Matt Stonecash

Matt Stonecash Associate Editor

sustainability

Clothing Reseller Finds Recycling Pathway

A partnership between ThredUp and Azek will recycle clothing bags to composite deck products.

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PTXPO

Recycling Challenge Gets Students Engaged

Trex program encourages kids to compete and learn about recycling.

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sustainability

Reports Highlight Need for Secondary Recovery Facilities

Matching output of material recovery facilities to demand may require investment in a new type of processing center.

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Spinning Straw Into Gold With Chemical Upcycling

Upcycling diverts waste by converting it to high value materials.

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Packaging

Association of Plastics Recyclers Recognizes Cavitated PE Technology

Void Technologies’ VO+ PE Masterbatch Technology Achieves Critical Guidance Recognition

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sustainability

US Plastics Pact Gives Sustainable Packaging Innovation Award

Smile Compostable Solutions Recognized for Coffee Pod Product

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Agreement Will Bring Commercial Scale Plastic Energy Process to Germany

INEOS and Plastic Energy sign MOU to process 110,000 tons of plastic waste.

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k show

Meeting the Social Challenges of Changing an Industry

At K 2022, Milliken highlighted its various sustainability collaborations in addition to technological achievements.

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Postconsumer

Innovative Bottle Design Recognized

Berry's tethered closure design received an award for Technological Excellence from the  Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.

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sustainability

Testing Demonstrates Feasibility of Sorting PLA From Mixed Waste Streams

Tomra and Total Energies Corbion confirmed that PLA could be separated from other plastics.

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sustainability

Joint Venture Will Build Largest Mechanical Recycling Plant in India

Lyondell Basell and Shakti Plastic Agreed to Build and Operate Plant to Process PCR

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Plastics Size Reduction