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With SB54, “California is righting the ship,” leading U.S. out of ocean plastic pollution crisis

4 July 2022
Recyclability

Ocean Conservancy scientists estimate that newly passed California law will eliminate 23 million tons of plastics in the next 10 years – equivalent to 26 times the weight of the…Read more →

Landmark California Legislation Would Eliminate Nearly 23 Million Tons of Single-Use Plastics and Packaging by 2032, Ocean Conservancy Estimates

17 June 2022
Recyclability

If passed, SB54 would be the most ambitious plastics legislation seen in the U.S. to date. The California legislature has made public the updated text of SB54, or the Plastic…Read more →

NextWave Plastics Expands Cross-Industry Consortium; Welcomes Logitech, Prevented Ocean Plastic, #tide ocean material

14 June 2022
Recyclability

International consumer tech company and leading ocean-bound plastic suppliers join NextWave Plastics to tackle plastic pollution at scale, keeping it in the economy and out of the ocean. NextWave Plastics…Read more →

SABIC collaborates with UPM Raflatac to launch the world’s first label material made from certified circular ocean bound plastic

10 June 2022
Recyclability

UPM Raflatac’s new Ocean Action label is the first made using SABIC’s certified circular polyolefins for packaging label applicationsRecovered ocean bound plastic (OBP) that has the potential to end up…Read more →

UPM Raflatac launches the world’s first certified label material to fight ocean bound plastic pollution

9 June 2022
Circular Economy

UPM Raflatac is the first company in the world to invest in Ocean Bound Plastics (OBP) waste as label raw material in their new Ocean Action labels. The Ocean Action…Read more →

SABIC, Polivouga and Nueva Pescanova collaborate in seafood packaging solution using certified circular polyethylene from ocean bound plastic

22 March 2022
Circular Economy, Recyclability

This will be the first consumer product announced made using SABIC’s certified circular polyolefins from recovered ocean bound plastic that has the potential to end up in our rivers and…Read more →

Oceana: Coca-Cola Pledges to Increase Refillable Bottles, but Commitment Lacks Transparency

14 February 2022
Circular Economy

Ocean group calls for details about how the goal will be measured in wake of Coca-Cola's recently announced global goal to reach 25% reusable packaging by 2030 The Coca-Cola Company…Read more →

U.S. Plastics Pact Brings Together Leading Brands and Materials Manufacturers to Seek Solutions to “Problematic and Unnecessary” Materials

25 January 2022
Circular Economy, Recyclability

Today the U.S. Plastics Pact released its Problematic and Unnecessary Materials List, a first step to accelerate progress toward a circular economy for plastic packaging in the United States. The…Read more →

Innovative collaboration for microplastics research

25 January 2022
Circular Economy

Quadpack Foundation partners with academia to support the development of solutions for plastic contamination. Quadpack Foundation, the charitable arm of international beauty packaging manufacturer and provider Quadpack, has partnered with…Read more →

Plastic Bank Stops 2 Billion Plastic Bottles from Entering the Ocean, Partnership with SC Johnson Accounts for Half of the Total

24 January 2022
Circular Economy, Recyclability

Partnership Also Creates Pathways to Greater Economic Opportunity for Underserved Communities. Plastic Bank®, a social enterprise revolutionizing the global supply chain for recycled ocean-bound plastic, announced today it has stopped…Read more →

Circulate Capital Invests in “Prevented Ocean Plastic Southeast Asia” to Address Gap in Recycling Infrastructure and Prevent Plastic Pollution in Indonesia

11 January 2022
Circular Economy

A unique partnership between PT Polindo Utama (Polindo), Bantam Materials Ltd (Bantam Materials) and Circulate Capital, Prevented Ocean Plastic Southeast Asia commits to strategically expand recycling infrastructure to underserved communities across…Read more →

Could switching to rPET help save our oceans?

9 December 2021
Headlines, Recyclability

It’s estimated that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to an additional 3.5 million tonnes of plastic waste in the form of disposable face coverings. This, combined with the eight million…Read more →