Plastics
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Mpact renames Remade On Site service to Mpact Waste Management
SOUTH AFRICA – Mpact, South Africa’s leading paper and plastics packaging business and recycler, Mpact has renamed its Remade On Site service as Mpact Waste…
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CKF snaps up thermoformed rPET firm Packright Manufacturing
CANADA – Scotia Investments Limited (SIL), together with CKF, Inc. (CKF), have reached an agreement to acquire Packright Manufacturing Ltd. (Packright). Packright will become a…
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P&G pilots Paboco’s paper bottle for Lenor fabric softener amid bio-based barrier challenges
NETHERLANDS – P&G’s Fabric & Home Care division is trialing a paper bottle for its Lenor fabric softener brand in partnership with The Paper Bottle…
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More pressure mounts on Coca-Cola’s COP27 sponsorship
GLOBAL – US environmental organizations Just Zero and Beyond Plastics are calling on the UN to drop Coca-Cola as a sponsor for its upcoming COP27…
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Prevented Ocean Plastic Africa launches to fight plastic waste pollution in North Africa
EGYPT – Prevented Ocean Plastic has expanded into the African continent in a bid to help the entire global program accelerate and collect its next…
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Eurofins Assurance launches new certification service set to reward companies’ zero-waste efforts
GLOBAL – The Eurofins Assurance network has launched a new Zero Waste to Landfill Certification Service in an effort to provide companies with a ‘fact-based’…
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US startup Protein Evolution secures US$20M to scale-up enzymatic plastic recycling
US – US-based startup Protein Evolution (PEI) has established what it says is the world’s first enzymatic plastic recycling business, landing initial funding of US$20…
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INEOS partners Plastic Energy on large-scale production of raw materials from plastic waste
GERMANY – INEOS Olefins & Polymers Europe has signed an agreement with Plastic Energy aiming to produce 100,000 tonnes per annum of recycled raw materials…
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Lidl GB incorporates prevented ocean plastic packaging for its fresh meat products
UK – The UK branch of supermarket chain Lidl has extended the ‘Prevented Ocean Plastic’ (POP) initiative to its fresh meat packaging. From this week,…
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Loblaws ditches single-use plastic shopping bags across Saskatchewan, Canada
CANADA – Canadian supermarket chain, Loblaws has announced the discontinuation of single-use plastic shopping bags at stores across the Northwest Territories, including Glen’s Independent Grocer…