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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, Executive Editor

Sep 9, 2024

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Automotive & Mobility

Exel Composites Unveils Bio-based Unsaturated Polyester Resin Exel Composites Unveils Bio-based Unsaturated Polyester Resin

byStephen Moore

Sep 9, 2024

1 Min Read

plastic waste in Kenya

Plastic Pollution Study Ignores Impact of ‘Waste Colonialism,’ Says Break Free From Plastics Plastic Pollution Study Ignores Impact of ‘Waste Colonialism,’ Says Break Free From Plastics

byNorbert Sparrow

Sep 6, 2024

1 Min Read

Biden-Harris 2024 yard sign

Take Your Political Yard Sign and . . . Recycle It Take Your Political Yard Sign and . . . Recycle It

byNorbert Sparrow

Sep 6, 2024

1 Min Read

dictionary page with word definition

Environmentalists Want to Change the Meaning of the Word ‘Recyclable’Environmentalists Want to Change the Meaning of the Word ‘Recyclable’

byJohn Spevacek

Sep 4, 2024

1 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

1 Min Read

Peugeot 3008 interior

Automotive & Mobility

Compound With 65% Recycled Polypropylene in Automotive First

Compound With 65% Recycled Polypropylene in Automotive First

byStephen Moore

Plastics News in August: Hot and Balanced

Plastics News in August: Hot and Balanced

Biopolymer films made from seaweed

Biopolymer’s Secret is Seaweed

Biopolymer’s Secret is Seaweed

byKate Bertrand Connolly 1, Freelance Writer

Construction made of Lego bricks at Lego headquarters in Billund, Denmark, on March 6, 2018

Lego Willing to Pay 70% Premium for Certified Renewable Resin

Lego Willing to Pay 70% Premium for Certified Renewable Resin

byNorbert Sparrow

car dashboard

Automotive & Mobility

Polymer Colorants Derived From Recycled Tires

Polymer Colorants Derived From Recycled Tires

byStephen Moore

green footprint on brown background

Injection Molding

Wittmann’s New Tool Has Molders Seeing Green

Wittmann’s New Tool Has Molders Seeing Green

byGeoff Giordano

Curbside recylable ReZorce HDPE beverage carton from Zotefoams

Recyclable HDPE Drink Carton Fuels Circularity

Recyclable HDPE Drink Carton Fuels Circularity

byKate Bertrand Connolly 1, Freelance Writer

Makersite sustainable materials

Analyzing Materials for Sustainability Is Tricky

Analyzing Materials for Sustainability Is Tricky

environmental-minded handshake

Trex-led PE Recycling Alliance Reports Phenomenal Growth

Trex-led PE Recycling Alliance Reports Phenomenal Growth

byGeoff Giordano

LYB aims to increase the recycling of hard-to-recycle flexible plastic waste materials.

LyondellBasell to Acquire APK AG Recycling Technology

LyondellBasell to Acquire APK AG Recycling Technology

byKristen Kazarian, Managing Editor

Researchers from the University of Delaware and Argonne National Laboratory

A New Life for Styrofoam?

A New Life for Styrofoam?

byJoanna Cosgrove, Freelance Writer

New Cosmetics Bottle Is a Beautiful Breakthrough in Sustainability

New Cosmetics Bottle Is a Beautiful Breakthrough in Sustainability

Solutum's sustainable film is made from a composite material

Startup Creates Composite for Sustainable Flexible Packaging

Startup Creates Composite for Sustainable Flexible Packaging

3 Brilliant Examples of Plastic Packaging Possibilities

3 Brilliant Examples of Plastic Packaging Possibilities

byKate Bertrand Connolly 1, Freelance Writer

laptop computer

Automotive & Mobility

Ready-to-use Soft/Rigid Combo Materials Sustainably Accelerate Time to Market

Ready-to-use Soft/Rigid Combo Materials Sustainably Accelerate Time to Market

byStephen Moore

bales of plastic bottles for recycling

Major US Policy Shift on Global Plastics Treaty

Major US Policy Shift on Global Plastics Treaty

byNorbert Sparrow

Sealed with a Kiss of Sustainability: rPET Tape for Boxes

Sealed with a Kiss of Sustainability: rPET Tape for Boxes

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, Managing Editor

Extrusion: Film & Sheet

Dow’s Pack Studios Adds Advanced Film Technology

Dow’s Pack Studios Adds Advanced Film Technology

byKate Bertrand Connolly 1, Freelance Writer

Composite lattice-reinforced polypropylene sheet

Automotive & Mobility

The Winners of Altair’s 2024 Enlighten Awards Are Lightweights, and That’s a Good Thing

The Winners of Altair’s 2024 Enlighten Awards Are Lightweights, and That’s a Good Thing

byStephen Moore

medical plastic waste

The ‘Sledgehammer’ Approach to Recycling Medical Plastics

The ‘Sledgehammer’ Approach to Recycling Medical Plastics

byNorbert Sparrow

Big wild ocean wave

Plastics’ Wild Wave of Negative News

Plastics’ Wild Wave of Negative News

PET tethered cap from Origin Materials

World’s First Tethered PET Cap Already in Production

World’s First Tethered PET Cap Already in Production

plastic drug-delivery system

Prefilled Plastic Injector Is Environmentally Superior to Glass Syringe, Study Says

Prefilled Plastic Injector Is Environmentally Superior to Glass Syringe, Study Says

byNorbert Sparrow

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, Freelance Writer

cell culturing in a matrix

End-of-life Plastic Gives Birth to Cell Clusters

End-of-life Plastic Gives Birth to Cell Clusters

byNorbert Sparrow

Sonoco's 3-piece polypropylene can

Sonoco Debuts Injection-Molded 3-Piece Plastic Can

Sonoco Debuts Injection-Molded 3-Piece Plastic Can

Paris Olympics podium

How a Startup Is Helping Turn the Paris Olympics ‘Green’

How a Startup Is Helping Turn the Paris Olympics ‘Green’

byNorbert Sparrow

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