by Bob Hollis | Apr 9, 2021 | #PlasticsRecycling, RMDZ
Unilever North America will invest $15 million in the Closed Loop Partners Leadership Fund, a private equity platform that helps grow companies in the recycling value chain. Unilever tied the investment to its goal of boosting the amount of PCR … Read...
by Bob Hollis | Apr 1, 2021 | #PlasticsRecycling, News Feeds, RMDZ
California legislators introduced a bill that creates a packaging stewardship organization and adds packaging fees paid by producers. The bill is the latest in a flurry of plastics-related legislative activity in the state. Assembly Bill 842 was introduced in February...
by Bob Hollis | Jan 23, 2021 | #PlasticsRecycling, RMDZ
Industry experts say overseas buyers are struggling to source scrap plastic after new restrictions on the global trade of recovered plastic began taking effect. The Basel Convention this month began regulating the global trade of a handful of types of … Read...
by Bob Hollis | Jan 6, 2021 | #PlasticsRecycling, RMDZ
A confluence of RPET market disruptions in 2020 included low prime plastic pricing and supply challenges that led end users to seek feedstock from other sources. Still, experts maintain a surge of RPET demand is fast approaching. Processors in the … Read...
by Bob Hollis | Nov 14, 2020 | #PlasticsRecycling, RMDZ
The director of the U.S. Plastics Pact says the effort is marked by two key components: focusing on a target-based national strategy to tackle plastic waste and employing rigorous accountability through reporting to the public. The U.S. Plastics Pact launched … Read...
by Bob Hollis | Oct 31, 2020 | #PlasticsRecycling, News Feeds, RMDZ
In a discussion hosted by the Bureau of International Recycling, recycled plastic traders said recent months have been a “rollercoaster of a ride.” Read...
