PACKAGING RECYCLING

Report highlights value of recovering small plastics from recycling streams / Investment essential

PACKAGING RECYCLING

Holy Grail initiative enters final testing phase / Pilot market launch planned for 2024 in France

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

EMF says most firms to miss 2025 packaging targets / PCR use generally higher in 2021 / Virgin plastics consumption back to 2018 levels / Global progress report

CHEMICAL RECYCLING

Two major French PET reclaim projects announced / Eastman to invest up to USD 1 bn / Loop Industries plans 70,000 t/y line in Normandy

CARBIOS

Food-grade bottles made of plastics reclaimed with enzymes said to be world first / Major consumer brands participate in project

GEORG UTZ

Delivery of 100,000 reusable “GS1 Smart Box” transport containers / Distribution by pooling partner IPP

AVANTIUM

Carlsberg brewery strengthens PEF collaboration / Covid-19 negatively affects 2020 financial results / Delay in negotiations on FDCA plant construction

LEGO

Record results in 2020 / Sales and earnings show double-digit growth / Focus remains on sustainability

PURECYCLE

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

L'OREAL

Pledge to use 100% recycled or bio-based plastics / Group consumed 140,000 t of polymers in 2018

CARBIOS / L'ORÉAL

PepsiCo, Suntory and Nestlé join recycling consortium / Technology scale-up to produce rPET bottles

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

INTERVIEW

Loop Industries' chief growth officer Nelson Switzer / Partnerships with major global brands, rPET from chemical recycling and building up facilities

L'ORÉAL

"Trions en beauté" campaign on sorting cosmetics packaging waste in France

SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY

Waste feedstocks, product performance and digital tools offer opportunities for successful commercialisation of "green" materials / Lux Research report

L'ORÉAL

Partnership with chemical recycler Loop Industries / Incorporation of rPET into packaging

COMMENT

Chemical PET recycling has become a necessity

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

Ellen MacArthur Foundation calls for oxo-degradable plastic packaging ban / Contribution to microplastic pollution

CARBIOS / L'ORÉAL

Consortium for recycling founded / Open to international companies from all sectors

RPC

German Bramlage-Wiko plant in Pulheim set to close / 250 employees affected

L'OREAL

Phase-out of microbeads 80% complete / Sustainability programme calls for reduction in packaging's environmental footprint

THE BODY SHOP

Collaboration with Newlight Technologies on “AirCarbon” methane-based biopackaging

SERIOPLAST

Italian blow moulder building plant in St. Petersburg / Supplying Unilever