2025 Preview: Plastic Waste Shortages Persist Despite Massive Volumes of It -- OPIS
In specific markets, PET bales remained the highest volume plastic waste commodity in 2024. The price in mid-December for curbside PET bales (mixed colors) was 17.5cts/lb FOB east of the Rockies, up ...
Where does all that Christmas packaging go? Not enough gets recycled
Australia's waste levels tend to spike during the festive season with bins often teeming with wrapping paper and gift and ...
The Malta Independent18d
Plastic bottles collection seen ‘more of a burden rather than a contribution’ – ACE chief
The scheme to collect plastic bottles is seen more of a burden rather ... "ACE insists on the need for more frequent collection especially during the summer period and the festive season so ...
Recycling Today7d
Survey outlines ‘monumental challenge’ of plastic packaging collection in UK
Recoup’s annual survey shows incremental improvements in curbside collection and highlights a need to include more formats in ...
The Jamaica Observer25d
Jamaica first in Caribbean for collection of plastic bottles
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica is now ranked number one in the Caribbean for the collection of plastic bottles for recycling, says Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution28d
Coca-Cola set big plastic pollution and climate goals. Now it’s backtracking
Coke set a goal to reduce its use of virgin plastic by 3 million metric tons from 2020 to 2025. It set goals of collecting and recycling one bottle or can for each one it sells, using at least 50% ...
The Washington Post28d
Coca-Cola just weakened its goal to reduce single-use plastics
the company said that it aims to increase the use of recycled plastic in packaging to 30 to 35 percent, and “help ensure the collection of 70 to 75 percent of the equivalent number of bottles ...