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Town Bans Bottled Water

January 3, 2013November 13, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Concord, Mass. has made illegal the sale of single-serving plastic water bottles under a new law that will fine stores up to $50 for violating the ban. As of January 1, it is unlawful in Concord to sell non-sparkling, unflavored drinking water in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles of 1 liter ... Read more »

Burton Launches Clothing Made From Mountain Dew Bottles

November 26, 2012November 24, 2012 by Leon Walker

Burton Snowboards and Mountain Dew – a PepsiCo brand – have launched their 2013 Green Mountain Project, a line of winter sport outerwear featuring sustainable fabric made from recycled plastic bottles. The collection marks the next phase of the Burton x Mountain Dew partnership, which was launched last year and ... Read more »

Sustainable-Fit Jeans: Levi’s WasteLess Denim Made With 3.5 Million Recycled Bottles

October 22, 2012October 22, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Levi’s has introduced a new denim collection made from recycled plastic bottles and food trays. In what the jeans brand calls the next chapter in its sustainable design initiative, each WasteLess product will include a minimum of 20 percent post-consumer recycled content, or, on average, eight 12- to 20-ounce bottles ... Read more »

Method Uses Ocean Debris to Make Soap Bottles

October 11, 2012October 12, 2012 by Leon Walker

Environmentally-conscious cleaning product company Method is launching a two-in-one hand and dish soap that comes in bottles made from plastic recovered from the ocean, blended with post-consumer recycled plastic. Scientists estimate that several million tons of plastic make their way into the oceans every year, polluting the environment and hurting ... Read more »

Coke Doubles Mexico PET Recycling Center

June 15, 2012March 14, 2018 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Coca-Cola Co. and its Mexican bottlers are investing $34 million to double the capacity of the PetStar SA de CV food-grade PET recycling plant in Toluca, Mexico, Waste & Recycling News reports. When complete, the facility will have the capacity to recycle 120 million pounds of PET, also known as ... Read more »

OCTAL Polyester Sheet Cuts Carbon by 25%

January 12, 2012March 21, 2012 by Leon Walker

OCTAL Petrochemical’s DPET product, the world’s first direct-to-sheet polyester sheet, has a carbon footprint 25 percent lower than conventional APET packaging materials, it has emerged. DPET can be used for packaging yogurt, meat, cheese, baked goods and household consumer goods. By deploying unique production methods, OCTAL has eliminated five energy intensive ... Read more »

Plastics Today Reveals 2012 Packaging Predictions

January 3, 2012January 3, 2012 by Leon Walker

Consumers should expect higher quantities of recycled materials in packaging and less access to single-use plastic carrier bags and bottles in the coming year, according to Plastics Today. Curbs on carrier bag use, such as taxes and outright bans, began to spring up in 2010 and continued through 2011. Likewise ... Read more »

Purell Dispenser Cuts Down on Plastic

December 7, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Gojo Industries, the company behind Purell instant hand sanitizer, has released dispensers that it says use less material and are more recyclable. The Gojo ADX Dispensing System, the result of four years of development, dispenses Gojo and Purell formulations. These include a line of new USDA Biobased- and EcoLogo-certified formulations ... Read more »

Food Manufacturers ‘Holding Back rPET’; Lush Outsources Recycling

November 18, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

The use of recycled PET in the food sector is being held back by poor quality control and by brand owners’ misconceptions, according to PET bottle molder APPE. The company, which says it is the largest food-grade PET recycler in Europe, is investing €10m at its recycling plant in Beaune, ... Read more »

Coke Makes 100% Recycling Pledge for 2012 Olympics

November 10, 2011November 10, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Coca-Cola has promised to recycle all clear plastic PET bottles used at the London 2012 Olympics, according to news reports. The company has partnered with Sita UK, the waste management partner of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (Locog), and aims to recycle the materials into 80 million ... Read more »

Embattled Coke Bottle Recycling Plant Reopens

August 22, 2011August 23, 2011 by Leon Walker

The troubled Coca-Cola joint-venture recycling plant in Spartanburg, S.C., is set to reopen today after being shuttered by the company in March. But Coke is considering selling its 49 percent stake in the plant, according to the Wall Street Journal Coke and its partner in the factory, United Resource Recovery ... Read more »

Packaging & Waste Briefing: Tetra Pak, Nestle, Dow Chemical, Coca-Cola

July 22, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Tetra Pak, one of the world’s biggest food packaging firms, says it is developing packaging based on 100 percent renewable materials. It also plans to increase the supply of Forest Stewardship Council-certified paper board used in its products to 100 percent, with an interim target of 50 percent in 2012. ... Read more »

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