Sustainable Practices

71,000 plastic retail bags to pave 2,885 square yards of LyondellBasell parking lot in Cincinnati.

First-of-its-kind project supports recovers and repurposes plastic PET water bottles to create a market for long-term use of recyclable materials.

Medtronic Packaging Engineer Jennifer Griffin describes some of the steps taken by the world’s largest medical device company to shrink its environmental footprint.

Detroit automakers are betting big on electric vehicles (EVs) and California wants to go all EV by 2035. Right now, though, they represent around 1% of all new-car sales.

The Presidential Plastics Action Plan urges president-elect Joe Biden to take eight key executive actions to solve the plastic pollution crisis. The demands are mostly wrongheaded and would engender numerous unintended consequences.

Fresh research finds that 59% of consumers are interested in products and packaging made from plants, an estimated market of more than 136 million people.

Eco-Tite R meets polyethylene stream requirements and is engineered to maximize shelf life, maintain food safety, and reduce food waste for meat, poultry, and cheese.

Many flexible packages may claim they are recyclable, but far fewer truly are — here are five ways to ensure that your recycling claims are valid.