Sustainability
Sustainability
Virginia's Legislature has struck a deal between environmental and business interests, banning expanded polystryene takeout packaging but adopting a new law on chemical recycling factories favored by the plastics industry.
Oregon, USA-based Aunt Fannie’s, a supplier of sustainable household cleaning and pest solutions has announced that it has now become officially certified Plastic Neutral.
The Vinyl Institute's sustainability council recognizes U.S. manufacturers for their work to boost recycling.
Supporters of a global treaty on plastic are pushing for an upcoming meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly to launch negotiations towards an agreement.
More than 40 Canadian companies, governments and environmental groups unveiled a plan Jan. 27 to recycle or compost 50 percent of the country's plastic packaging by 2025 and take other steps to improve its environmental performance.
The use of plastic is vital in our everyday lives. Yet most plastic is based on non-renewable fossil-based resources, which is not a sustainable situation. How can plastics become more sustainable?
The Vinyl Council of Australia (VCA) and the United States Vinyl Sustainability Council (VSC) are jointly examining the possibility of establishing a deeper level of collaboration.
Ineos Styrolutions and waste management firm Endaver will work together on the plan.
According to a recently published comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study from Ramboll, a leading global engineering, design and consultancy company and certified by TÜV, one of the world’s leading testing service providers, reusable serviceware is not necessarily the most sustainable choice for in-store dining at Quick Service Restaurants.
A new publicly available report called A Flexible Packaging Path to a Circular Economy, has been released by the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), the leading advocate and voice for the U.S. flexible packaging industry.
The first open-to-all platform to sell and buy sustainable materials has now been launched. Called Circular in Motion, it is an open e-commerce platform where both material and digital expertise, as well as environmental values, are combined in a single system in order to make the circular economy a reality.
The UK’s leading plastics trade association, the British Plastics Federation, has launched its first sustainability report looking at wider sustainability initiatives from across the industry.
Ineos is continuing to work on driving down CO2 emissions from its operations in Belgium.
An MOU for a new green hydrogen project in the United States was signed 9 December by Enel Green Power North America and NextChem, a Maire Technimont subsidiary focussed on energy transition technologies.