Sustainability
Sustainability
The Flexible Films Recycling Alliance hopes to boost the recovery of post-consumer films, which has an abysmal recycling rate.
PureCycle Technologies Inc. recently leased a location in Pennsylvania to sort used polypropylene that's being sent to the company's chemical recycling facility in Ohio.
ExxonMobil Corp. is firing back at California Attorney General Rob Bonta and environmental groups, filing a lawsuit accusing them of defaming its chemical recycling technology.
Ascend Performance Materials has begun production of nylon 6/6 resins and related feedstocks derived from used cooking oil.
The Society of Plastics Engineers made its first appearance at the most recent round of the plastics treaty talks, in Busan, South Korea.
The accomplishment comes ahead of plans to begin production in Michigan in early 2025.
Last year, Cedo, a producer of private label consumer products for waste disposal, food preparation and storage, created a new role - that of Group Sustainability Director - and appointed its UK commercial director Martin Burdekin to fulfil it. Sustainable Plastics talked to him about the new role, about Cedo’s commitment to sustainability and the company’s recent expansion in Vietnam.
In the latest Sustainable Plastics Live, Karen Laird, editor for Sustainable Plastics, and Beatriz Santos, associate editor for SP talk about efforts to reclaim plastics in developing economies as well as countries with established waste collection systems.
New statistics released by the National Association for PET Container Resources indicate the recycling rate was 33 percent, up from 29 percent in 2022.
The microwavable plastic container market is one that is dominated by polyolefin materials, and more specifically, PP. Not only do these containers often fail to be recycled, but tests have also shown that additives in the polymer can migrate into the food during heating. Thermapet Technologies offers a safer, more sustainable option: TPET.
The new PLA production plant which Emirates Biotech is planning in Abu Dhabi will be built by Sulzer Chemtech, the company announced Dec 10.
Disputes over production cuts and chemical toxicity were the public face of the last round of plastics treaty talks in Busan, South Korea. But some observers point to signs of agreement in other areas.
Environmental groups are complaining that the beverage giant allegedly backed away from reusable packaging goals.
Ford County, Kansas, has initiated a class action lawsuit against nearly a dozen resin manufacturers and the American Chemistry Council, accusing them of misleading the public about the recyclability of plastics.