Sonoco has pledged to boost the post-consumer content in its plastics packaging to 25% by 2025. | Janthiwa Sutthiboriban/Shutterstock
A packaging giant has notched upward the amount of RPET it uses in its food containers.
Sonoco has pledged to boost the post-consumer content in its plastics packaging to 25% by 2025. | Janthiwa Sutthiboriban/Shutterstock
A packaging giant has notched upward the amount of RPET it uses in its food containers.
PET and HDPE bales are fetching lower prices than they were a month ago, but PP and high-grade film have shown stability.
A market analyst projects that PET collection rates in the U.S. would need to double to provide enough supply for consumer goods companies to meet their goals. | Myibean/Shutterstock
Market analysts say PET collection rates are insufficient to reach the amount of material brand owners will need to hit their recycled-content objectives.
IBM has a goal to recover more PET from highly contaminated streams. | Credit: Wall Street Journal video.
Three different chemistry-based processes for recovering plastics have recently grabbed attention, illustrating the wide range of stakeholders working to find solutions beyond mechanical recycling.
Brands across the globe are announcing goals to use high levels of recycled plastic. But the companies that actually deliver PCR to the market are predicting a major hurdle: supply shortfalls.
Coca-Cola will invest more than $19 million in a PET recycling facility in the Philippines, marking the company’s first plastics recycling operation in Southeast Asia.
Far Eastern New Century this week bought Phoenix Technologies, marking the latest instance of a large plastics manufacturer deepening its stake in U.S. recycling.
Nestlé Waters North America is betting that it can connect with consumers over the long term by using high levels of recovered material.
Earlier this year, global plastics producer Indorama Ventures acquired reclaimer Custom Polymers PET. Financial filings show the deal was worth $30 million.
A European panel approved the use of two technologies to recycle post-consumer PET into food and drink packaging, but it rejected a third application, citing inadequate decontamination testing.