Sustainability
The Plastics Industry Association's new CEO, Matt Seaholm, wants to have the trade group fully staffed this summer.
Monoflo International, a maker of reusable plastic packaging using millions of pounds of resin each year in the process, touts its close relationship with equipment maker Wittmann Battenfeld to integrate recycling.
Can the aluminum traditionally used as a barrier layer in food carton packages be safely replaced by a more environmentally friendly barrier? According to Tetra Pak, it looks as if that may well be the case.
Democrats in Congress are reintroducing legislation seeking tough new rules on resin pellet discharge. A similar plan last year passed the House of Representatives but died in the Senate.
The new project in Texas is getting the green light after TotalEnergies agrees to buy about a third of its output to then make recycled polymers
Colorado is now the third U.S. state to pass legislation setting up extended producer responsibility for packaging. One analysis says plastics could face higher fees than other materials because of recycling challenges.
Vinyl industry official says environmental group "aims for sensationalism over accuracy, and grossly oversimplifies complex technical issues."
Single-use packaging and plastics took center stage at the GreenBiz Circularity conference this week; a deep dive into resin pricing; and a pushback on plastics and climate.
In the lead-up to K 2022, the German Mechanical Engineering Industry Association (VDMA) is conducting a series of interviews with leading businesspeople in the industry, under the title Way2K.
A little more than half of Phillips 66 Co.'s shareholders want the company to look more deeply at the risks faced by the company's planned investments in virgin plastic production.