1:31 min
Sustainability & Circular Economy
Recycling
Biffa secures multi-million-pound recycled plastic deal
Plastic recycling pioneer Biffa has signed a multi-million-pound a year partnership with one of the UK’s leading bottle manufacturers. Esterform Packaging, producer of plastic bottles for carbonated drinks and alcohol to squash and cooking oil, will ...
1:19 min
Sustainability & Circular Economy
Joint-venture
4G Recycling and AE Global to form social-business enterprise, Ocean Recovery Group
4G Recycling, a multigenerational recycling and waste-management family owned business, and AE Global, a multinational end-to-end packaging solutions company, announced the joint-venture formation of the Ocean Recovery Group (ORG) – a social-business enterprise that leverages over ...
3:19 min
Sustainability & Circular Economy
Investment
Circulate Capital invests in “Prevented Ocean Plastic Southeast Asia”to expand recycling infrastructure and prevent plastic pollution in Indonesia
Prevented Ocean Plastic Southeast Asia intends to set up best-in-class collection and recycling infrastructure to coastal communities that have limited or no collection today Partnership plans to develop new supply chain modelto meetthe growing global demand for ...
2:55 min
Sustainability & Circular Economy
Expansion
Pact Group, Cleanaway, Asahi Beverages and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners: New recycling plant to be built in Melbourne’s west
A new PET plastic recycling facility will be built in Altona North by a cross-industry partnership, with the facility set to be the largest of its kind in Victoria upon completion.
Pact Group, Cleanaway, Asahi Beverages and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) have formed a joint ...
4:22 min
Sustainability & Circular Economy
PET resin manufacturing
Loop Industries announces selection of Port-Jérôme, in Normandy, France, as site for first European infinite loop manufacturing facility
facility to support sustainability objectives of european consumer packaged goods companies breaking ground of the new facility targeted for 2023 with facility startup and commissioning approximately 18 months later infinite loop™ manufacturing model designed to produce 70,000 ...
1:55 min
Sustainability & Circular Economy
Statement
Businesses send powerful signal to UN on need for legally binding plastic pollution treaty
Leading companies and financial institutions call for countries to begin negotiations on a comprehensive, legally binding treaty on plastic pollution. This is the first time industry leaders have advocated for such a robust policy, and timing is critical just months before UN ...