The Association of Plastic Recyclers announced the publication in French of the APR Design Guide for Plastics Recyclability to align package design guidance for industry producers across North America, including Québec.
Azek will be acquired by James Hardie Industries in an $8.75 billion deal in cash and stock.
The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery announced a request for proposals for the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act (SB 54) Consumer Education and Access Study.Â
Four major U.S. producers of PP corrugated boxes – CoolSeal USA Inc., Inteplast Group Corporation, SeaCa Plastic Packaging, and Technology Container Corp. – filed antidumping and countervailing duty petitions alleging unfairly traded imports from China and Vietnam.Â
MRF designer and manufacturer CP Group named Richard Coupland as its new senior vice president of strategy and growth.
The iSustain endowment at the University of Tennessee’s Haslam College of Business has grown to $1 million after an additional $300,000 investment, supporting more graduate students who are pursuing careers focused on environmental impact.
The National Association for PET Container Resources published a white paper that provides both strategies and policy recommendations to enhance PET thermoform recycling.
Several advocacy groups and New York legislators called for passage of the state’s Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act, an extended producer responsibility bill.Â
