ALPLA released a PET wine bottle that can be made entirely of recycled PET. The American Chemistry Council recognized chemical recycling feedstock preparation firm Cyclyx with ACC's External Collaborator Award, acknowledging the company's work with ACC members ExxonMobil and LyondellBasell. Hillenbrand, The Coca-Cola Company and Net Impact announced a Boise State University-based team won the 2024 Circular Plastics Challenge Showcase. ...

Amcor launched an annual lookbook program called "Bottles of the Year" that showcases five "innovative and responsible packaging" bottle designs. The Composting Consortium released a resource for policymakers and regulators called The Compost Policy Toolkit.  Maryland enacted an extended producer responsibility law for paint, making it the 12th state to launch such a program.

An e-scrap collection pilot program, rebranding and growth from ITAD firms, device dismantling equipment, and coverage of e-plastics management drew reader interest last month.

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: Best Cell of Brooklyn, New York; Carrefour Environnement Saguenay of Saguenay, Quebec; EMK Enterprises DBA AmpleTech Refresh of Phoenix, Arizona; E-Parisaraa of Bangalore, India; Fort Lauderdale Scrap of Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Gadget E.R. Repair of Ennis, Texas; Minnesota Computers of Eagan, Michigan; Sims Recycling Solutions DBA...

EMR acquired a stake in Renewable Metals, looking to increase lithium-ion battery recycling in the UK. Guardian Data Destruction received an investment from Housatonic Partners and announced that its founder and CEO Glenn Laga was retiring, to be replaced by Rob Alston.

Coverage of the 2024 Plastics Recycling Conference, the latest U.S. plastics recovery data, a major reclaimer's expansion and food-contact packaging movement drew readers' attention in April. The list below shows our top stories published in April in terms of unique page views. 1 | Scenes from the biggest event in plastics recycling More than 2,500 plastics recycling leaders convened in Grapevine, Texas, last...

Alterra is using plastic from Hefty's orange bag program, ReNew. LyondellBasell announced plans to build an integrated plastic recycling hub in Germany. Novolex invested an undisclosed amount into reusable packaging startup OZZI.  PetSmart is piloting toy takeback and pet food packaging recycling programs.  

Readers were drawn to a discussion of the pros and cons of switching from plastic to paper packaging last month. Other hot topics included AI-facilitated data collection, EPR policy development, and the latest market prices for recyclables. The list below shows our top stories published in April  in terms of unique page views. 1 | Plastic-to-paper switch brings complications, panelists say Paper...

Ameripen's fourth webinar in its extended producer responsibility series, "Preparing for Packaging Producer Responsibility in the U.S." will be held on May 22 and will center on learning from needs assessments.  AMP installed a system that can process about 10,000 tons of single-stream and commercial recycling annually at the Pitt County Recycling Center in Greenville, North Carolina, which is owned...

LG Electronics USA hosted an electronics recycling event at its New Jersey headquarters and increased its recycling goals by 12.5% in New Jersey. In 2023, LG recycled more than 57 million pounds of e-scrap. Repair company uBreakiFix opened a new franchise location offering consumer electronics repair services in Rome, Georgia. The U.S. Public Interest Research Group is calling on Apple...