Britvic enters rPET supply agreement with Esterform Packaging Ltd, the largest independent converter of PET in the UK Deal provides Britvic with secure, long-term supply of UK-sourced rPET Britvic to provide £5m of investment support towards Esterform's new rPET manufacturing ...

The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) announced four new companies from across the plastics value chain have joined its ranks in an effort to help end plastic waste in the environment. The new members, Charter NEX Films, Milliken & Company, Pregis and Geocycle add to AEPW’s ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has awarded Troy University a $2.7 million research grant to be used by the University’s Center for Materials and Manufacturing Sciences to research new methods for recycling plastics.

Borealis, Nestlé, and Walmart have joined eight other leading businesses to become part of the Core Partners group for the New Plastics Economy, an initiative which brings together key stakeholders to rethink and redesign the future of plastics. Beginning with plastic packaging, the ...

Coca-Cola in Sweden is the first market in the world to switch to 100 percent ...

Viridor and Unilever have agreed a new contract which will see Unilever receive of a range of recycled plastic from Viridor’s £65m Avonmouth Resource Recovery Centre near Bristol.

McDonald’s announced a wide-ranging programme to remove and minimise plastic and improve recyclability in packaging across Europe. The plan comprises removal of McFlurry lids across every European country in which McDonald’s operates and the rollout of a new fibre-based lid across ...

Lightweight, shatterproof, transparent, recloseable, resealable and infinitely ...

Suntory Group today announced that it has joined the Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP), a global platform that works to effectively and sustainably reduce plastic waste and pollution around the world. This partnership will help Suntory be part of a more sustainable society ...

On November 18th, Alliance to End Plastic Waste President and CEO, Jacob Duer, addressed this 2019 Responsible Business Forum on Sustainable Development in Singapore to discuss circularity and the Alliance’s role in helping end plastic waste in ...