In the global automotive industry's transition to sustainability, the environmental friendliness of plastic materials has become a key challenge. The high carbon emissions, resource dependence, and recycling challenges of traditional fossil-based plastics have prompted automakers to seek alternative...
In December 2024, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) released the report The State of Bioplastics in Australia, which provides an overview of Australia's bioplastics system and analyzes the current state of bioplastics The report presents an overview of Australi...
TotalEnergies Corbion, a producer of polylactic acid (PLA), and Benvic, a French composites producer, are teaming up to expand the use of Luminy® PLA-based plastics in durable goods applications such as automotive, healthcare, cosmetic packaging, home appliances, and electrical and electronic produc...
SK Chihshin (SKGC) and Herion (China) announced that they have joined forces to promote sustainable packaging of health food products.
Headquartered in Weybridge, UK, Haleon's mission is to “put people at the center of every day's health”, serving consumers in more than 100 markets around the world. ...
Recently, a group of researchers at the University of Alabama stumbled upon a revolutionary way to recycle plastics.
This approach, which uses imidazolium to break down plastics, improves on traditional recycling processes and has the potential to produce higher quality recycled materials. This...
From January 1, 2025, Thailand banned the import of plastic waste.
Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Trade issued the regulation in early December and it was published in the Royal Gazette on December 16, 2024 to become law.
The provision allows for a bidding period between December 17 and 31, all...
The U.S. plastics recycling and reclamation market faces three major challenges in 2025: trade uncertainty, new capacity additions, and weak consumption. And, Trump's tariff policy is likely to hit the U.S. recycled plastics ecosystem. In addition, Coca-Cola's downward revision of its packaging sust...
December 12, 2024 - The California Senate is passing a new bill that by January 1, 2027, will require plastic beverage containers up to 3 liters, to use one-piece lids.
1. Bill to be heard in 2025
Disposable plastic lids are easily separated from the bottle, reducing the likelihood of recycling ...
On December 19, 2024, the European Commission formally adopted a regulation banning the use of bisphenol A (BPA) and other bisphenol substances harmful to the reproductive and endocrine systems in food contact materials.
BPA is a common chemical raw material widely used in the production of pla...
Recent reports indicate that the chemical recycling industry is on the verge of major expansion, with more than 40 plants currently in operation and more than 100 projects in the planning stage worldwide. The next few years will be critical in assessing the viability and cost-effectiveness of these ...
