Procter & Gamble noted that it now has 12 packages and technologies certified for recyclability by RecyClass. | Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock
RecyClass has now certified the recyclability of a dozen packaging innovations from Procter & Gamble.
Procter & Gamble noted that it now has 12 packages and technologies certified for recyclability by RecyClass. | Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock
RecyClass has now certified the recyclability of a dozen packaging innovations from Procter & Gamble.
Edgewell Personal Care has a goal of cutting its use of virgin plastic in all disposable razor handles in half by 2030. | terekhov igor/Shutterstock
The company that owns the Schick and Skintimate disposable razor brands announced that it is now using up to 100% recycled plastic in the handles of some razors.
Trex recycles over 450 million pounds of PE film each year at its plants in Virginia and Nevada. | artgray/Shutterstock
Trex launched an incentives program for partners that supply the composite lumber manufacturer with scrap polyethylene film.
AZEK consumed about 400 million pounds of recovered PE and other materials in its 2020 fiscal year. | SHV_photo/Shutterstock
AZEK will build a plant in Idaho to produce composite lumber made with recycled PE.
Circulate Capital invested in Dalmia Polypro Industries, a plastic bottle recycling company based in Mumbai, India. | Courtesy of Circulate Capital.
The U.S. and Europe have had formal recycling infrastructure in place for decades. That’s not the case in India, where Circulate Capital just invested millions of dollars to boost infrastructure and reduce ocean plastics generation.
Logitech estimates it will have shipped more than 50 million devices that include recycled plastic by the end of 2021. | Marco Curaba/Shutterstock
Logitech has used more post-consumer plastic in its keyboards, mice, webcams and other products over the past three years.
Currently, PepsiCo uses 30% RPET across the EU. | pixinoo/Shutterstock
PepsiCo will use only post-consumer PET in its plastic beverage packaging for certain brands sold in nine European countries by 2022, the company announced this month.
Last month, Loop Industries disclosed it was being sued by investors and that federal regulators had issued it a subpoena for documents. | Zolnierek/Shutterstock
Troubles are mounting for PET depolymerization startup Loop Industries. It has lost a key supply contract and also faces lawsuits and an investigation by regulators.
Walmart grew its recycled plastic use across product packaging lines from less than 0.5% in 2018 to 9% in 2019. | Chekyravaa/Shutterstock
Some of the largest packaged goods and retail firms increased their use of recycled plastic in 2019, but they have work to do to hit 2025 targets, according to an Ellen MacArthur Foundation update.
The pact members are aiming to launch a roadmap document publicly in April 2021. | chainarong06/Shutterstock
The director of the U.S. Plastics Pact says the effort is marked by two key components: focusing on a target-based national strategy to tackle plastic waste and employing rigorous accountability through reporting to the public.