US demand to exceed $39 billion in 2018

In the last two years, Recycling Reinvented has worked to introduce legislation in several states and commission a cost-benefit study for Minnesota to show how EPR could increasing recycling rates and find cost efficiencies on a statewide level.

The average industry bottle weight ranges from 60-62 grams, but the new Mid-America patented design weighs only 52 grams.

Bemis has responded to the recently-announced discontinuation of Barex resin with commercially-available alternatives to Barex resin-based packaging.

Rexam’s corporate headquarters recycling efforts raised more than $45,300 for various local charities.

From ultra-personalized experiences to custom packaging to straightforward dialogue, 2015 will be the year where the consumer truly reigns supreme.

In 2013, the industry used 39% less wax than in 2002, when wax usage was first measured.

PLAPACK project has finished successfully after three years of development. AIMPLAS collaborated in this project, funded by Direct Innovation Line CDTI, along with two research centres and six companies. The result is a new generation of biodegradable plastics of natural sources used for the manufacturing of clothes hangers, disposable household and food packages.

There is rapidly increasing demand for packaging materials that give even greater protection to their contents. Functional additives are an important technology in meeting this demand for greater product protection in the plastic packaging market. A functional additive modifies the properties of packaging to impart desirable or beneficial functions.