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...
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 | Post Consumer Resin, Resin Increase/Decrease
North American commodity resin markets were varied in June, with prices for two materials up, one down and two flat. PET bottle resin continued its incredible pricing surge in 2022 by jumping 13 cents in June. Prices for the material were up 6 cents in May and now are...
by Jeanine Vecchio | Jun 14, 2022 | Post Consumer Resin, Sustainability
As health and safety becomes consumers’ top concern, some fear the coronavirus may have halted sustainable packaging’s progress Pre-pandemic, packaging was on a roll. The global market value in 2019 was $917 billion, according to research by Smithers, with forecasts...
by Jeanine Vecchio | Jun 1, 2022 | Post Consumer Resin
Prices of PE, PS may have peaked; they were slightly down for PP and PET, up for PVC. The pricing outlook for the five-volume commodity resins was mixed in April, and perhaps even more so going into May and June. While prices for PE and PS may have peaked, tabs for PP...
