More than 2,000 plastics recycling professionals are in Nashville, Tenn. this week to better understand the impacts of brand owner goals, policy proposals, recycling technology developments and more.
A bill that has cleared the Washington state House of Representatives would mandate minimum levels of recycled plastic in beverage bottles.
A Coca-Cola bottling firm is rolling out labels on certain PET bottles sold in Sweden that downplay the brand name in favor of prominent recycling messaging.
Unilever thinks the key to tackling multi-material flexible packaging waste may be to dissolve, separate and precipitate its PE content so it can be recycled. The giant brand owner plans to test the approach at a facility in East Java, Indonesia.
Envision Plastics has launched a bottle made completely from materials at risk of becoming marine debris.
A consortium focused on recovering marine plastics for recycling has rolled out its first product: an office chair made with recycled nylon.
Nestlé says it will buy a huge quantity of food-grade recycled resin over the next five years. A company leader explained why the brand owner is committing to use recycled plastic despite its higher cost.
Electronics brand owner HP unveiled a device made with post-consumer plastics, including PET that was at risk of entering the marine environment.