1:80 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Sustainability initiatives

World Environment Day 2018: ALPLA is committed to environmental protection

Financial support for ‘Waste Free Oceans’ and ‘The Ocean Cleanup’, as well as global ...
1:39 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Global themes
Directive on single use plastics

Banning individual plastic products is ineffective

ALPLA backs recycling and the circular economy – this is where legislation is ...
2:38 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Global themes
PETnology Americas 2018, Atlanta, Georgia, 25-26 June

Added to the agenda: "Circular Economy: The Supply/Demand/Quality Future”

Newest Plastics Hall of Fame Inductee, David Cornell, to Headline "Circular Economy: The Supply/Demand/Quality Future” at PETnology Americas. Coming off his induction last month into the Plastics Hall of Fame, David Cornell will present a view of Sustainability like you have ...
0:50 min Global themes, Sustainability & Circular Economy
PlasticsEurope reacts on Directive on single use plastics

Industry urges commission to avoid shortcuts and to focus on improving waste management

PlasticsEurope supports the overarching objective of the “Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment” presented today by the European Commission, namely to reduce marine litter in our seas.
2:37 min Global themes, Sustainability & Circular Economy
Directive on single use plastics

EuPC's first comments on the European Commission's directive proposal on the reduction of certain type of plastic

EuPC regrets to read that the European Commission has put forward today the proposal for a Directive on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment, that mainly targets so-called “single use plastics” and fishing gear, especially in the context of the ...
2:23 min Global themes, Sustainability & Circular Economy
IK reacts on directive on single use plastics

“Ban on straws does not solve the marine litter problem” IK demands eliminating the causes instead of political gestures

The IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e. V. (German Association for Plastics Packaging and Films) rejects the proposed ban on selected plastic products announced today by the EU Commission. “With its far-reaching Plastics Strategy, announced at the start of the year, the ...
4:53 min Global themes, Sustainability & Circular Economy
Directive on single use plastics

Single-use plastics: New EU rules to reduce marine litter

With the amount of harmful plastic litter in oceans and seas growing ever greater, the European Commission is proposing new EU-wide rules to target the 10 single-use plastic products most often found on Europe's beaches and seas, as well as lost and abandoned fishing gear.
1:16 min Regions, Global themes
Markets

Super Bock chooses petainerKeg for export markets

Super Bock, the leading Portuguese beer brand from the Super Bock Group, has chosen ...
1:50 min Global themes, Regions
Plastic taxation

UK taxation in isolation will not increase plastics collection rates

In response to HM Treasury's call for evidence on using the tax system to address single-use plastic waste, Wood Mackenzie Chemicals said there needs to be a bigger focus on behaviour change if current UK plastics collection and recycling rates are to reach the levels seen in a ...
0:46 min Global themes, Regions, America
Management

ALPLA builds new plant in Dayton, Ohio

ALPLA, Inc., a global manufacturer of rigid plastic packaging for a wide range of ...