Jim Johnson Staff Reporter [email protected] (937) 964-1289 See All Staff Page Recent Stories Berry sees integration as a chance to drive sustainability Kevin Kwilinski, on his first quarterly earnings call as new CEO of Berry Global Group Inc., shared some views about future sustainability efforts within the company. New York attorney general sues PepsiCo over plastic pollution The lawsuit from New York State Attorney General Letitia James claims the drink and snack food maker PepsiCo is a major polluter of the Buffalo River. Italian plastics firms headed to Indiana county in US Delaware County, which includes the city of Muncie, has signed memorandums of understanding with two plastics firms based in Italy to expand in the United States. Custom Polymers sees plastic recycling strength in Mexico despite global headwinds The plastics recycler does about 20 percent of the company's export business with partners in Mexico. Terrapure Environmental spends millions to expand plastics recycling Battery recycler Terrapure Environmental is diving deeper into polypropylene reprocessing after studying both the economic and environmental considerations of making such a move Blow molding machinery maker Kautex declares insolvency The decision allows management to remain in place as the company looks for investors and reorganizes. Berry closes 20 facilities, provides few details Berry Global Group confirmed that it closed one of its BPI Packaging Solutions plants in Scotland, but otherwise released little information about its closures. Flexible packaging maker Constantia gets new owner Constantia Flexibles, with 30 locations in 16 countries, is being acquired by One Rock Capital Partners LLC of New York from Wendel Group of Paris in a deal between investment firms. Say goodbye to Amazon's blue and white plastic mailers The online retail giant says the company will do away with the padded mailers, but did not give a time frame for their elimination in a new sustainability report. Canada's Polystyvert building $30M commercial EPS recycling plant A Canadian company is spending millions to commercialize solvent-based expanded polystyrene recycling in the Montreal area. PP recycler PureCycle sees Ohio plant as springboard for growth PureCycle Technologies Inc. has spent years and hundreds of millions of dollars to get to this point: solvent purification of used polypropylene. Study shows a recycling pathway for plastics from shredded auto scrap A study shows the potential to recycle plastics from shredded automobiles scrap, a material that now goes to landfills around the world. Indorama leaders say views on PET must evolve to include sustainability The PET maker and recycler has committed $1.5 billion for short-term goals and expects to spend a similar amount or more to meet end-of-decade recycling plans. Berry increases recycled plastics use The global plastics processor is out with its latest environmental, social and governance report. Recyclers face increasing number of challenges A variety of factors — among them, inflation, labor and falling virgin resin prices — have conspired to cause market problems for reclaimers. Load More