Recyclability: Page 8

Sustainability
Advances in Chemical Recycling Cut Plastic Waste
With growing pressure from regulatory and consumer sectors, Südpack is increasingly focused on chemical recycling of plastic waste and developing high-tech packaging films from the recovered raw materials.
August 25, 2020
Sudpack Recycling
Sustainability
Clariant ColorWorks™ Applies IR-Detectable Black Technology to Make Other Dark Colors More Recyclable
Clariant
New colorants eliminate the need for carbon black entirely, and opens opportunities for colors like extremely dark blues and greens.
June 23, 2020
Clariant ColorWorks applies IR-detectable black technology to make other dark colors more recyclable.
Sustainability
Neopac Moves Toward Mono-Material Barrier Tubes Designed for Recyclability
Company is in the development stages of food- and pharma-grade tube systems that align with existing recycling processes.
May 15, 2020
Polyfoil MMB will be almost entirely polyethylene (PE) based, containing less that 5% of foreign materials (inks, adhesives, etc.) to avoid disruptions in existing recycling processes.
Sustainability
Recycling Device Packaging in the Operating Room
Two healthcare veterans discussed how recycling fits (or doesn’t) into their fast-paced OR operations at the Nurses’ Panel at HealthPack.
April 30, 2020
Experts opened unbranded packaging as if they were in the field, with the livefeed cast on screens in the main HealthPack conference room.
Sustainability
Troy Center for Materials and Manufacturing Sciences Announces PPE, Medical Plastic Recycling Research
Researchers are looking into new ways to produce PPEs from polymers as well as into methods of recycling medical plastics.
April 9, 2020
“The current pandemic has shown the crucial need to increase the nation’s production capacity in regards protective equipment for our medical professionals,” Menon says.
Sustainability
Multivitamin provider Supports Earth Conscious Mission with 100% Recycled Content Containers
Amcor Rigid Plastics
Partnership with Amcor results in development of PET container for Ritual multivitamins made from 100% recycled content.
March 6, 2020
PCR is an available, cost competitive, and more sustainable packaging option offered now by Ritual.
Sustainability
Amcor Joins the Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council, Continuing Progress Towards its 2025 Pledge
Amcor’s partnership with the Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) will help foster more sustainable practices and innovation across the healthcare industry.
February 21, 2020
Amcor will support the coalition with its experience in packaging design for medical devices and applications in hospitals and other treatment settings.
Sustainability
Recycling at the Molecular Level Through Commercial Operation System
Carbon renewal technology provides end-of-life solution for had-to-process plastics.
November 23, 2019
Innovative chemical recycling technology for advancements with waste plastics.
Sustainability
New Variations in Flexible Mono-Material Packaging
PAXXUS, Inc. introduced additional variations of single-stream recycle-ready flexible materials.
September 24, 2019
PAXXUS STREAM
Sustainability
Instagram Campaign Launched to Help Consumers Answer the Question “Can I Recycle This?”
#NotTrash Instagram campaign is first activation between Poland Spring and The Recycling Partnership to help residents recycle more, better.
August 23, 2019
Sustainability
Syngas is the Key to Packaging Sustainability
University of Florida professor Bruce Welt, Ph.D., shares the main takeaways from the first meeting of the Industry Consortium for Advanced Recycling, which took place in June.
August 20, 2019
Figure 1: Image Courtesy Global Syngas Technology Council - GlobalSyngas.org
Sustainability
​Recyclable Toothpaste Tube Brings Style to Hygiene
Premium toothpaste manufacturer Twice’s signature product, called The Duo, uses the packaging itself to explicitly illustrate the importance of brushing teeth twice daily.
August 19, 2019
The Twice toothpaste offering consists of two tubes, on for the a.m., the other for the p.m.
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