Leveraging materials testing for procurement efficiency
In real-world application, variations in resin properties translate into budget risk, from increased scrap rates and production downtime to premature...
Packaging
Beauty packaging NGO looks to expand
In its efforts to reduce beauty packaging waste and increase industry accountability, Pact Collective is seeking to add to its more than...
Washington’s residential paper and packaging EPR program
The Washington Recycling Reform Act, passed by the legislature in 2025, is designed to improve the state’s residential recycling system....
In other news: May 17, 2016
Researchers explore fluorescence to advance food- and drink-container sortation, and an advanced films manufacturer begins closed-loop recycling with customers' materials....
North American recovered paper rates and usage hit new highs
For the second year in a row, U.S. paper recovery marked a record high in 2016. Use of recycled paper is...
Q&A: How plastic packaging recyclability plays into Walmart’s plans
The world's largest retailer has identified packaging recyclability as a key component of Project Gigaton, its recently announced effort to...
Q&A: How recyclability plays into Walmart’s sustainability plan
The world's largest retailer has identified packaging recyclability as a key component of Project Gigaton, its recently announced effort to...
Redesign improves recyclability of meat packaging
New meat and poultry packaging sold in the U.K. includes more than 95 percent recycled PET and is designed to...
General Mills reports on recycled content and recyclability progress
International brand owner General Mills says recycled content made up 42 percent of the weight of its U.S. packaging last...
Packaging shifts present challenges to PET recycling industry
At least three critical issues confront the European PET recycling market, and one of them is having a profound impact...
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