by Jeanine Vecchio | Oct 27, 2022 | Post Consumer Resin, Resin Increase/Decrease
From fresh steak to new phones, the goods we buy are usually wrapped in one thing: plastic. And plastic dominates how we pack and store products for good reason – it is lightweight, cost-efficient, and durable. Plastic helps us transport and receive goods in perfect...
by Jeanine Vecchio | Oct 27, 2022 | Recycling
Washington — Plastic recycling rates are declining even as production shoots up, according to a Greenpeace USA report out Monday that blasted industry claims of creating an efficient, circular economy as “fiction.” Titled “Circular Claims Fall Flat...
by Jeanine Vecchio | Oct 27, 2022 | Sustainability
Think about the last time you went to the grocery store. Maybe you bought a gallon of milk, a carton of strawberries, a box of granola bars, a jar of peanut butter. Each of these food or beverage products likely came in plastic or glass packaging. Humans have become...
by Jeanine Vecchio | Oct 27, 2022 | Supply Chain
Why reshoring—bringing manufacturing back to the U.S.—is so hard The supply-chain disruptions over the past few years have put a lot more focus on the idea of bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. Investors, customers, regulators and the general public have all...
by Jeanine Vecchio | Oct 3, 2022 | Post Consumer Resin, Recycling
Several companies have released new products that are pushing plastics recycling forward, including PCR-specific additives and 83% recycled content films. Here’s a roundup of innovation news. Additives for PCR Avient Corporation recently introduced a PCR Color...
