Heather Caliendo

Heather Caliendo Senior Editor

Biopolymers

Novolex Launches New Sustainable Innovations in Foodservice Packaging

Novolex launches a new cutlery dispensing system and compostable cutlery. The company is also focused on adding recycled content to every day products.  

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sustainability

Dow's Project MASARO Seeks to Create Blueprint for Zero-Waste Communities

Project MASARO provides communities in Indonesia with a closed loop waste management system, which processes many types of waste into valuable products, like fuel and fertilizer, that can be used by members of the community.

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Medical

3D Printing Enables Customizable Medical Prosthetics

Glaze Prosthetics produces customized prosthetics using HP’s Multi Jet Fusion technology.

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3D Printer Provider Ultimaker Targets Industrial Production with New Launches

Jamie Howard, president of Ultimaker Americas, discusses the company’s new product launches and outlook on 3D printing in manufacturing.

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Postconsumer

Molson Coors Discusses Incorporating More Recycled Content In Its Plastic Packaging

The company is working with Loop Industries to upcycle the company’s PET packaging. 

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Protolabs Will Now Offer the Carbon Platform to Its 3D Printing Services

Greg Thompson, Protolabs' global product manager for 3D printing, discusses why the Carbon technology is a good fit for Protolabs’ customers. 

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Postconsumer

Legal Resource Discusses Proposed Plastics Bill

U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.) announced that they plan to introduce legislation this fall that will tackle the plastic waste crisis. Maureen Gorsen, partner in Alston & Bird's Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group, talks about the potential impact of the plan.  

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sustainability

Researchers Produce Prosthetic Limbs from Recycled Plastic Bottles

Artificial limbs made out of plastic water bottles could save money and help tackle pollution at the same time.

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Packaging

How Graham Packaging is Helping to Create a Circular Economy for Plastic Packaging

Graham Packaging’s Tracee Reeves talks with Plastics Technology about ways the company is working to encourage recycling, improve product recyclability and increase offerings with recycled content.

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Postconsumer

Dow is Helping to Build Schools Out of Plastic Waste

Dow is working on several initiatives to solve the global plastic waste issue including helping to build schools out of hard-to-recycle plastic waste in Colombia. 

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k show

Report from the K 2019 Preview: The Future of Plastics is Circular

During the K 2019 Preview in Düsseldorf, Germany, machinery and material suppliers discussed new initiatives and technologies dedicated toward incorporating sustainability into their offerings. 

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sustainability

HP Talks New Recycled Content Plastics Goal & Sustainability in 3D Printing

Nate Hurst, chief sustainable impact officer for HP, discusses the company’s goal to increase recycled content plastic to 30% by 2025 across its print and personal systems portfolio and also sustainable innovations in 3D printing. 

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