Quebec startup Loop Industries has unveiled a more efficient technology for depolymerizing scrap PET.
Quebec startup Loop Industries has unveiled a more efficient technology for depolymerizing scrap PET.
A huge brand owner gets involved with a project using microwaves to break down PET scrap, and an OEM begins using recycled PC/ABS and carbon fiber in electronics.
A packaging converter has released a stand-up pouch that can be recycled via retail PE film collection.
The government of Thailand has banned all scrap plastic from entering its ports, amid a major increase in shipments to the country and others in Southeast Asia.
An application seeks to tighten international regulation of recovered plastic movement.
Two electronics manufacturers used a combined 60 million pounds of recycled plastic in their products last year.
Shareholders are calling on major consumer product companies to reduce their plastic packaging, ensure recyclability, and help fund collection and recycling.
Global health and medical products company Johnson & Johnson says it might fail to achieve its packaging recyclability targets.
The U.S. will enact tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese products beginning July 6. Vowing retaliation, China released its own list of U.S. products to target in July.
Chinese officials have responded to concerns from other nations about recent import restrictions. The Chinese comments directly address the “waste versus scrap” debate as well as global economic repercussions of National Sword.