SUDBURY – A proposal to repeal the town’s ban on the sale of single-use plastic water bottles will face a vote at Special Town Meeting next month, after around 200 residents petitioned in favor nixing the new bylaw. Daniel Kenn, the owner of Sudbury Coffee Works, organized the repeal effort, arguing the ban, despite its […]
Agr International, Inc. announced that it is in the process of commercializing the technology for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle crystallinity management, and will market it under the trade name CrystalView. According to Georg Wolfe, Agr’s Chief Technical Officer, CrystalView will be incorporated into Agr’s Process Pilot automated blowmolder management system and when released, will provide […]
Innovative plastic bottle recycler Closed Loop Recycling has said that the answer to the UK’s plateauing recycling rates lays in creating “innovative industry partnerships, with all aspects of the supply chain working together to achieve a common goal”. The comments from the company’s CEO, Chris Dow came as the plastic bottle recycler announced a brand […]
Research commissioned by the British Plastics Federation’s Packaging Group and carried out independently by YouGov, which surveyed 2157 UK respondents, shows that when it comes to the Nation’s favourite table sauce, 77% would rather squeeze their tomato ketchup out of a plastic container than shake it out of a glass bottle. In the battle of […]
