Press Release - Plasticity NYC
Published on 06 May 2014
On the 24th of June, 2014, the 3rd annual Plasticity Forum will be hosted in New York City. Following on from the success of the previous forums in Rio 2012 and Hong Kong 2013, this year’s forum will concentrate on “Innovation and Collaboration in a Material World”. A showcase of ideas in motion, Plasticity will include the latest developments in waste as a resource, scalable innovations in plastic that save money, use of new materials, designing for sustainability and solutions for a world where plastic is used, but without the footprint.
Interactive map aids polypropylene recycling efforts
Published on 30 April 2014
Berry Plastics Group and Moore Recycling have given consumers a new tool to aid polypropylene recycling – an interactive map of collection locations in the U.S.
Coffee Roaster Looks to Improve Footprint of Single Cup Systems
Published on 26 April 2014
“From the consumer perspective, they’re fabulously convenient, but at the end of the day there’s a lot of end-of-life waste for these individual capsules, and their components just end up in landfill,” said Bill VandenBygaart, vice president of business development at Mother Parkers.
New Plastic Recycling Plant to be in the Netherlands
Published on 25 April 2014
Quality Circular Polymers (QCP) to be built in the Netherlands for PP and PE material recycling.
Trex Expands to Five Countries for Decks and Rails
Trex Expands Overseas
Published on 25 April 2014 by http://www.plasticsnews.com
Trex is expanding its reach abroad for recycled polyethylene and wood decks and rails.
Colgate Takes Steps Towards 100% Recyclable Packaging
Published on 22 April 2014
After consulting with shareholder advocacy group As You Sow, Colgate-Palmolive has committed to transition toward 100% recyclable packaging in three of its four product categories by 2020 – and develop a recyclable toothpaste tube.
Plastic film recycling inches forward in the U.S.
Published on 17 April 2014
According to a report by the American Chemistry Council (ACC), Americans recycled over a billion pounds of post-consumer film packaging in 2012 – only a 1% increase over 2011. However, the ACC is rolling out a program to boost public participation in recycling plastic film.
Plastics Recycling Rates in Michigan Will Go Up, if New Initiative Works
Published on 15 April 2014
Clean Tech, a unit of Plastipak Packaging Inc., expects to recycle about 6 billion plastic bottles this year and has an eye on 10 billion plastic bottles within three years. But that’s only if recycling rates improve in communities served by the company.
