by Jeanine Vecchio | Aug 31, 2022 | Supply Chain
The Chips and Science Act that President Biden signed earlier this month is just the latest indication that the planets are aligning for a return of manufacturing to the US. Proponents have pushed for so-called reshoring for years, but it has never quite panned out....
by Jeanine Vecchio | Aug 31, 2022 | Supply Chain
Canceled sailings, stuck vessels, warehouse prices show U.S. ports are still struggling KEY POINTS An increase in container vessels anchored off of Savannah and Houston is one sign of a global shipping industry that has moved more cargo away from the U.S. West Coast....
by Jeanine Vecchio | Aug 31, 2022 | Post Consumer Resin, Recycling
Lee Metters, Group Business Development Director, Domino Printing Sciences (Domino), explores the topic further in the below article. In recent years, governments worldwide have emphasised the need to shift towards a circular economy for packaging, with a particular...
by Jeanine Vecchio | Aug 31, 2022 | Post Consumer Resin, Resin Increase/Decrease, Sustainability
Ask many of the world’s leading brands about their sustainable packaging plans and they will tell you: they aim to make their packaging 100% reusable or recyclable by 2025. More specifically, many plan to source post-consumer recycled (PCR) materials—such as...
by Jeanine Vecchio | Aug 4, 2022 | Sustainability
Polypropylene is once again being considered to be “widely recycled” by an on-package recycling information system that had previously downgraded the material. How2Recycle, a Sustainable Packaging Coalition program that oversees a recycling identification...
