Coca-Cola Co. brands Dasani and Sprite have made changes to their plastic packaging to support the circular economy. Dasani is releasing bottles made from 100% recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET), excluding caps and labels, while Sprite is transitioning from green plastic bottles to clear plastic bottles. Atlanta-based Coca-Cola said the change is designed to increase the likelihood that the material can be recycled into new beverage bottles.

In the "carbon neutrality" craze, all walks of life are keen to study sustainable development and think about how to "turn waste into treasure". The automotive industry, which shoulders the heavy responsibility of decarbonization, is no exception. From recycling wood to using plastic bottles to make seat covers, the automotive industry is working hard to transform landfill materials into alternatives to other environmentally harmful resources.

Aquapak Polymers, a Birmingham, UK-based polymer technology manufacturer, has partnered with Industrial Physics, a Boston-based global packaging, product and materials testing and inspection company, to create a water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) test method for its Hydropol biodegradable polymers.

BASF has launched a new advanced high-performance product range, PuriCycle®, for the purification of complex pyrolysis feedstocks of waste plastics. The PuriCycle portfolio includes novel catalysts and adsorbents that selectively remove or convert various impurities in pyrolysis oils and enable downstream processes for recycled plastic streams. PuriCycle’s ingredients meet industry standards and allow users to benefit from efficient purification and refining solutions, increasing flexibility in the overall chemical recycling process for plastics.

Renewable energy company Neste has received a grant of up to €135 million from the EU Innovation Fund to expand chemical recycling capacity at its Porvoo refinery in Finland.

Albéa has once again focused on reducing the weight of the hose. Albéa has designed a single opening and closing system, the EcoFusion Top, which reduces the hose components to just two, with only one component attached to the hose body, which it claims is a first in the cosmetics market.

Under the general trend of global carbon neutrality, recycled plastics are increasingly valued by major brands for their excellent carbon reduction effect. How do traditional recycled plastics companies overcome the problems of ash, impurities, product consistency, etc. caused by recycling and production processes? How can they meet the high-performance technical requirements of PCR recycled plastics from customers in different industries?

Hunt Valley, Maryland-based food company McCormick and Evansville, Indiana-based packaging company Berry Global have committed to sustainable packaging and emissions reduction goals. The collaboration leverages Berry’s expertise and mechanically recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET), and the new McCormick food bottles in various colors and neon colors are made from 100% post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic and will begin appearing on shelves in North America this month.