Law

EPR Gains Momentum with Minnesota’s New Law

Recycling Reusable Shopping Bags

Recycling Reusable Shopping Bags

byKate Bertrand Connolly 1

LyondellBasell booth at trade show

Automotive & Mobility

LyondellBasell Accelerates Circularity Projects

LyondellBasell Accelerates Circularity Projects

PET Packaging Shines at NPE

PET Packaging Shines at NPE

Jordan Robertson of StackTeck holds ultrathin PET cups

PET ‘Power Couple’ Pushes Recycling to the Max

PET ‘Power Couple’ Pushes Recycling to the Max

Hyperspectral analyzer ID's different packaging films

Mechanical Recycling

AI Powers Next-Gen Plastic-Film Recycling

AI Powers Next-Gen Plastic-Film Recycling

byKate Bertrand Connolly 1

Taco Bell expands recycling program with TerraCycle

Taco Bell and TerraCycle Make Recycling Saucier

Taco Bell and TerraCycle Make Recycling Saucier

byKate Bertrand Connolly 1

All-electric material handler at a MRF

What Makes a Recycling Facility Sustainable?

What Makes a Recycling Facility Sustainable?

Graphic of earth vs. plastics

Mechanical Recycling

Planet vs. Plastics: Not All Plastic Problems Are the Same

Planet vs. Plastics: Not All Plastic Problems Are the Same

byGaspard Duthilleul

Earth plus sorted and bundled recycled material

Municipal Recycling: Social Impact and Engagement

Municipal Recycling: Social Impact and Engagement

What Sustainable Solutions Make Sense for Plastics?

What Sustainable Solutions Make Sense for Plastics?

byRobert Lilienfeld

Behind-the-Scenes Look at a New Recycling Facility

Behind-the-Scenes Look at a New Recycling Facility

Bales of recycled PET bottles

Recycling Secrets of Sorting

Recycling Secrets of Sorting

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