Month: January 2021

Bottles / Bottle MakingMaterialsRecycling

Henkel launched almost 700 million bottles made of 100% recycled plastics to the market in Europe

Henkel used almost 700 million bottles made of 100 per cent recycled plastics for Laundry & Home Care products in Europe – more than 400 million in 2020. The recycled material stems from post-consumer waste, including Social Plastic from Henkel’s partnership with the Plastic Bank. Social Plastic contributes both to environmental

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CompaniesNewsRecycling

Pretium joins U.S. Plastics Pact, committing to meet ambitious Circular Economy goals by 2025

Pretium has joined the U.S. Plastics Pact, a collaborative, solutions-driven initiative rooted in four ambitious goals intended to drive significant systems change by unifying diverse cross-sector approaches, setting a national strategy, and creating scalable solutions to create a path forward toward a circular economy for plastics in the United States by

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Capping / ClosuresCompaniesNews

Bericap’s recyclable 100% silicone-free BericapValve wins Sustainability Award 2020

BericapValve has won Packaging Europe’s Sustainability Award 2020 in the category “Recyclable Packaging”. The award recognises and awards the major sustainability impact behind the small visible change to a 100 % silicone-free valve. Unlike conventional silicone valves, Bericap’s product is made of TPE and does not contaminate the recycling stream with

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Events

NPE 2021 cancelled

After consultation with medical and legal experts, the Plastics Officers of the Board, the NPE executive committee, exhibitors, and the association membership, the Plastics Board of Directors decided, and is announcing, the cancellation of the in-person components of NPE2021, scheduled for May 17–21, 2021, in Orlando, Florida due to the ongoing

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