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Guala Closures, a manufacturer of special closures for spirits and wines, has been granted ISCC Plus accreditation, for its Spinetta Marengo plant.

Both Formosa Plastics and environmentalists who sued the company over pellet pollution say that technology developed to monitor for pellets in wastewater should be part of future projects.

Prompted by a visit to the Plastics Recyling Show Europe in Amsterdam in November, Willemijn Peeters, CEO Searious Business recently wrote this op-ed for Sustainable Plastics. 

In the wake of Total’s name change earlier this year to TotalEnergies, Total Corbion PLA, the 50/50 joint venture between TotalEnergies and Corbion, has announced that it is now following suit.

Global packaging solutions provider Alpla Group and joint venture partner Glatfelter Corporation, a leading supplier of engineered materials, have partnered with the Swedish start-up Blue Ocean Closures (BOC), the companies have announced.

A young US-headquartered company has devised technology that is based on the idea of creating a non-stick surface by eliminating friction

Green-tech company Bockatech, the inventor of the innovative EcoCore manufacturing technology platform for sustainable packaging, has received an investment from Borealis, a leading Austria-headquartered provider of polyolefin solutions, base chemicals and fertilisers.

Following the implementation in 2021 of a number of changes designed among other things to move Essentra Components closer towards its net zero emissions goal, the company has been pleasantly surprised to find just how quickly these have yielded very tangible benefits.

Ineos Olefins & Polymers Europe and Plastic Energy have announced plans to trial the use of Tacoil, a liquid raw material derived from post-consumer waste plastics, as an alternative to fossil-based crude, in the Petroineos refinery operations at Grangemouth, in Scotland.

Consumers are becoming more concerned with brands’ sustainability efforts, particularly when it comes to packaging waste.