Menswear goes green with post consumer plastics fabric
By Rikki Stancich
Published on 23 April 2013
Hagger, the American menswear label that coined the word ‘slacks’ back in 1938, is the latest to join the growing trend of using fabrics spun from post-consumer plastic waste.
Demand spike predicted for biodegradable plastics
By Rikki Stancich
Published on 23 April 2013
Legislative and consumer pressure is creating significant demand for biodegradable polymers, say analysts.
Plastic, solar-powered plane ready for takeoff
By Rikki Stancich
Published on 22 April 2013
Solar Impulse, a lightweight plastic, solar-powered plane, prepares to make its maiden ‘Across-America’ flight next month.
Office Depot supports green procurement across 7 US cities
By Rikki Stancich
Published on 22 April 2013
Office Depot to extend funding Green Business Challenge competition in an effort to help US companies reduce waste and water consumption and procure greener products.
Plastic waste worth US$8bn per year
By Doug Woodring
Published on 19 April 2013
Over US$8 billion per year worth of packaging waste is is sent to landfill, presenting a huge business opportunity for waste capture and reuse.
Unilever achieves zero waste to landfill at 26 North American sites
By Rikki Stancich
Published on 18 April 2013
Unilever achieves zero waste to landfill (ZLF) at all of its North American headquarter facilities, and achieves 1 million tone CO2 reduction
Football team takes glory in kit made from recycled plastic
By Rikki Stancich
Published on 18 April 2013
Girls from a British junior school have won their first 7- a- side football tournament wearing a brand new kit made from the plastic bottles they recycled.
Now you see it, now you don’t: Novel plastic waste solution on the way
By Rikki Stancich
Published on 17 April 2013
An innovative project that uses enzymes to break down fossil fuel-based plastics could prove crucial to resolving the plastic waste issue.
University blazes trails on reducing and recycling plastic waste
By Rikki Stancich
Published on 16 April 2013
A US-based university medical center has committed to keeping difficult-to-recycle items such as keyboards, mice and other office equipment, out of landfill.
Industrial-strength recycled plastic firmly on radar
By Rikki Stancich
Published on 16 April 2013
A European consortium is poised to launch groundbreaking plastic molding technology for manufacturing industrial grade recycled plastic products.
