Tailored has partnered with Bluesource — to support verified urban forestry, sustainable forest management and rural cookstove programs that are designed to reduce or prevent greenhouse gases from entering the atmosphere, and TerraCycle — to transform its packaging into recyclable materials.
Northstar Clean Technologies Inc., a clean technology company focused on the sustainable recovery and reprocessing of asphalt shingles, has developed a proprietary design process for taking discarded asphalt shingles and extracting the liquid asphalt, aggregate and fiber for usage in new hot mix asphalt, construction products and other industrial applications.
The ocean-bound plastic is converted using advanced recycling into an alternative feedstock, which is used to produce certified circular polymers for further processing to flexible packaging film.
With digital’s share of the printed label and packaging market set to almost double by 2026 and inkjet leading this growth, the potential for water-based digital inkjet technology is substantial.
Colgate-Palmolive unleashes a new toothpaste pilot program that pushes for more recycling support within the flexible packaging and recycling industries, and how a resurgence of mechanical recycling from industry associations may be in the offing for 2022.
So, the flexible packaging segment is at an inflection point with recycled content. The good news is that more investments are being made into municipal recycling in the U.S.; more than $1 billion in investments was made before U.S. infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 was passed late last year.