Chris Voloschuk

The organization says that this year alone, the initiative has invested more than $2 million and delivered 1 million recycling carts to U.S. households.

The organization calls for consensus guidance on when these technologies should be used and the standards needed to protect communities and advance circularity.

The companies earned the Sustainable Packaging Innovation Award for PCR content incorporated into a line of souvenir cups available at Cleveland Browns football games.

Nova Chemicals’ LLDPE film recycling facility in Connersville, Indiana, now has four operational lines and is continuing to grow its supply network despite an overall difficult year for U.S.-based plastic recyclers.

The Canadian chemical recycler is working to scale up a unique process it says is more flexible and cost effective than traditional pyrolysis.

The study, released by AMERIPEN, the Consumer Brands Association and the Consumer Technology Association, claims packaging sustainability initiatives reduced U.S. packaging volume by nearly 5 million metric tons from 2019 to 2024.

Ascend Elements says the partnership pairs its Hydro-to-Cathode technology with Trafigura’s global marketing and logistics platform.

The company says it is encouraging municipalities and customers nationwide to add paper and plastic cups to accepted materials lists to help reach new recycling designations.

It was the first full quarter operating as a combined Amcor and Berry business.

The facility, Områ, is capable of processing 90,000 tons of material per year.

Loop says the multiyear agreement secures supply of its Twist brand of polyester resin made of textile scrap.

The company also points to a recently announced battery recycling project and the publishing of a prefeasibility study for its Tonopah Flats lithium project as highlights of the quarter.

The company reports it produced a monthly record of 3.3 million pounds of its PureFive resin in September.

The company says it has taken actions to reduce inventory and prioritize cash generation in a “weak macroeconomic environment.”

ABTC says the lithium-ion battery cleanup is the “largest in U.S. history,” with $30 million in estimated project proceeds.

The program recognizes companies committed to the long-term use of PCR sourced in North America.

The company says full-scale construction will start in early 2026, and recently appointed Paolo Toscano oversee the project.

The 2030 Plastics Agenda for Business includes a “practical roadmap” to tackle plastic waste and build a circular economy.

Letters signed by five state attorneys general recently were sent to the U.S. Plastics Pact, GreenBlue and the Consumer Goods Forum, expressing “collective concern” that the organizations may be violating federal and state antitrust laws through their attempts to create a circular economy for plastics.

Dr. Siri Jirapongphan currently serves as an independent director and chairman of the Audit Committee of Bangkok Bank PLC.