Beverage
The Petaluma Reusable Cup Project comes from NextGen Consortium, an effort from circular economy investment firm Closed Loop Partners to cut single-use foodservice packaging waste.
A pair of nonprofit groups believe container deposits do not negatively impact beverage sales.
Recycling numbers improved in 2021 for PET thanks to a more open economy compared with the year before.
Tom Brady, who has been involved in plastics for the past 50 years, is out with three new books about the PET bottle business.
Researchers say the results show complementary technologies like molding and additive manufacturing can open up new capabilities.
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. reports higher post-consumer plastic content in packaging last year while PepsiCo Inc. sees overall increase despite a per-serving decrease.
Since 2018, when the company had announced its intention to achieve 50 percent recycled PET usage across the EU by 2030, technological developments have occurred that are allowing the company to speed up this ambition by a considerable margin.
The U.S. recycling rate for PET bottles dropped in 2019, but the PET sector's trade group points to signs that could lead to a turnaround, including support of container deposit systems.
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