Washing-up Liquid Bottle Made from Ocean Plastic Aims to Clean up Seas
Rebecca Smithers, The Guardian
Published on 17 May 2014
Ecover, a Belgian company, has been working with manufacturer Logoplaste to combine plastic trawled from the sea with a plastic made from sugarcane (which it calls Plant-astic) and recycled plastic, in what it is hailing as a world-first for packaging.
UK recyclers hit by rising insurance bills
By Robert Rath
Published on 15 May 2014
Increasing insurance premiums hit the British recycling industry after a series of high-profile fires. Industry figures point to collective action as the best strategy to bring down costs.
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.
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?
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.
New Plastic Recycling Plant to be in the Netherlands
Published on 25 April 2014
Quality Circular Polymers (QCP) to be built in the Netherlands for PP and PE material recycling.
Trex Expands to Five Countries for Decks and Rails
Trex Expands Overseas
Published on 25 April 2014 by http://www.plasticsnews.com
Trex is expanding its reach abroad for recycled polyethylene and wood decks and rails.
Plastics Recycling Rates in Michigan Will Go Up, if New Initiative Works
Published on 15 April 2014
Clean Tech, a unit of Plastipak Packaging Inc., expects to recycle about 6 billion plastic bottles this year and has an eye on 10 billion plastic bottles within three years. But that’s only if recycling rates improve in communities served by the company.
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.
P&G sees $1bn boost from waste capture
By Rikki Stancich
Published on 05 April 2013
P&G has achieved zero manufacturing waste to landfill at 45 facilities through its packaging reduction, compaction, recycling and waste-to-energy efforts.
