PureCycle harnesses a patented process that transforms plastic waste into a like-new recycled plastic that can continually be reused and potentially stay out of landfills and oceans.

VOID is a materials science company accelerating the transition to more sustainable plastics and packaging. 

The investment address the increase in demand for sustainable flexible packaging. 

CARBOLIQ is a provider of an innovative technology for chemical recycling.

The redesigned toothpaste packaging allows consumers to see how much product is left, easily dispense it and recycle the package.

The impact of COVID, ecommerce and environmental aspirations have changed how consumer packaging should address new consumer needs — without compromising the importance of the basics in achieving breakthrough and driving purchase.

The current approach to dealing with plastic waste simply isn’t working. New technology and new methodologies must be developed to provide a much-needed boost to our current recycling activity. 

As we covered in our annual Executive Forecast for 2022, the pandemic may not be at the forefront of everyone’s minds directly, but its ripple effects are still spreading outward. Those ripples are impacting the current state of the industry.

The company’s investment will expand manufacturing capabilities in its Specialty Quality Packaging (SQP) facility in New York, where Kari-Out’s popular Food Trays, Eco Box and Eco Earth paper food containers are produced.

Recycling plastics in food packaging is expected to create a new market.