The world’s largest retailer is partially responsible for a pandemic-inspired surge in ocean plastic. A new report tries to estimate how much. As online shopping has surged during the pandemic, it’s ...

Two industry groups release reports on flexible plastic waste solutions targeting North America and European markets ...

Reuse, recycle, or compost: eliminating plastic waste is an opportunity for Berry Global. For Berry Global, Inc., one of the preeminent producers of plastic packaging in the world, though, the ...

Recycling and sustainability are here to stay, and the plastics industry must adapt in order to survive. That outlook is the main take away of “Rethinking single-use plastics,” a study just published ...

Like it or not, plastic packaging has become an ingrained part of the food system. While it's clearly wasteful to buy salad, sandwiches and chips encased in plastic and then promptly throw that ...

Plastics manufacturers and their customers in the European Union are under constant pressure to reduce the volume of plastics used in packaging, not least by the 2004 EU packaging and packaging waste ...

Plastic food packaging, especially single-use containers, is a growing problem for the food industry. According to the UN Environment Program, 460 million tons of plastic is generated each year ...