Nestlé Waters deal enables third CarbonLite plant
Nestlé Waters North America has signed a pre-buy agreement with CarbonLite, deepening its already entwined relationship with the PET reclaimer....
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Lower costs boost recovered film end user
Trex, a major consumer of recovered PE film, continued to report record revenues and profits in the third quarter. The...
Vitamin bottles to use ‘deseaming’ sleeve label
A brand owner has announced it will use a shrink sleeve label that detaches during the bottle wash cycle at...
Brands sign pledge at oceans conference
Global brand companies are among those that signed a commitment to publicly report their progress toward ensuring plastic products are...
End-market effort grows demand by nearly 7 million pounds
The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) says its Demand Champions effort has helped pull more plastic through the recycling system...
PepsiCo signs deal to buy RPET from startup
A depolymerization technology firm has landed an RPET sales deal with one of the world's largest food and drink companies....
Cleanup campaign will call out brand owners
A plastic litter collection project will identify the brands whose products appear most often as improperly disposed waste. Break Free...
Appliance maker details its use of recycled plastics
A German manufacturer of electronics and appliances reported it is using recycled plastics, including nylon from fishing nets, in a...
Reclaimer argues for goal of 50 percent RPET bottles
Some beverage brand owners are moving toward 100 percent RPET bottles, but one of the country's largest PET reclaimers says...
RPET minimum content bill fails
This story has been corrected. California legislation requiring 20 percent recycled content in PET bottles failed. Meanwhile, state lawmakers passed...
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