Global packaging supplier Amcor indicated in its 2024 sustainability report that the company’s PCR purchases reached 9.4% – or 209,000 metric tons – of total volume, nearing the 2025 goal of 10%.
Bioelements, a Chile-based packaging supplier, partnered with Clemson University to test biodegradation of plastic film for sustainable packaging.
CalRecycle announced changes for 2025 to its recycling program rates, including refund value per segregated pound, refund value per commingled pound and containers per segregated pound.
Circular Solutions Advisors and Plastiks created a blockchain-based platform to track waste collection and recycling.
Diversys was selected to digitize Alberta’s Beverage Container Recovery and Recycling Program in Canada.
European recycled food-grade PP collaborative NEXTLOOPP is launching its Americas initiative with a webinar Nov. 8.
The Ocean Conservancy released a toolkit for comprehensive extended producer responsibility in the U.S.
Equipment from defunct UK PET recycling plant QC Polymer is up for auction, with bids due Nov. 11.
Hauler Republic Services has begun commissioning equipment at its Polymer Center plastics processing plant in Indianapolis, and the facility remains on track to start up in late 2024.
Textile manufacturer Unifi reported its quarterly earnings results, and expects net sales to increase 10% in fiscal 2025, after fiscal 2024 setbacks including effects from Hurricane Helene and global economic slowdown.