Postindustrial

sustainability

Plastic Bottle Recycling Campaign Reports Tangible Results

The campaign in North and South Carolina debuted with a 2% increase in tons of all types of plastic bottles sold by local recycling processors from March to May 2017.

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sustainability

UK Project Successfully Recycled One Million PVC Gift Cards

Having proved the concept, investment in infrastructure is the next step with an eye towards loyalty and hotel key cards next.

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Postconsumer

New Studies Bode Well for Future of Plastics’ Use Globally

Sweeping study looks at production, use and fate of all plastics.

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color

P&G Launches New PP Recycling Venture With PureCycle Technologies

Patented technology uses proprietary process to remove color, odor and other contaminants from recycled material and produce a 100% “virgin-like” PP.

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Automotive

Recap of Refocus Sustainability & Recycling Summit

Sustainable materials must meet or exceed the performance of their traditional competitors; could ocean plastic be coming to cars; and more.

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Canadian Water Bottler Gets More Than Expected From New PET Recycling Line

Bottle-to-bottle PET recycling line recycles pre-washed post-consumer PET bottle flake.

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polyolefins

Keurig to Produce Recyclable K-cup Pods in Canada by End of 2018

Push to make pods recyclable to ramp up in Canada.

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Unilever Introduces Process to Recycle Multilayer Sachets

Plastics from the post-consumer sachets will be channeled back into the supply chain.

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PP Waxes with Unique & Customizable Technical Properties

GreenMantra鈥檚 new PP waxes are among the high-value products from waste plastics it makes.

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1M Circular Materials Challenge Aims to Reduce Pollution

Global innovators, scientists and entrepreneurs are invited to submit new materials solutions to Ellen MacArthur Foundation and NineSigma.

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