Bio-based

Avantium and Amcor Partner to Develop Plant-based Polymer

Avantium and Amcor are collaborating to create plant-based PEF plastic containers for diverse products, with Amcor reserving future PEF production capacity from Avantium.

February 14, 2025

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Bio-based

Avantium and EPC Partner to Scale PEF Production for 100+ Kiloton Plants

Avantium

Avantium collaborates with EPC Engineering & Technologies to advance PEF production, offering a licensed technology package for renewable and circular releaf polymer.

February 7, 2025

Webinars

Polyethylene Transaction Index - An Alternative Price Reporting Service

Review the latest trade balances in the US and how domestic prices may be impacted, particularly in the contract market monthly settlements and how the PTI service is reported.

February 25, 2025

Sponsored By: Argus

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Recycling

Mura Technology is the First Advanced Recycler to Join Ecoinvent Life Cycle Database

Mura Technology

Mura Technology's Hydro-PRT advanced plastic recycling process is now included in the ecoinvent life cycle inventory database, enabling stakeholders to assess the environmental impact of this technology.

January 24, 2025

Recycling

Plastics Liability Paradigm Shift

California sues Exxon Mobil, alleging it misled the public about the recyclability of plastics and contributed to the plastic pollution crisis, echoing past tobacco litigation.

January 22, 2025

Recycling

Top Articles of 2024, #14: Refresco's Mono-material, Aseptic HDPE/rHDPE Carton

The #14 most clicked article of 2024: While brands swap plastic for paper, reZorce flips the script with circular, mono-material HDPE/rHDPE for paper. Finishing validation, CM/CP Refresco will be first to market.

December 23, 2024

Sustainable Packaging

EPA Report Urges Federal EPR Legislation

10 takeaways from the EPA’s National Strategy for Preventing Plastic Pollution report

November 22, 2024

Consumer packaged goods

Amcor Acquires Berry for $8.4B, Combining Packaging Giants

The merger creates a global leader in consumer packaging solutions, with a broader flexible film and converted film offering for customers, a scaled containers and closures business and a global healthcare portfolio.

November 19, 2024

Flexible packaging

Oben Group Completes Acquisition of Terphane

Acquisition of Terphane expands Oben Group's global position in high-performance polyester films.

November 12, 2024

PACK EXPO

Lanzatech, Plastipak Partner to Produce World’s First PET Resin Made from Carbon Waste

A resin unveiled at PACK EXPO International claims to be the world’s first PET resin made from carbon emissions. The resin suits food, personal care, pharmaceuticals, and other non-packaging applications.

November 8, 2024

Recycling

Colgate-Palmolive, Castrol, and The Wine Society Introduce Packaging Made With Recycled Content

ThePackHub

See a few examples of packaging made with recycled content from Colgate-Palmolive, Castrol, and The Wine Society from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

November 8, 2024

PACK EXPO

HF/F/S Machine is Uniquely Compact

HDG Pouch Machine uses an 8-station rotary turret to fill the formed stand-up pouches. One-up filling was displayed, but the machine is available in 2-, 3-, and 4-up versions.

November 5, 2024

PACK EXPO

First Fully Separable Cup Allows for Recycling

The K3 r100 is a separable cup made of plastic and paper that separates in the crushing process to go into different waste streams.

November 4, 2024