Readers were drawn to news that CarbonLite’s facilities were auctioned last month. | Courtesy of CarbonLite
Our two most-read articles last month both focused on auction action from PET processor CarbonLite. Brand owner updates also caught the attention of readers.
News of Evergreen’s $22M expansion in Ohio was of interest to readers last month. | Courtesy of Evergreen
PET reclaimer news commanded our readers’ attention last month, along with coverage of our Plastics Recycling Conference, opinions on chemical recycling and a growing post-industrial plastics user.
Speakers in a session last week came from two often-opposing sides of the packaging and recycling debate: Craig Cookson of ACC and Kate Bailey from Eco-Cycle. | Screenshot from the 2021 Plastics Recycling Conference.
Last week’s Plastics Recycling Conference, held online, featured eight sessions over two days. Here are some of the talking points that caught our team’s attention.
News that Unilever will invest $15 million in the Closed Loop Partners Leadership Fund captured clicks last month. | Peter Bueno/Shutterstock
A PET reclaimer’s bankruptcy filing drew readers’ attention last month, in addition to articles about brand owner moves, research projects and food-contact letters.
News that the Eastman Chemical Co. will invest $250 million over two years to build a methanolysis plant drew attention last month. | William Griffith/Shutterstock
A major chemical recycling facility, packaging EPR legislation, new recycled-content products and recycled resin markets drew reader attention last month.
News that the Renew Oceans project in India had been halted drew attention last month. | photo stock india/Shutterstock
Coverage of the Basel Amendment’s market impacts, as well as stories about individual processors, drew our readers’ clicks last month.
News that Atlanta-based Nexus Fuels signed an agreement to supply pyrolysis liquid derived from scrap plastics to Shell was of interest last month. | Courtesy of Shell.
Articles about a lawsuit aimed at Walmart’s recycling labels and passage of federal marine debris legislation are among those that drew the most clicks last month.