Articles Tagged with ''recycled materials''

The 24th annual National Post-Consumer Plastics Bottle Recycling Report marks the twenty-fourth consecutive year that Americans have increased the pounds of plastic bottles returned for recycling.

Did you know that enough food is produced to feed the estimated 805 million people around the world that are going hungry each day?

Since 2011, Novelis has invested approximately $500 million to expand its recycling network, doubling its recycling capacity to 2.1 million metric tons per year and raising its recycled content from 30% to 46%.

To get more students recycling, PepsiCo announced it is now opening its popular K-12 school Recycle Rally program to schools across the U.S. The program is one of the ways PepsiCo is working to increase recycling to help drive the U.S. beverage container recycling rate to 50% by 2018.

Recent efforts in California, Chicago and New York to ban EPS products such as packing peanuts and foodservice items are being challenged by environmentalists and industry experts who argue that the bans will do more harm than good.

To inspire people to decrease their environmental footprint and encourage them to participate in local recycling programs, Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics is launching an awareness campaign called Recycle Rally

Recycle Across America has joined forces with Participant Media to launch a social action campaign focused on transforming recycling and improving the economics and prevalence of sustainable packaging and manufacturing.

Within the recycled materials market, paper packaging is the largest sector, accounting for around 65% of all recycled packaging.

CVP will handle the administrative functions for the Partnership, while SERDC will remain an integral part of the initiative.

The tamper-evident, eco-responsible Crystal Seal reFresh thermoformed plastic food packaging’s design eliminates unnecessary sidewall ribbing for strong visual appeal with excellent versatility in fresh, cold & dry food merchandising.