Plastic
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Whale of a time turns ocean plastic waste into art
Giant sculpture of a breaching blue whale built out of plastic waste for Belgian art show.
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Spicing Things Up
North American one-stop print, paper and paper-related products distributor shows off its game changing skills and partners at Open House event
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Packaging Events Calendar
Conferences, seminars, trade shows, training and more for companies involved in the packaging industry.
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Package design for Sam’s Choice private brand wins awards
Anthem Worldwide and Walmart honored in The Vertex Awards 2018 competition.
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MRFF partners with JP Mascaro & Sons for single-stream curbside recycling in Pennsylvania
Research program announces partnership with MRFF to pilot curbside recycling of flexible plastic packaging.
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How to rinse your recyclables without wasting water
Writer Nick Douglas offers a candid take on just what consumers should do with recyclable products when they have finished using them.
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Pretium’s SureHandle bottle takes three Ameristar Awards including Best Of Show
SureHandle Bottle takes three IoPP Ameristar packaging awards for bottle with integrated handle.
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Sarnia plastics recycler wants municipalities’ Blue Box black plastic
ReVital Polymers able to take municipality black plastic and recover it for resale.
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Single-use plastics: New EU rules to reduce marine litter
The European Commission wants to ban what it considers to be the 10 most harmful single-use plastic products.
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Cosmetic packaging re-imagined with Versaflex PKG thermoplastic elastomers from PolyOne
PolyOne offers chemically-compatible thermoplastic elastomers for brand owners and converters who create cosmetic packaging.
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Moisture-catching packaging for meat and fish
The GravityTray captures dripping liquids in a separate bottom compartment.
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PAC Strapping Products Inc. & US Strapping Company Inc sold
FROMM Holding AG of Switzerland acquires PAC Strapping Products Inc. of Pennsylvania and US Strapping Company of South Carolina.
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Solving the ocean plastics problem means knowing how plastic gets where it shouldn’t be
Sunday, April 22, 2018 is Earth Day, and Steve Russell of the American Chemistry Council takes a look at why plastics refuse is finding its way into our oceans.
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How to make cleaning up dog poop easier on the environment
Contributor Jackie White provides the straight poop on what happens to the packaging “after” you stoop to scoop.
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There’s a new tariff in town
China retaliates against propane and petrochemicals – a look at the proposed 25 percent tariffs on a wide array of US products.
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Small but strong
New droplet-shaped lightweight bottle from Krones.
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Suntory develops FtoP direct recycle technology for soft drink PET bottle preform production
Scheduled for use in soft drink PET bottles from summer 2018 onward, Suntory says it will reduce CO2 emissions by approximately 25 percent.
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LEGO to launch sustainable plastic elements in 2018
Danish toy building block firm LEGO says about one to two percent of its botanical-themed elements will be made from plant-based plastic sourced from sugarcane.
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U.S. recycling of rigid plastics and film each jump by 10%
The 10% jump in 2016 numbers highlights a dramatic growth over the past decade, according to a pair of recycling reports issued at the annual Plastics Recycling Conference.
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Will plastics problem spur the eventual return of deposits to Ontario?
PPEC (Paper & Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council ’s John Mullinder loves fish but isn’t as keen on plastic. See what he has to say about creating a circular economy for plastics.
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Ocean Litter, Packaging and the Circular Economy – PAC Packaging Consortium webinar
Join PAC on March 8, 2018 for a webinar examining how plastic pollution in our oceans is causing the packaging industry to rethink how it packages products.
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Just the tip of the iceberg, plastic pollution has reached the Arctic
A BBC report says that plastic pollution has reached the Arctic—much of it from the fishing industries—with some 30 tonnes picked up. Watch the video.
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BOBST AluBond: A breakthrough in high metal adhesion
The BOBST AluBond process provides high metal adhesion and surface energy levels through vacuum metallization.
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Amcor launches first commercial container utilizing breakthrough LiquiForm technology
Bottle for Nature’s Promise hand soap is produced on proprietary Amcor-built machine powered by LiquiForm.
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Pregis LLC invests US$1 million in blown film testing lab
Investment will allow Pregis to better assist converters in delivering performance-oriented materials.
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First scientific tests prove HDPE’s recycling properties
Tests show that High-density polyethylene (HDPE) can be recycled 10x or more.
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Coca-Cola to reshape approach to packaging
The Coca-Cola Company announces new global vision to help create a world without waste to help collect and recycle a bottle or can for every one it sells by 2030.
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First Europe-wide strategy on plastics
Presented by the European Commission, Plastic Waste is a European strategy to protect the planet, defend our citizens and empower our industries.
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World’s first plastics strategy in Europe has flaws
European Commission misses chance to fully embrace circular benefits of bio-based plastics and biodegradable plastics, according to European Bioplastics association.
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Platinum Equity to acquire Husky International
Platinum Equity purchasing Husky International from Berkshire Partners LLC and OMERS Private Equity Inc.
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Conserving resources with expandable polystyrene food packaging
BASF’s biomass balance approach for conserving fossil resources continues to establish itself with Styropor produced from renewable resources, available for the first time on the market.
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Marine organisms help disintegrate a plastic bag into 1.75 million pieces
A study by UK’s University of Plymouth says that by tearing apart solid plastics, marinelife actually contributes to the spread of microplastics in the environment.
