Sustainability
Neste, the Finnish petrochemical company that over the past decade has reinvented itself as a front runner in renewable solutions, has reached this point through a combination of research and development and a can-do attitude towards innovation, backed by a strong and steady stream of investment.
SAG-AFTRA, the actors' union, has joined with the Motion Picture Association to create the Green Council, a new initiative aiming to "promote environmentally conscious and sustainable practices in the entertainment industry."
While some in the media are convinced that plastics recycling is a myth, the numbers show that it's a substantial business — and growing.
A coalition of 185 investors with a collective $10 trillion in assets stepped up pressure on companies to urgently address what they called a "plastics crisis" with growing environmental and health risks that could also hurt investment returns.
The winners of the Circular Plastics Case Competition, a new competition launched this year, have been announced.
The Environmental Protection Agency has denied a petition that could have limited use of polyvinyl alcohol film in laundry and dishwashing pods.
An anti-plastics group is protesting radio advertising from the Association of Plastic Recyclers.
PET recycler Verdeco Recycling Inc. plans to open new East Coast manufacturing capacity next month.
The FDA has cleared a path for Missouri-based recycler St. Joseph Plastics to offer post-consumer polypropylene pellets for some food-contact applications.
Ahead of the next round of plastics treaty talks in Paris in late May, there are signs that more plastics groups will be at the table.
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