PROCTER & GAMBLE

Consumer goods group introduces refill system for shampoo / Implementation of sustainability goals earlier than planned

PACKAGING AND SUSTAINABILITY

Brand owners lead the way in renewable packaging / Giants McDonalds and Amazon have a long way to go / Smaller firms offer innovative alternative solutions

LOGOPLASTE

Portuguese packaging supplier has new majority shareholder / Further acquisitions planned

WERNER & MERTZ

Some 5,000 t of recyclate for packaging / Top selling “Frosch” brand grows faster than market / Cleaning material supplier seeks better sorting with dual systems

BOREALIS

German pilot plant for mechanical recycling / Project for post-consumer recyclates with Tomra

PURECYCLE

Acquisition of PP recycler underway / Plans for European plant / Global capacity of 550,000 t/y seen by 2025

PLASTICS WASTE

Study says global brands undershooting plastics reduction goals / Coca-Cola and Unilever reiterate commitment to targets

RECYCLING

Major firms join "HolyGrail 2.0" project to evaluate digital watermarks for plastic packaging

ALLIANCE TO END PLASTIC WASTE

Progress in 2020 / 14 projects worldwirde underway with plans to double in 12 months / Goal for zero plastics waste in more than 100 at-risk cities

USA

California group sues 10 companies including Coca-Cola, Danone, PepsiCo and Nestlé over plastics pollution

PROCTER & GAMBLE

Consumer goods group plans to save over 300,000 t of virgin plastics per year by 2030 / Up to 50% recyclate used in detergent bottles so far

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

Early progress being made to eliminate problem packaging / Accelerated efforts needed to reach 2025 targets / Ellen MacArthur Foundation and UNEP progress report

USA

Greenpeace accuses consumer good companies of false promises on plastics pollution / Call for investment in refill and reuse systems / SC Johnson quits Plastics Industry Association

APTAR

Partnerships with PureCycle Technologies and Loop e-commerce platform / Deal with Nippon Closures for tethered bottle caps / H1 sales up 5% on strong pharma demand

AMCOR

Participation in Chinese e-commerce alliance / Development of PET beer bottle in Brazil

ALLIANCE TO END PLASTIC WASTE

Jacob Duer to head global programme / Commitments amount to roughly 1% of members' earnings

PLASTICS RECYCLERS EUROPE

Launch of RecyClass tool for rigid HDPE containers / Next focus is on PP containers

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

Alliance to End Plastic Waste adds 12 new members / Sinopec first Chinese supporter

MARINE LITTER

Circulate Capital issues guide to aid investors in fighting plastics pollution / Focus on South and Southeast Asia / Investment opportunities in waste management and recycling

AMAZON

Change in packaging could impact US flexible plastics sector / Environmental concerns drive transition / Partnership with P&G on laundry detergent packaging

MILLIKEN

Additives to be supplied to PureCycle's rPP plant in US / Collaboration includes P&G's technology and Nestlé's packaging

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

Coca-Cola and other major brands disclose plastic packaging production figures / Businesses across value chain commit to reducing plastics waste / Ellen MacArthur Foundation and UNEP report

PACKAGING RECYCLING

TerraCycle establishes global alliance to promote reusable and recyclable packaging / Over 20 major companies join Loop / Circular shopping platform

NESTLE

Food giant to phase out plastic packaging from leading brands / Partnership with US biopolymers producer for water bottles / Marine litter project in Indonesia

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

Global alliance of 29 companies aims to help manage plastics waste / Commitments totalling over USD 1 bn