Sustainability

EcoBlue’s recycled PP & HDPE resins made from 100% PCR Waste have received the LNO from the U.S. FDA.

As COP26 gets underway in Glasgow, bringing together world leaders, global corporations and parties invested in tackling climate change, organisers are practising what they preach by reducing plastic at the event, getting rid of plastic bottles and providing delegates with an aluminium solution from Re:Water

The Netherlands plans to reduce single-use plastic items in the office space significantly. From 2023, disposable coffee cups will be banned. And from 2024, canteens will have to charge extra for plastic packaging on ready-made food, State Secretary Steven van Weyenberg of Environment said in a letter to parliament, Trouw reports.

DES PLAINES, Ill., Nov. 2, 2021– Honeywell (NASDAQ: HON) today announced the commercialization of a revolutionary process that expands the types of plastics that can be recycled and can produce feedstock used to make recycled plastics with a lower carbon footprint. The new technology can reduce the need for fossil fuels in the creation of virgin plastics while enabling hundreds of cycles of recycling, with the goal of enabling a circular economy for plastics.

Ron Khan has been vice president of beverages packaging at PepsiCo since 2015. The following quotes from him have been lightly edited for length and clarity.

Reduction calculated from shipments of GL BARRIER for retort food packaging and mono-material packaging with spouts. System for automated calculation of CO₂ emission volume from product life cycles to be launched.

BRUSSELS, October 28, 2021: The European glass sector warmly welcomes the opinion on “Glass in Europe at a crossroads: delivering a greener, energy-efficient industry, while enhancing competitiveness and maintaining quality jobs” that was adopted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), following recommendations from its Consultative Commission on Industrial Change (CCMI 180).

Total Corbion PLA has launched the world’s first commercially available chemically recycled bioplastics product. The Luminy® recycled PLA grades boast the same properties, characteristics and regulatory approvals as virgin Luminy® PLA, but are partially made from post-industrial and post-consumer PLA waste. Total Corbion PLA is already receiving and depolymerizing reprocessed PLA waste, which is then purified and polymerized back into commercially available Luminy® rPLA.

AVI Global Plast last week reiterated its commitment to waste recovery by joining other investors in providing funding of $1 million to Ishitva, a robotics startup that uses Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and the Internet of Things 4.0 to resolve complex issues in sorting valuable waste materials.

Today, the sustainability of a product is a must, a social obligation, a response to an increasingly demanding consumer and increasingly strict legislation and in