Sealed Air Corporation is offering a range of lightweight polypropylene (PP) trays and pots with high clarity for chilled foods thanks to Milliken’s clarifying innovation Millad® NX™ 8000.

A to-go container made with sugarcane took home the top honor at the 2013 Foodservice Packaging Award ceremony held by Foodservice Packaging Institute, Inc.

Plastic bottle recycling by consumers increased 161 million pounds in 2012, edging up 6.2%, to reach nearly 2.8 billion pounds for the year.

Students from Fremont Elementary School in Riverside, CA, will celebrate America Recycles Day on Nov. 12 by touring CarbonLITE Recycling to see firsthand how plastic bottles are kept out of the waste stream.

The total volume of postconsumer PET bottles collected was the highest reported to date at 1.718 billion pounds, as were both the total amount of RPET produced by U.S. reclaimers, 930 million pounds, and the amount used across major end-use domestic market segments at 1.3 billion pounds.

Consumers also point to product’s packaging as first place to learn if the product is recyclable

Organic, fair trade truffles launch in sustainable packaging with compostable wrappers.

Bottled water uses 1.39 liters for every 1 liter of bottled water, which is lowest among packaged beverages

Kent Elastomer Products’ has been honored as a Summit of Sustainability award winner for 2013.

Mayor encourages Milwaukeeans to think beyond the bag and recycle wraps