Last week marked the eighth International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, an initiative of the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint, jointly led by the UN Environment Programme and the World Health Organization, intended to draw…

The EU directive pertaining to tethered caps will come into effect in July 2024: it states that closures must be firmly attached to non-returnable PET bottles. The aim is to recycle the caps together with the bottles and thus avoid…

Breitling is introducing a foldable, reusable watch box created entirely from upcycled plastic bottles. With the new box, Breitling has effectively reinvented packaging in the watch industry – underscoring the brand’s commitment to reducing…

Teijin Group just became one of the +80 AZL Partner Companies. Teijin is a technology-driven global group offering advanced materials solutions in the fields of automotive components, safety, security and disaster mitigation all while…

This € 4.7 million financing includes € 3.1 million in subsidies and repayable advances obtained from ADEME and Bpifrance, as well as a € 1.6 million capital increase from its historical shareholders GO Capital, Finovam Gestion, SATT Ouest…

SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, announced that biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film based on the company’s certified circular PP from feedstock recycling of used plastics will be introduced in primary pet food brand…

SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry today announced that Orkla, a diversified Nordic brand owner in business-to-consumer (B2C) commerce with foods, snacks, food care for sport and food ingredients, has launched its first chips…

The recently completed analysis of benzene contamination found at the site of the 2018 Camp Fire catastrophe near and around Paradise, California has been published by the Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI). The 13-page report, PPI…

The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI) said that its investigation of benzene contamination in the water supply of fire damaged areas such as Paradise, California has determined that the cause is not from pipe made from high-density…

Archroma, a global leader in specialty chemicals towards sustainable solutions, announced an increase of up to 20% in the selling prices of its Nuva N and Fluowet fluorocarbon polymers.