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StokedPlastics develops eyewear made from recycled bottles

Claire Jenns — Fri, 10 May 2024 09:38:51 +0000

StokedPlastics is developing eyewear made from recycled bottles, using ten times more recycled content than the industry norm.

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Silgan reports 7% decline in net sales for Q1 FY24

Jangoulun Singsit — Thu, 02 May 2024 13:45:21 +0000

Silgan Holdings, a rigid packaging solution company, has reported a 7% decrease in net sales for the first quarter (Q1) of financial year 2024 (FY24), amounting to $1.317bn compared with $1.418bn in the same period in FY23.

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Amcor’s net sales drop 8% in March 2024 YTD

Jangoulun Singsit — Wed, 01 May 2024 14:12:50 +0000

Packaging company Amcor has reported its net sales for the year-to-date (YTD) dropped by 8% to $10.10bn on a comparable constant currency basis, compared with $11.02bn in the same period of financial year 2023 (FY23).

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Acer partners with Plastic Bank to collect ocean plastic

Claire Jenns — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 09:00:16 +0000

Acer and Plastic Bank will aim to prevent the equivalent of 2.5 million plastic bottles from entering the ocean.

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ORBIS Packaging Manufacturing Plant, Texas, USA

samatharenigunta — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:53:16 +0000

ORBIS is expanding its operations with the construction of a new packaging manufacturing and warehouse facility in Greenville, Texas, US.

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Clorox faces ACCC legal action over ocean plastic claims

Archana Rani — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:28:10 +0000

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has initiated legal proceedings against Clorox Australia in relation to misleading representations on its kitchen and rubbish bags.

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Innovation helps FMCG industry cut rigid plastics in packaging

Claire Jenns — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 09:48:26 +0000

Packaging and consumer goods companies are accelerating their efforts to adopt new innovative materials and processes to replace plastic.

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Big Plastic Count claims UK discards 90 billion plastic pieces a year

Archana Rani — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 13:46:10 +0000

The Big Plastic Count, the UK’s largest household plastic waste survey, has found that the country's households discard an estimated 90 billion pieces of plastic packaging a year.

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Viva Energy and Cleanaway to pursue circular solution for soft plastics

Archana Rani — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:33:27 +0000

Viva Energy has collaborated with Cleanaway to explore a circular solution that will help address hard-to-recycle plastic waste.

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Greenpeace calls for stronger action on packaging waste in Hong Kong

Soumya Sharma — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:31:40 +0000

Greenpeace is calling on the Hong Kong government to take more decisive action in regulating and minimising packaging waste at the source.

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