The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) has added association events experts, Smithbucklin, and Smithbucklin-owned company, 360 Live Media, to the team planning NPE2024: The Plastics Show through 2027.

Plastics Industry Association Applauds Bipartisan, Unanimous Passage of S.B. 3742, The Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2022 and S.B. 3743 The Recycling and Composting Accountability Act

The United States-based organization Ocean Conservancy (OC), on 11th July 2022, issued a long-overdue apology to more than seven hundred organizations for the harm caused by the publication of their 2015 report "Stemming the Tide: Land-based strategies for a plastic-free ocean”, expressing its willingness to take responsibility for the damage caused by the publication.

The most recent metal balances report shows the copper, lead, tin, and nickel metal balances were in deficit and the primary aluminium and zinc metal balances were in surplus during January to May 2022. Read on to unpack the latest update on the LME metals balances.

Metso Outotec has signed an agreement with Larsen & Toubro Limited to supply four Symons™ cone crushers for an iron ore crushing and screening plant to National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) at Kirandul complex in Chhattisgarh, in the region of Central India.

Igneo Technologies, LLC. (Igneo) announced today that it has finalized a majority investment agreement with Korea Zinc, a world-class recycling company that specializes in sustainable recovery of precious and non-ferrous metals.

Wisetek, a global leader in advanced IT asset disposition (ITAD), data destruction, technology reuse and manufacturing services, has opened a new facility in Northborough, Massachusetts.

The United States of America and the European Commission have officially joined the Clean Seas Campaign, demonstrating their commitment to ending plastic pollution. In doing so, they acknowledge the need to curb the flow of marine litter and plastic pollution entering lakes, rivers, and the ocean and, in effect, are providing greater engagement to the biggest campaign devoted to ‘turning the tide’ against plastic in the world.

This year, the main focus of International E-Waste Day (#ewasteday) taking place on 14 October, will be those small electrical devices that we no longer use but keep in drawers and cupboards or often toss in the general waste bin.

The ALPLA Group is accelerating the roll-out of new plastic packaging solutions with the opening of the innovative product development space STUDIOa at the company headquarters in Hard, Austria.