LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nextek’s NEXTLOOPP, the 43-strong multi-participant global project that is closing the loop on post-consumer food-grade recycled Polypropylene (FgrPP), has reached a new ...

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Understanding the risks posed by nonintentionally added substances (NIAS) in recycled polyolefin materials used as food contact materials (FCMs) in packaging is necessary to safeguard public and ...

French company TotalEnergies, which develops, produces and commercializes polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene polymers, their recycled equivalents and biopolymers, has joined NextLoopp, an ...

Pilot testing has begun at the National Test Centre Circular Plastics Facility in Heerenveen, the Netherlands.

Reduce your food waste and turn meal scraps into a soil amendment for your plants with the help of these nifty composting ...

Additional output from polypropylene recycler PureCycle Technologies Inc. now can be used for food-contact applications. The Orlando, Fla.-based company has received a Letter of No Objection, or LNO, ...

Even though 59% of Americans have access to curbside recycling, only 27% of plastic bottles are currently recycled – a grim statistic that is not only bad for the environment but also bad for CPG ...

It sounds like the premise of a comedy sketch, but researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo led by Yuya Sakai have developed a way to recycle food scraps into ...

Before there was the chicken and the egg, there was chicken food. And feeding chickens today comes with a high price tag and carbon footprint. Researchers at Australia’s University of New England are ...

Victor Sanchez, who lives with his wife and two children in a single-family home in National City, has not topped off his trash bins since he began recycling food waste several months ago. “My trash ...

Japan depends heavily on imports, bringing in two-thirds of its food and three-quarters of its animal feed. To reduce that reliance, the country set a national goal to cut imported feed use by 2030.