No. 7
Sana is launching its second line of cannabis packaging made from reclaimed ocean plastics.
Two big names in their respective plastics fields are touting their interest and belief in chemical recycling.
A new partnership between baby products company Gerber Products Co. and TerraCycle is aimed at difficult-to-recycle baby food packaging.
New statistics show that Canadians have recycled more than 1 million pieces of plastic cannabis packaging during the first year of a collection program organized by Tweed, a cannabis brand, and TerraCycle, the recycler known for unique recycling programs.
The Association of Plastic Recyclers is taking to the road in a first-ever regional training program centered around its recycling design guidelines.
The problem here is that it's widely held that straws can't effectively be recycled with the current way America handles its recyclables. Equipment is not designed to handle small items. Straws and other small items fall through sorting equipment and end up being thrown out with the trash.
Recyclers may want caps on but the new social media challenges is all about getting the caps off without using your hands.
A group of trade groups and a non-profit are joining together to help residents understand what should and should not go in the recycling bin with a focus on worker and equipment safety.
Silgan Holdings earns its money by making containers, both metal and plastics, as well as closures, both metal and plastic. Now it is proving some insight about how its sales break down within those categories.
Chick-fil-A, Scotts Miracle-Gro and shipping supplies maker EcoEnclose are honored by APR for their part in the plastics recycling circular economy.