Recovery rates for plastic film jumped between 2022 and 2024, but bottles were recovered for recycling at lower rates than ...
A closer look at the chemicals, bacteria and microplastics building up every time you refill a single-use plastic bottle.
A plastic bottle tossed into a recycling bin could one day help power an electric vehicle, smartphone or renewable energy storage system, according to a team of Penn State researchers.
The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR), based in Charlotte, North Carolina, has released a life cycle assessment (LCA) comparing polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic, glass ...
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle recycling rates across the United States made a notable climb in 2023, according to Middleton, Wisconsin-based National Association for PET Container Resources’ ...
Origin Materials CEO, John Bissell, sitting in front of the CapFormer line that makes PET bottle caps using a radical new design. After researching Origin Materials (NASDAQ: ORGN) for my article ...
The plastic water bottle is barely over fifty years old, yet it may end up being one of the most enduring objects humans have ever created. The clear PET bottle used for water and soft drinks today ...
Imagine you are a packaging veteran consulting for a beverage brand that wants to redesign its flagship 500-mL/16.9-ounce PET bottle for maximum sustainability. What strategies should your client ...
They are using discarded polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles, to act as makeshift, gravity-fed fuel compartments ...