Mike Biddle: “Why Does Plastic Remain the last frontier of recycling” in the U.S.?
Summary: Billy Chan
Published on 14 May 2014
Plasticity Keynote Speaker, Mike Biddle, shared the benefits of plastic recycling business and his views on America’s plastic recycling movement in the future.
NY City's Recycling Czar to Lead the New Closed Loop Fund
Published on 09 May 2014
Plasticity Keynote Speaker, Ron Gonen, and New York City’s first-ever recycling czar, who made waves with high-profile and contentious initiatives during the Bloomberg administration, is leaving the de Blasio administration to run a $100 million recycling fund bankrolled by some of the world’s biggest companies.
Zero Waste Strategies Create New Revenue Streams
By Robert Rath
Published on 08 May 2014
An increasing number of large companies are taking steps to become zero waste – both as an environmental measure and as a savvy business move.
Recycling issues continue to plague shrink sleeve labels
By Robert Rath
Published on 08 May 2014
Bottle-hugging shrink sleeve labels have continued to gain popularity due to their attractive design and large amount of label landscape – but recycling remains a challenge. Thankfully, industry leaders are discussing options.
Press Release - Plasticity NYC
Published on 06 May 2014
On the 24th of June, 2014, the 3rd annual Plasticity Forum will be hosted in New York City. Following on from the success of the previous forums in Rio 2012 and Hong Kong 2013, this year’s forum will concentrate on “Innovation and Collaboration in a Material World”. A showcase of ideas in motion, Plasticity will include the latest developments in waste as a resource, scalable innovations in plastic that save money, use of new materials, designing for sustainability and solutions for a world where plastic is used, but without the footprint.
Chicago's pending bag ban forcing retailers to rethink their buying
By Billy Chan
Published on 06 May 2014
Chicago implements its two-phrased ban on plastic bags from August 2015.
Is 3D Printing the Best-Ever Revolution?
By Billy Chan
Published on 05 May 2014
3D printers can do some amazing things, but what about when the product printed is wrong, or not exactly what is wanted? What happens with the material once done? Waste? Or recycling?
Closed Loop Recycling out to become biggest milk bottle recycler in the world
By Billy CHAN
Published on 01 May 2014
Approximate 55,000 tonnes of CO2 to be reduced yearly by Closed Loop Recycling line.
Interactive map aids polypropylene recycling efforts
Published on 30 April 2014
Berry Plastics Group and Moore Recycling have given consumers a new tool to aid polypropylene recycling – an interactive map of collection locations in the U.S.
Coffee Roaster Looks to Improve Footprint of Single Cup Systems
Published on 26 April 2014
“From the consumer perspective, they’re fabulously convenient, but at the end of the day there’s a lot of end-of-life waste for these individual capsules, and their components just end up in landfill,” said Bill VandenBygaart, vice president of business development at Mother Parkers.