At a beach cleanup, volunteers or workers usually focus on picking up pieces of trash like plastic water bottles or food packaging. But the sand is often filled with the tinier scraps of plastic that...

Every year, 3.5 million metric tons of sodden diapers end up in landfills. The superabsorbent material inside these diapers is made up of a matrix of polymers that expand once dampness hits them. Polymers are...

Eastman, Kingsport, Tennessee, has announced that it is collaborating with Padnos and the United States Automotive Materials Partnership LLC (USAMP) on a concept feasibility study to recycle mixed plastic scrap recovered from automotive shredder residue...

Finding new solutions to address the challenges posed by plastic waste can dramatically improve global sustainability practices and help achieve a greener future. While many researchers are working to solve this problem on an international...

Two U.S. scientists have won a 1 million euro ($1.18 million) prize for creating a food generator concept that turns plastics into protein. The 2021 Future Insight Prize went to Ting Lu, a professor of bioengineering at...

This website, along with the content in our 2021 Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Index PDF report and the case studies in our 2021 Sustainability Stories Hub, constitutes DuPont’s annual sustainability report. The content is organized...

Unilever, together with Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, have developed a new high barrier paper-based packaging material for Unilever’s Colman’s dry Meal Maker and Sauces range by reducing plastic, increasing paper content,...

In 2020, a producer-funded system for paper and packaging recycling achieved a significantly higher recovery rate – and spent more money – than the year prior. Recycle BC, a stewardship group responsible for the printed...

Scholle IPN, a leading global supplier of flexible packaging solutions, announced that they have created a partnership with OBBOTEC, a Netherlands-based plastics firm specializing in advanced forms of chemical recycling technologies. Through this partnership, the...

With the aim of reducing single-use plastic, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), in collaboration with Acharya Nagarjuna University and Ecolastic Private Limited, launched environmentally safe packaging products made from natural and plant-based food-grade materials....

As the US state of Maine becomes the first state to enact an extended producer responsibility (EPR) law for plastic packaging, momentum behind recycling legislation only seems to be strengthening as a chemical trade group...

According to a news release issued by the American Chemistry Council (ACC), Washington, leading plastic companies have presented Congress with an outline of five actions the legislative body can take to grow the circular economy...

The Consumer Goods Forum's (CGF) Coalition of Action on Plastic Waste has announced a set of guidelines designed to facilitate recycling plastic used in packaging aimed at transforming the industry's relationship with plastic packaging. The...

UK headquartered sustainable flexible packaging business, Eco Flexibles, has shared insight on the importance of weight in packaging as the mass-market shift towards lighter substrates continues. The business, which supports brands, packers and retailers making...

With a common vision of a world where no plastic waste ends up in nature — land or sea — The Consumer Goods Forum's (CGF) Coalition of Action on Plastic Waste announced the latest critical...

Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) has signed into law legislation to make the state the first in the country to shift recycling costs from taxpayers to packing manufacturers. The law, which was passed by the...

Ambitious plans to stop the completely stop the increase in marine plastic pollution by the year 2050 have been laid out by researchers with the United Nations. The report, penned by the UN's International Resource...

Systemic change to the entire plastics economy is needed to halt ocean plastic pollution. That's the overwhelming message from a new United Nations report, which says to reduce the amount of plastic entering the ocean,...

A San Francisco company says it will build the nation’s largest plastic waste processing plant outside of Macon, a facility that eventually could offer a solution to one of the country’s most visible and pressing...

AMGRAPH Packaging announces that they have joined the prestigious Sustainable Packaging Coalition® (SPC), the premier organization focused on bringing together businesses, educational institutions, and government agencies to collectively strengthen and advance the business case for...

CEFLEX, the organisation dedicated towards establishing a circular economy model for flexible packaging, states that the EU Commission’s Packaging Directive has room for improvement. Officially known as the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD), said...

Today, work being done around the revision of the European Commission’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) is considering a one size fits all recyclability target for packaging at 95%. We talked to Graham Houlder,...

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council is pleased to welcome PAXXUS, a manufacturer of flexible packaging materials, as the newest member. PAXXUS is a leading supplier of engineered flexible materials for the global healthcare market and...

Louisiana has unanimously passed a bipartisan bill, Senate Bill 97, that will allow for advanced recycling. This term, “advanced recycling,” is a bit deceptive. Its more common term, “chemical recycling,” sounds ideal — recycling plastics...

A government-convened commission of California recycling stakeholders has outlined steps to boost markets and cut contamination. But the group’s report also leaves PP plastic off a key initial list of accepted materials, drawing quick pushback...

The definition of “infrastructure” has been a flashpoint for policymakers in Washington, D.C., ever since President Joseph R. Biden Jr. unveiled a $2.3 trillion spending bill to bolster infrastructure in the United States. Roads, bridges,...

Recycling issues in the U.S. are not new, but the ability to get a coordinated response hasn’t been easy. So, last year, various stakeholders along the supply chain organized a group to see if they...

The massive, pandemic-driven surge in e-commerce sales resulted in an influx of packages crossing the thresholds of people's homes. These packages are prime real estate for brand messaging, inside and out, carrying endless opportunities and...