Coverage of packaging design and its implications for recyclability drew reader attention last month, alongside stories highlight MRF material list development, an RPET producer’s facility closure, and fines for producers that failed to meet a recycled content mandate.
The list below shows our top stories published in June in terms of unique page views.
1 | Bottle cap design: No need to ‘reinvent the wheel’
Mono-material design often is the goal for packaging, but due to color and sortation nuances it may not be the best approach for beverage containers, according to a packaging design expert during a recent webinar.
2 | Coke bottler’s switch to clear PET provides lessons learned
A recent case study from the Northeast Recycling Council offers insights on transitioning packaging materials, gleaned from a regional Coca-Cola bottler that switched from green PET to clear for several of its products.
3 | How MRFs develop their accepted material lists
Several MRF operators recently provided insight into how their facilities decide what materials to accept, during a discussion on bridging the disconnect between brand owners and MRFs.
4 | Alpek closing North Carolina PET plant
Major PET producer Alpek is closing a North Carolina plant that includes both virgin and RPET production, with operations to cease by July 31.
5 | Beverage and bag producers fined for recycled resin failures
Plastics producers who failed to meet Washington state’s minimum post-consumer resin threshold were recently hit with fines ranging from a couple hundred dollars up to $55,000.
