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Plastics
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European recycling markets reel from coronavirus
Industry worried about limited volumes entering collection systems, logistics disruptions, potential downstream demand losses in non-packaging sectors, buyers abandoning sustainability measures and a reduction in necessary long-term investment
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Direct Pack acquires Mexican recycler
AZUSA, California – Direct Pack, Inc. (DPI) is expanding its global operations with the acquisition of Guadalajara, Mexico-based Atmosphera Verde – a facility capable of recycling 20,000 tons of PET plastic, including post-consumer PET thermoforms. It will be rebranded as…
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Transcontinental to recycle plastics
MONTREAL – Packaging and media giant TC Transcontinental is creating a recycling group within its packaging division. The new group will start purchasing equipment for converting flexible plastics recovered from sorting facilities and other commercial, industrial and agricultural sources into…
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Three companies win plastics innovation funding
VANCOUVER – Three Canadian small- and medium-sized businesses will receive $1 million each to develop prototypes of their new technologies designed to address plastic waste from food packaging and construction. The three winners of the Plastics Innovation Challenges sponsored by…
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Berry Global and Georgia-Pacific collaborating on resin lifecycle
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Berry Global Group, Inc. and Georgia-Pacific Recycling will collaborate in creating a closed loop system to recover, segregate, and reprocess post-consumer resin (PCR). Georgia-Pacific Recycling will use its national network of recycled material suppliers and logistics providers to…
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Sealed Air selling post-industrial Bubble Wrap
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Sealed Air Corporation has launched Bubble Wrap made with at least 90 percent recycled content. The recycled content used to make the newest version of Bubble Wrap brand packaging is sourced from post-industrial materials that would otherwise…
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The first step in managing plastic waste is measuring it
Here’s how we did it for one Caribbean country
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New institute to focus on plastic recycling
CLERMONT-FERRAND, France – Carbios, a French green chemistry company based in Clermont-Ferrand, hads developed a strategic alliance with INSA Toulouse through the internationally recognized laboratory, Toulouse Biotechnology Institute (TBI). Carbios is establishing, with TBI, a research centre for enzymatic engineering,…
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Project will develop zero plastic waste cities
WASHINGTON – The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) is partnering with the Grameen Creative Lab to support development of Zero Plastic Waste Cities to reduce plastic waste leaking into the environment. Zero Plastic Waste Cities are being developed by…
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Recycled plastic shower pans
DENVER – More than 19 million plastic bottles have been repurposed into thousands of pre-sloped and tile-ready shower pan systems since 2015 by QuickDrain USA. Made of extruded rigid PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic foam, the shower pans and panels are…
