Heather Caliendo

Heather Caliendo Senior Editor

Packaging

VIDEO: Moving Beyond Buzzwords in Recycling

OEMs, brand owners, and retailers, as well as plastics processors, recyclers and equipment suppliers have converged on New Orleans for the annual Plastics Recycling Conference.

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sustainability

Decking Producer Becomes Supplier of Recycled Pellets

Composite decking manufacturer Trex expands from using recycled LLDPE internally to also supplying recycled pellets to others. It found the commercial recycled plastics market to be a journey full of both rewards and challenges.

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sustainability

How2Recycle Label Changing Recycling Habits

The How2Recycle Label program finished its soft launch in early 2012 and now has more than 60 participating companies and brands and is growing every month.

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Medical

Q&A with Bill Carteaux of Plastics Industry Association

Industry outlook, Trump’s impact on trade, NPE 2018 progress update, the West region’s import on plastics and the association’s rebranding discussed.

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Medical

Watch: Innovations at MD&M West

There’s been plenty of innovations showcased at MD&M West (Feb. 7-9, Anaheim, Calif). So here are some video highlights, which come in a variety of areas – from demonstrating a material’s strength to interviews about a company’s latest news.

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P&G Unveils New Shampoo Bottle from Recycled Beach Plastic

The new Plastics Economy includes shampoo bottles made out of beach plastic.

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sustainability

Welcome to the New Plastics Recycling Economy

A new report provides a clear transition strategy for the plastics industry to design better packaging, increase recycling rates and introduce new models for making better use of packaging. 

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Pentagon Plastics Discusses UK Reshoring, Impact of Brexit

Injection molder Pentagon Plastics provides an update on the reshoring movement in the UK and what role Brexit will play going forward.

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Extrusion

SPI Rebrands as Plastics Industry Association

SPI is now PLASTICS and also has a new logo, which represents the six facets of the plastics industry supply chain.

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business

Video: Job Creation Through Plastic Bottle Recycling

The fluctuating jobs numbers are always making the news but here’s one that is specific to plastics recycling.

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Braskem’s Green PE Used to 3D Print Parts in Space

Braskem worked with Made In Space to produce green PE specifically for 3D printing in zero gravity.

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Molds & Tooling

Canon Virginia Graduates First Class of Apprentices

President Obama declared this week National Apprentice Week and in honor of that, employers across the country will host open houses to highlight the significant value of apprenticeships in our economy.

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