Tech giant HP recently spent $2 million to help improve infrastructure for recovering plastics at risk of entering the ocean. The investment is expected to create jobs in an impoverished area and move more material into the recycling stream.
Tech giant HP recently spent $2 million to help improve infrastructure for recovering plastics at risk of entering the ocean. The investment is expected to create jobs in an impoverished area and move more material into the recycling stream.
Last year, 45 producers reported selling plastic beverage containers to California consumers. Of those businesses, 13 said their bottles incorporated some amount of recycled plastic.
Global apparel company H&M used the equivalent of 325 million PET bottles in its recycled polyester last year, substantially up from the year before.
TruClean’s anti-static properties are demonstrated in a Unifi video.
A major consumer of U.S. PET bales has unveiled three products made with recycled polyester and nylon.
Consumer packaged goods companies, retailers and packaging producers pledged to buy 5 million metric tons of recycled plastic by 2025, according to an Ellen MacArthur Foundation report.
Worldwide retailer Walmart has announced a handful of new plastics recycling and waste reduction commitments.
Higher recovered PET prices pinched profits for recycled polyester fiber manufacturer Unifi last fall.
Plastics recycling was highlighted in multiple discussions and announcements at the World Economic Forum last week.
Resin and packaging giants last week committed $1 billion over the next five years to “end plastic waste.” While recycling and sustainability stakeholders say they are encouraged by the effort, they also want to ensure materials recovery remains part of the solution.
Companies from throughout the plastics value chain have committed more than $1 billion to reduce plastic waste by improving waste management systems and cleaning up existing pollution.