Henkel will relaunch its bonding and sealing portfolio with recycled packaging across Europe.

M. Holland Co. announced an agreement to partner with Ravago Group. While Ravago Group will acquire a majority interest, the M. Holland management team will remain the same.

Covestro has developed an innovative process for recycling polycarbonate in which plastics are converted back into their monomers.

This is a crucial step towards IKEA’s sustainability commitment to switch from fossil-fuel based glues to bio-based glues for board production while simultaneously boosting an innovative startup. 

New Energy Blue will create bio-based ethylene from renewable agricultural resources, which Dow will purchase and use it in recyclable applications.

The United States needs to do a much better job at recycling, especially plastics waste, which at a 5% recycling rate is trailing recycling rates for other packaging and containers. 

The UV+EB Technology Association has joined the U.S. Plastics Pact, a collaborative, solutions-driven initiative intended to drive significant systems change to create a path forward toward a circular economy for plastics in the U.S. by 2025.