On the day the Plastics Packaging Tax comes into force (1st April, 2022), Philip Law, Director-General of the BPF, tells InterplasInsights where the confusion still lies. Plus, he looks at the ongoing war in Ukraine, and how it is affecting UK resin supplies. Read more here . #Plastics ...
More than 350 million metric tons of plastic are produced every year, and 85% of the garbage dumped in the oceans is plastic, according to estimates. Brazil is the fourth-largest producer, accounting for some 11 million metric tons per year. To make matters worse, most plastic packaging is...
The United States generates more plastic trash than any other country – about 46.3 million tons of it, or 287 pounds per person a year, according to a 2020 study. The country’s 9% rate of recycling will never keep up. Why so low? The chemistry of today’s plastics makes most difficult to...
Despite efforts to promote recycling and reuse of plastic materials, plastic waste remains an issue. In the US, West Virginia University engineers hope to debottleneck the remaining challenges for recycling of single-use plastic packaging by upcycling them into petrochemicals. Funded by a US$859...
The collaboration announced between The Coca-Cola Company, Changchun Meihe Science & Technology, and UPM seeks to scale up and increase the efficiency of a technology that converts second-generation biomass into plant-based monoethylene glycol (bMEG) for packaging applications. The...
The controversial views on polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) - p roducers of the polymer say they are getting traction in the marketplace, but others have doubts. Read more here . #News #Polymers #PHA #Plastics #Biodegradable #PlasticPackaging
Flexible Plastic Fund is incentivising the development of a circular model and infrastructure for flexible plastic packaging to be recycled back into plastic packaging. Read more here . #News #PlasticPackaging #FlexiblePlastic #Recycling
A report from BBC shows 'just 20 companies are the source of more than half of all the single-use plastic items thrown away globally.' Here is the article . #News #Polymers #Plastics #SingleUse #PlasticPackaging #PlasticWaste