Acquisitions Direct Pack acquires Mexican recycler March 10, 2020 AZUSA, California – Direct Pack, Inc. (DPI) is expanding its global operations with the acquisition of Guadalajara, Mexico-based Atmosphera Verde – a facility capable of recycling 20,000 tons…
Bioplastics MGA Entertainment looks for a bounce with biodegradable ball March 9, 2020 MGA Entertainment’s new L.O.L. Surprise! ball is biodegradable. CHATSWORTH, California – Toy maker MGA Entertainment, Inc. (MGAE) is fulfilling its promise to bring biodegradable toys to market. It launched…
Business Operations Transcontinental to recycle plastics March 2, 2020 MONTREAL – Packaging and media giant TC Transcontinental is creating a recycling group within its packaging division. The new group will start purchasing equipment for converting flexible plastics recovered from…
Circular Economy A new recycling technique breaks down old tires into reusable materials February 28, 2020 Researchers at McMaster University have discovered an efficient and mild process that uses silicone chemistry to break the sulfur-to-sulfur bonds that hold tires together
Circular Economy Berry Global and Georgia-Pacific collaborating on resin lifecycle February 13, 2020 EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Berry Global Group, Inc. and Georgia-Pacific Recycling will collaborate in creating a closed loop system to recover, segregate, and reprocess post-consumer resin (PCR). Georgia-Pacific Recycling will use its…
Circular Economy Sealed Air selling post-industrial Bubble Wrap February 4, 2020 The recycled Bubble Wrap can itself be returned for further reprocessing. CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Sealed Air Corporation has launched Bubble Wrap made with at least 90 percent recycled content. The…
Plastics Recycled plastic shower pans January 21, 2020 Every shower pan uses 450 PET bottles. DENVER – More than 19 million plastic bottles have been repurposed into thousands of pre-sloped and tile-ready shower pan systems since 2015 by…
Packaging Recyclable toothpaste tube will appeal to consumers January 17, 2020 GlobalData’s recent survey shows that 44 percent of consumers say they prefer recyclable packaging in grooming products
Plastics Schwarzkopf packaging to join TerraCycle program in U.S. January 1, 2020 STAMFORD, Conn. – Henkel has partnered with TerraCycle to launch free Schwarzkopf Recycling Program in the United States. The program, which is slated to begin January 1, 2020, will allow…
Plastics ESKA water to use bottles from recycled Quebec plastic December 13, 2019 ST-MATHIEU-D’HARRICANA, Quebec – ESKA Natural Spring Water will convert its entire line of non-carbonated, bottled water products to 100 percent recycled plastic bottles by April 1, 2020 in…