Recycling
The Basel Convention, an international treaty designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations, on its 11th conference of Open-Ended Working Group concluded support for Norway’s proposal to add plastic in the list of wastes subject to the trade control. NGOs including Seattle’s Basel Action Network (BAN), …
Recycling
The Ocean Cleanup, a Netherlands-based non-profit organization, has reportedly announced the launch of its ocean cleanup system from San Francisco Bay. The system is named as System 001 and is the world’s first ocean cleaning device, cite sources. The device is made up of a …
Recycling
Significant cuts to the volumes of waste imported by China has reportedly led to the ban of single-use plastic products such as containers, cups, and cutlery in several nations. According to reports, Australia is lagging behind in terms of reducing plastic waste as politicians may …
Recycling
Borealis, the world’s eighth largest producer of polypropylene and polyethylene, has reportedly announced that it has acquired the plastics recycler Ecoplast (Ecoplast Kunststoffrecycling GmbH) in a bid to fortify green growth initiatives. For the record, Ecoplast, based in Wildon, Austria, processes approximately 35,000 tons of …
Packaging
Uflex Limited, the packaging major based in India, has reportedly announced the commissioning of its first flexible liquid packaging facility at Sanand, Gujarat. As per trusted sources, the patent period for flexible liquid packaging ended recently which paved the way for Uflex to foray into …
Packaging
Graphic Packaging Holding Company has reportedly made an announcement to have planned to acquire Letica Corporation’s food service business. If sources are to be believed, its subsidiary unit, Graphic Packaging International, LLC, has already finalized a deal to acquire the RPC Group subsidiary’s food service …
Packaging
AT&T, the American telecommunications giant, recently conducted a trial run for delivering medical payload in Puerto Rico in association with one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies Merck and Softbox, the thermal packaging company headquartered in UK. Softbox will be using Skypod, its thermally insulated …
Recycling
Hong Kong has recently announced the launch of a new trial scheme to spice up the region’s dismal of plastic waste recycling. Reportedly, the scheme would be rolled out in three districts by the next year. Matthew Cheung Kin-chung, Chief Secretary, revealed that the government …
Packaging
The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) has reportedly announced the launch of its new half-day training course named as Introduction to Sustainable Packaging Design. As per trusted sources, the course intends to offer participants a better understanding of the criteria required to design and develop …
Packaging
Berlin Packaging, the renowned packaging services company, based out of the United States, has reportedly set up an American facility for Freund Container & Supply. As per sources, this is the company’s division that is used for convenience quantities of industrial supplies and packaging. If …
