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The report also defines driving and restraining factors for the global biodegradable plastics market with the analysis of trends, opportunities, burning issues, winning imperatives, and challenges.

Beloved for their light weight, eco-friendly profile and shelf-safe convenience, aseptic cartons, first developed for shelf-safe dairy products in 1961, have dominated store shelves in much of Europe, Asia and Central and South Americas for nearly half a century.

Online event registration is now open for America Recycles Day, a national initiative of Keep America Beautiful, the nation’s leading nonprofit that builds and sustains vibrant communities.

SPI partnered with long-standing member company Meadoworks to launch Capital Asset Management Services, a new program to support the plastics industry’s goal of eliminating waste while bringing new life to existing resources.

As in the previous two contests, the competition is open to any corporation, partnership or other business entity worldwide and seeks to acknowledge one creative, state-of-the-art innovation that represents the height of innovation in the bioplastics industry.

Thatchers Vintage 2013 is the first of the brand’s packaged ciders to feature new lighter weight glass bottles.

The double-walled construction means it is possible to use one material inside the cup and another for the outer wall, which functions as both a heat shield and a brand carrier.

For the first time, consumers and other health-conscious organizations will be able to know if the plastic product their food is wrapped or stored in is truly "pure", containing no animal stearates or byproducts

In recent years, there have been many significant developments regarding food contact regulations and consumer perception of associated materials and technologies.

Around the globe approximately 130 million tonnes of fish and other seafood products are consumed on an annual basis.