A major packaging producer defends “mono-material” claims as being “functionally” accurate and true “in spirit” when minute amounts of other materials do not affect recyclability.
Blow molding machine builder Bekum buys into a very different field of technology with technology and personnel from insolvent ProTec Polymer Processing GmbH.
Loose propagation of terms like “recyclable” and “compostable” has already brought down government regulations on labeling. The plastics and packaging industries should take that to heart with other recycle-related language. Like “monomaterial” for example.
Two blow molders with long-standing programs of hiring formerly incarcerated low-level offenders have helped these individuals re-enter their communities and have benefited from an additional resource during chronic labor shortages.
This family-run firm fills a specialized niche with a culture of innovation and environmental stewardship that realizes the dreams of its founders, its employees and its customers.
Danimer Scientific and TotalEnergies Corbion collaborate on biopolymer blends that meet proposed EU compostability requirements for coffee pods and other plastic packaging.