The Recycling Partnership’s PET Recycling Coalition announced three grants to grow and strengthen PET recycling. In its initial round of granting, the Coalition awarded grants to two PET reclaimers and one Materials Recovery Facility that will result in over 2.5 million pounds per ...

80% of plastic in the ocean originates on land   The move, in partnership ...

Addressing, identifying, and applying an overall framework for a sustainable solution to plastic use and disposal is a pressing issue. Researchers from Ritsumeikan University have developed a new behavioral barrier-based framework, which can serve as a guide to policymakers, ...

The Foundation’s Plastics Initiative is joining forces with the World Economic Forum’s Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP) and international climate action NGO WRAP, to ensure more efficient knowledge sharing across their combined network.

TotalEnergies has joined NEXTLOOPP, an initiative bringing together 48 companies from the plastics value chain that aims to create food-grade recycled polymer from advanced mechanical recycling.

The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF’s) 2022 annual report demonstrates tangible progress in addressing some of the global challenges facing the industry such as food waste, plastic pollution, deforestation and human rights challenges Contributions in the report come from Member CEOs ...

Borealis increases its financial investment in Renasci to acquire a majority ...

Horus Pharma, an independent French laboratory specialized in ophthalmology known for its expertise in developing preservative-free products designed to facilitate eye and eyelid health, has formed a partnership with Plastic Bank to recycle nearly 100 tons of plastic per year.

The challenges faced by Scotland’s upcoming Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) continue to grow, while recent industry data shows high collection rates can be achieved without a DRS in place, potentially raising questions whether DRS is the only route to better collection.

Finding a sustainable way to shape a zero-waste economy is essential to keep the world’s consumption within its planetary boundaries, especially for versatile and widespread materials like plastics. The global consumption of materials such as biomass, fossil fuels, metals and ...