sustainability

Packaging 11 Nov 2019

America's Big Beverage Companies Announce New Recycling Initiative

Through the Every Bottle Back initiative, beverage companies are stepping up efforts to reclaim as much plastic packaging as possible to ensure it is remade into new PET bottles.

Engineering Resins 8 Nov 2019

Texas A&M and U.K. Researchers Team up to Advance Research into Sustainable Polycarbonate

Teysha Technologies’ ‘Plug-and-Play’ technology utilizes bio-sourced feedstock.

Postindustrial 8 Nov 2019

Eastman to Use Reclaimed Polyester Carpet as Feedstock for Chemical Recycling

The reclaimed polyester carpet will be collected and processed by Circular Polymers, transported by railcar, and then upcycled by Eastman to produce new materials with certified recycled content.

sustainability 7 Nov 2019

Neste and Remondis Partner on Chemical Recycling

Neste will work with recycler Remondis to build an ecosystem around chemical recycling.

Postindustrial 7 Nov 2019

The Recycling Partnership Calls for $500M to Transform U.S. Recycling System

The report calls for $500 million in funding by 2025 and is inspired and endorsed by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s (EMF) New Plastics Economy initiative.

editorial 22 Oct 2020

Try This Approach to Clean Up Your Recycled Material

CO2 can be used as a totally “green” solvent to remove many kinds of contamination in recycled plastics without the need for toxic solvents.

polyolefins 1 Nov 2019

Recyclable All-PE Pouches: Sustainable Opportunity for Film Extruders

Sustainability and the Circular Economy are both a challenge and an opportunity to flexible packaging producers. Recyclable pouches based on all-PE multilayer structures, utilizing new resins and perhaps techniques like MDO or biaxial orientation, appear to be major contenders against glass, metal, and multi-material film structures.