Bio-based

Avantium & Hordijk Team Up to Bring Plant-Based Plastic to Market

Avantium N.V. has secured a capacity reservation agreement with Royal Hordijk, allowing Hordijk to use Avantium's plant-based and recyclable PEF polymer in various packaging applications.

July 1, 2025

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Bio-based

Lignin Industries Raises €3.9 Million to Accelerate Commercialization and Scale-up Plans

Lignin Industries

The funding will advance the commercialization and scale-up of its patented bio-based thermoplastic, Renol.

May 13, 2025

Recycling

PureCycle Achieves New Milestone in Recycled Plastic Film Trials

PureCycle Technologies

The company's positive progress in trials demonstrates PureFive recycled resin's ability to produce biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film suitable for flexible packaging applications.

May 12, 2025

Plastics/resins

Amcor Completes Combination with Berry Global

Amcor

Amcor's all-stock combination with Berry Global expands its capabilities in consumer and healthcare packaging to advance product development and sustainability efforts.

May 2, 2025

Recycling

Landbell Group and PureCycle Collaborate to Advance Polypropylene Plastic Recycling in Europe

Landbell Group

Landbell Group and PureCycle Technologies are collaborating to increase the upcycling of polypropylene (PP) waste in Europe into high-purity recycled PP for demanding applications.

April 16, 2025

Plastics/resins

Think Plastic Brazil Leads Plastic Export Push

Carlos Moreira of Think Plastic Brazil outlines the strategy driving Brazilian plastic exports through design, sustainability, and market adaptation.

April 10, 2025

Plastics/resins

Live from Brazil: How Innovation Is Driving Global Packaging Trends

Despite economic and logistical challenges, Brazil has emerged as a global leader in sustainable, high-performance packaging, driven by innovation, circularity, and smart design.

April 8, 2025

Recycling

Video: Inside Republic’s New Indianapolis Polymer Center

Pete Keller of Republic Services gives a tour of the company’s new Polymer Center designed to turn post-consumer plastics into packaging-ready flake and resin, supporting circularity in the Midwest.

April 7, 2025

Recycling

The Next Step in PP Recycling: CPG Action

With technology in place and food-grade PP in the stream, the missing link in circularity is brand action. Industry leaders say it’s time for CPGs to rethink design, commit to recycled content, and collaborate across the value chain.

April 4, 2025

Recycling

Indy Goes Circular: Republic Services Opens Plastics Recycling Complex

New Polymer Center-Blue Polymers co-located facilities in Indianapolis transform plastic packaging waste into high-quality recycled flake or resins, ready for use in new packaging.

April 1, 2025

Recycling

Clysar Receives Recognition from the Association of Plastic Recyclers

Clysar, LLC

Clysar's EV-HPG shrink film has received APR's Preferred Design Recognition, indicating it meets the organization's highest recyclability standards, and is pre-qualified for store drop-off recycling.

March 28, 2025

Recycling

Rethinking PCR Procurement for a Circular Future

Experts from the U.S. Plastics Pact and Circular.co explore how shifting procurement strategies—and mindsets—can help unlock demand for post-consumer recycled content.

March 25, 2025

Sustainability

SC Johnson’s Ocean Pollution Exhibit Explores the Paradox of Plastic

‘The Blue Paradox’ exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Science & Industry immerses visitors in the global crisis of plastic pollution, while inspiring actionable change.

March 13, 2025