A new Life-Cycle-Assessment (LCA) undertaken by the Intertek Group for UK-based Symphony Environmental Technologies’ d2w oxo-biodegradable plastic carrier bags and bread bags revealed that the oxo-biodegradable bag performed 75% ...
Tags: plastic carrier bags, oxo-biodegradable bag, litter category
At a recent beach clean, SAS (Surfers against Sewage) volunteers uncovered several plastic litter and packaging items at Saunton Sands, North Devon, which reportedly included 1968 and 1967 Wonder Crisp packets, and 1990 Snickers Bar ...
Tags: plastic litter, plastic packaging items, marine environment
The Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) has released a new report which informs that the recycling efforts by Canadians have increased the amount of post-consumer plastic packaging being recycled across the country. Moore ...
Cleaning product company Method is all set to launch its two-in-one hand and dish soap in new bottles made from a combination of plastic recovered from the ocean and post-consumer recycled plastic. Method co-founder and chief greenskeeper ...
Tags: Plastic Bottles, Household Cleaning Products, recycled plastic
Xito de CV has invested $4m in a new PET sheet extrusion line which will almost double its current production capacity of 19 million pounds a year. Xito owner and chief executive Norman Wright was quoted by Plastics News as saying that it ...
Tags: Pet Sheet, production capacity, virgin PET
Thwing-Albert's FP-2255 will be replaced with a new model the FP-2260 Friction/Peel Tester. The new instrument will now run with MAP-4 materials testing software allowing for more powerful reporting and compatibility with newer operating ...
Manufacturer of rigid plastic packaging products Mold-Rite Plastics has acquired Stull Technologies, a manufacturer of dispensing closures, caps, lids, and packaging components. Thus acquisition of Stull is part of the larger expansion ...
Tags: Stull Technologies, plastic packaging, packaging components
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,18 commodities increased in prices, 26 fell and 56 remained unchanged on 20/11/2012.The largest rises were Nickel (1.57%),Silver (1.43%),Acetone (1.17%),while the largest ...
Tags: price, Spot Commodities, mineral
European plastic pallet manufacturers Cabka and Innova Packaging System (IPS) have merged under the newly-founded Cabka Group, in a bid to improve their market positions. According to IPS, the Cabka and IPS labels will remain intact, ...
Phoenix Industries, a plastics products maker in Sri Lanka has laid the foundation stone for a new LKR350m ($3m) plant in Horana, which will supply the packaging needs of the fast moving consumer goods company Unilever's Sri Lanka unit. ...
Chemicals company Tessenderlo Group has announced that its plans to sell Profialis, its continental European PVC profile business, to investment firm Open Gate Capital, for an undisclosed sum. Belgium-based company said staff at Los ...
Tags: Pvc Profile, Profialis, specialty products
Plastics converters, recyclers and collectors in Europe have announced the launch of a new European wide certification and audit scheme, EuCertPlast which implements existing CEN standard 15343 on post-consumer plastics recycling. ...
Tags: Plastics Recyclates, material recycled, plastics recycling
The Plastics 2020 Challenge, along with PlasticsEurope, has condemned the anti-bag campaigners in Northern Ireland for what they claim are frightening tactics. Plastics 2020 Challenge includes the British Plastics Federation, Britain's ...
Tags: Anti-Bag, Inappropriate Moves, plastic bags
US-based Monadnock Paper Mills has announced the launch of the Envi Portfolio, a complement of fiber-based solutions designed to provide eco-savvy brand owners with alternatives to plastics across a broad range of applications and end-uses. ...
Tags: Envi Portfolio, fiber-based solutions, eco-savvy brand
High Density Polyethylene bottles supplier Nampak Plastics UK has announced the availability of its Infini bottle to the retailers helping them to reach their sustainability targets. The Nampak-led initiative, ultra-lightweight plastic ...