Consumers, global brands and governments are push for more recyclable packaging. Klöckner Pentaplast has now introduced recyclable PET blister packaging that is easy to drop into existing operations.

Although 2030 is years away, a new bottle has been developed by Alpla and KHS Group that already meets the 30% recycled content requirement for one-way PET bottles that will kick in that year. The new ...

BP has developed what it describes as an “enhanced recycling technology,” BP Infinia, that enables currently unrecyclable polyethylene terephthalate (PET) to be transformed back into new, ...

Chilseong Saidae becomes the first domestic carbonated beverage to be released in PET bottles made solely from recycled ...

The Conversation reports on single-stream recycling, emphasizing its convenience but noting significant contamination issues ...

Several companies have announced the formation of a new consortium that aims to address the problem of plastic waste by speeding up the commercialization of BP Infinia recycling technology that was ...

In October 2025, CSI introduced the Asepti-Lok 47 38mm closure, designed for aseptically filled beverages. The closure was ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports that the United States averages more than 34 million tons of plastic waste annually. Consumers often assume they have done their part to curb plastic ...

Blow moulding outlets grew, with more than 25% of the resulting rPET (or nearly a quarter on a million tonnes) used to produce containers in 2010. The 2010 share of fibres as an end use for recycled ...

It’s estimated that 90% of the wines purchased in America are consumed within two weeks. Five women sharing the name O’Reilly think those wines should be housed in plastic bottles, just like soda pop ...

Why it is possible to recycle soda bottles made of polyethylene terephthalate plastic, but not the ubiquitous clamshell containers made of the same stuff? —Not Happy as a Clam My last two columns were ...