Plastics University licenses hot water technique for plastics recycling February 11, 2022 Supercritical water technology represents the next generation for treatment and recycling of ‘stubborn’, complex, and hazardous waste that is currently treated by incineration or sent to landfill
Plastics Lowe’s Canada quits plastic bags February 4, 2022 Lowe's Canada will stop offering single-use plastic shopping bags in its Lowe's, RONA, and Réno-Dépôt stores as of June 2022.
Circular Economy Berry Global upping use of recycled materials February 2, 2022 Packaging manufacturer Berry Global will source recycled polymers from TotalEnergies to increase the post-consumer content of its products
Plastics Eastman spending US$1 billion on recycling plant in France January 17, 2022 material-to-material molecular recycling facility in France will use Eastman's polyester renewal technology to recycle up to 160,000 metric tonnes annually of hard-to-recycle plastic waste that is currently being incinerated
Litter Amazon’s plastic waste jumps 29% in 2020 December 24, 2021 Up to 10.66 million kilograms of this waste entered the world’s waterways and seas
Bans Plastics ban rules ready for public comment December 22, 2021 On Tuesday, the federal government published draft regulations for the banning of certain single-use plastics. The draft…
Plastics Major consumer goods companies make progress on plastics December 13, 2021 Keurig Dr Pepper, McDonald's Corporation, Procter & Gamble, Starbucks, and The Coca-Cola Company – cut their use of problematic plastic by 57 percent between 2018 and 2020
Plastics Walmart Canada eliminating single use bags December 9, 2021 The phased approach will see all of Walmart's more than 400 Canadian locations make the change by Earth Day 2022
Circular Economy 15 organizations join Canada Plastics Pact December 6, 2021 Canada Plastics Pact (CPP) has welcomed 15 new partners following last month’s release of it’s shared action plan to build a circular economy for plastics packaging in Canada. The…
Plastics Risk of devastating ‘own goals’ in the plastics supply chain November 26, 2021 It is a statement of the obvious that 2020 – 2021 have been difficult years for global manufacturing. Within that context, the plastics industry has been particularly severely affected.
