Global packaging giant Amcor announced it created and/or filled several positions, including chief sustainability officer.
Chemical producer Dow announced packaging innovation award finalists, including designs for recyclable flexible packaging.
Beverage maker Keurig Dr Pepper will have to pay a $1.5 million civil penalty to settle charges about the recyclability of its ubiquitous K-Cups.
Nonprofit environmental group The Ocean Cleanup released an estimate that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – a massive floating accumulation of marine debris in the Pacific Ocean – can be cleaned up in five to 10 years at a cost of $4 billion to $7.5 billion.
The Ocean Conservancy released an analysis claiming that plastic bag bans keep plastic pollution out of the ocean.
Pactiv Evergreen launched its line of Recycleware reduced-density PP meat trays.
PP recycler PureCycle partnered with Seminole County, Florida, and the League of Women Voters to recycle 800 pounds of campaign signs from a primary election.
German sorting machine manufacturer Stadler and marine pollution collector everwave have partnered to deploy SortX, a mobile sorting container to address plastic pollution in rivers.
Global consumer goods heavyweight Unilever entered a public-private partnership focused on reducing plastic use, improving waste management and fostering circular economies.
The Vinyl Sustainability Council announced that 30 companies have completed the +Vantage Vinyl verification process, a voluntary assessment of a vinyl company’s integrated efforts to achieve sustainability in its operations and practices.
