On March 2, at the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, representatives from 175 countries approved a historic resolution aimed at ending plastic pollution and reaching a legally binding international agreement by 2024. The resolution adopted by the meeting is entitled "Ending Plastic Pollution: Towards an International Legally Binding Instrument".

Henkel's Schwarzkopf brand will relaunch its Schauma care range in February 2022 with a redesigned bottle that presents consumers with clearer, more personalised packaging and contains at least 50% recycled plastic for a lighter bottle.

Coffee machines, toasters and kettles, these kitchen appliances that are responsible for making most of the workers' breakfast, are quietly "turning green".

South Korean chemical company SK Geocentric (SKGC) will open a recycled polypropylene plant in Ulsan, South Korea with American recycling technology company PureCycle Technologies. This will be the first recycled polypropylene plant in Asia, with an estimated annual production capacity of 60,000 tons and will be completed by the end of 2024.

Researchers at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute, in collaboration with Bosch, have discovered that recycled plastics have similar properties to new plastics and can be used to make parts for dishwasher bases.

PepsiCo North America Beverages announced that it will invest $15 million in Closed Loop Partners’ Leadership Fund to strengthen recycling infrastructure and build a circular supply chain.

Recently, Covestro officially announced that it has started producing the world's first zero-carbon footprint polycarbonate product in Europe! Finding alternative raw materials to reduce emissions starts from the source. At the end of last year, two of Covestro's bases in Europe were awarded ISCC PLUS mass balance certification, and the Uerdingen base was one of them. With this certification, the base can supply polycarbonate based on the mass balance method with a certain share of renewable raw materials. These renewable raw materials...

Dow and Kingfa Technology are collaborating on a water-based paint bumper project. Kingfa Technology highly recognizes Dow's new generation ENGAGE™ POE products. Wang Xin, Dow's Asia Pacific Infrastructure, Consumer Products and Transportation Market Director, said that lightweighting is the top priority for the sustainable development of the automotive industry, and the path to achieve this includes the application of lightweight materials, replacing steel with plastic, and integrated design...