Ineos tackles closed-loop bottle cap recycling in collaboration with Forever Plast

Nylon 6/6 leader Ascend Performance Materials has acquired a pair of materials firms in Italy as it puts a new push on becoming more global as what its CEO calls one of its "pillars of growth." Houston-based Ascend purchased Poliblend and Esseti Plast GD from D'Ottavio Group. The deal includes a manufacturing facility in Mozzate, Italy. No purchase price was disclosed.

Packaging giant Amcor has launched the first PET container made from 100% post-consumer recycled content (PCR) resin for a multivitamin product manufactured by the US vitamin producer, Ritual. The bottle comes in two sizes, 100cc and 150cc.

Trinseo, Evonik, Olin and Ravago, four manufacturing companies operating in the Rheinmünster Chemical Park, Germany, have joined forces in a bid to lure more young people into choosing chemical manufacturing as a profession.

Brigitte Dero, the managing director of VinylPlus, issued the following statement:

“VinylPlus, the voluntary commitment to sustainable development of the European PVC industry, regrets the outcome of today’s vote in the European Parliament in Strasbourg concerning the proposed derogation for the continuous use of recycled PVC containing legacy lead substances.

Waste cooking oil left after deep frying is a major global environmental problem. From forming products that linger in the environment to clogging up sewage lines, animal fats and vegetable oils produce virtually the same environmental effects as petroleum oils.

According to new research conducted by YouGov and unveiled today, over a third of UK consumers say that ‘recycling confuses them in general’.

Barcelona-based Kompuestos, a manufacturer of sustainable plastic compounds, has launched three new grades of its Okean family of bioplastics derived from 100% renewably-sourced feedstock, which are claimed to be fully biodegradable in sweet water.

Global plastic packaging manufacturer RETAL’s journey towards more sustainability took a huge leap forward two years ago, with the creation of its new sustainability department, led by Emmanuel Duffaut, who joined the company in early 2018. 

Perrier has launched The Next Packaging Movement, an innovation program designed to broaden thinking and deliver actions on the topic of sustainability. 

Italy-based RadiciGroup, a producer of high-performance engineering polymers, has got off to a sustainable start in 2020, pursuing a course in line with the strategy set out by the company well over a decade ago