Turning the tide on plastic packaging pollution
A new and innovative cluster of PhD students to be formed in Portsmouth, dedicated to finding solutions to the global plastic crisis. Five PhD students, each funded for four years,…Read more →
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Berry’s Recycled Solutions Continue to Focus on Quality
The introduction of the UK Plastic Packaging Tax has resulted in strong demand for recycled solutions from Berry Global’s UK flexible films business. The business is a major supplier of…Read more →
UK laundry industry responsible for almost 11,000 tonnes of plastic packaging every year
New data reveals 109 million* plastic laundry packs sold each year- deemed the industry’s dirty secretLikes of P&G and Unilever relying on pledges which only halve use of virgin plastic, leaving…Read more →
AQUAPAK CALLS FOR AN ACCELERATED INVESTMENT IN SORTING AND SEPARATION TECHNOLOGIES TO HELP UNLOCK PLASTICS RECYCLING
Comment by Dr John Williams, Chief Technology Officer, Aquapak, the speciality polymers business which develops innovative materials enabling the circular economy. For many years the waste industry has regarded the…Read more →
With SB54, “California is righting the ship,” leading U.S. out of ocean plastic pollution crisis
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 →
Project STOP celebrates major milestones achieved to stop waste leaking to the environment by creating a more circular waste management system in Indonesia
At the end of 2021, Project STOP has created social and environmental impact in three cities in Indonesia and is now ready to scale-up to the entire region of Banyuwangi.…Read more →
Kimberly-Clark Professional™ Expands The RightCycle™ Program to Include Recycling of Used Plastic Packaging
Kimberly-Clark Professional, a global leader in contamination control solutions for cleanrooms and laboratories, has expanded The RightCycle Program, the first large-scale recycling effort for non-hazardous lab, cleanroom and industrial PPE…Read more →
BASF at K 2022: Accelerating the journey towards a sustainable future with plastics
BASF will present its journey to advance towards the goal of a circular economy at K 2022 trade fair, which is the #1 trade fair for plastics and rubber. K…Read more →
Bormioli Pharma presents ground breaking scientific data that show the undeniable safety of sustainable plastic packaging for medicines
Analysis on sustainable packaging extractables show values 150 times below the risk index, while providing a -37,2% decrease in terms of environmental impact compared to the equivalent virgin PET solution.…Read more →
Greif Launches Detectable Black Plastic Screw Cap in Scandinavia
Greif, Inc., a global leader in industrial packaging products and services, has developed a carbon black free plastic screw cap for its jerrycans in response to the black plastic recycling…Read more →
1.4 million tonnes of plastic packaging ends up in the environment in 2021
Rate of recovery and recycling of plastic packaging sinks to 44% in 2021, reversing gains in recent years and making it nearly the worst packaging material for recovery. Analysis of…Read more →
SUPERMARKETS GUILTY OF DECEPTION ON THE PLASTIC CRISIS
What Europe’s supermarkets aren’t telling us about plastic First-ever European ranking of supermarkets reveals lack of action on plastic pollution crisis The average rating achieved by retailers was only 13.1 out…Read more →
