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Is Plastic Waste the Trigger for Broader Environmental Engagement?
The scary fact is that predictions from the World Bank also expect this number to double within 15 years, as population growth and...
Jun 27, 2015


Speakers: Pouch Makers Must Be Proactive on End-of-Life Issues
When it comes to their end of life, pouches essentially have nowhere to go except for the trash in most circumstances. Or they become...
Jun 18, 2015


Designing for Circularity: Global Event Tackles Solutions for a World Where Plastic Is Used, But Wit
Read press release here (PR Newswire) Cascais, Portugal and Hong Kong — June 10, 2015 — The fourth annual Plasticity Forum took place in...
Jun 10, 2015


Report Touts Viability of Plastics-to-Fuel Technology
A report released June 8 hopes to draw attention — and funding — to the growing plastics-to-fuel sector. And its authors hope an...
Jun 8, 2015


New Tools to Help Communities Assess Potential to Generate Fuels From Used Plastics
Plastics-to-Fuel Technologies Could Help Keep Valuable Plastics from Becoming Ocean Litter WASHINGTON (June 8, 2015)—The American...
Jun 8, 2015
Keep the Fires Burning
All waste has value, and if separated the right way, the value from each waste stream can be a big resource for communities. Many...
Jun 8, 2015


International Ocean in Motion Festival Comes to Portugal
The Ocean in Motion Film Festival is an exciting international film festival bringing Portuguese audiences a selection of the world's...
Jun 5, 2015


Coca-Cola Unveils 100 Percent Plant-Based PET Bottle
Coca-Cola Co. has unveiled the world’s first PET bottle made entirely from plant materials. PlantBottle uses patented technology that...
Jun 4, 2015


Can the Plastics Industry Create a Collaborative Model for Change?
Product manufacturers and brands long have recognized that plastic is one of the most effective and valuable materials in the market, due...
Jun 1, 2015


Dunkin' Donuts Closing In on EPS Cup Replacement
Dunkin’ Donuts expects to make a decision by the end of this year on the company’s years-long search for an alternative to using expanded...
May 21, 2015


Toxic Plastic Found in the World’s Favorite Fish
For the first time, plastic particles have been found in the stomachs of tuna and other fish that are a staple of the human diet. More...
May 21, 2015


Plastic Waste Could Fuel Your Car One Day
At a factory in Almeria, on the southern coast of Spain, Michael Murray, the CEO of the technology company Cynar, makes an impressive...
May 20, 2015


Build Effective Public-Private Alliances
Here’s how environmental leader Doug Woodring builds and maintains alliances between community organizations, business and government to...
May 17, 2015


Twitter Chat: Sneak Preview of Plasticity Forum 2015
WHEN: 1 HOUR LONG, Thursday May 14 (12am Hong Kong / 5pm London/ 12pm New York/ 9am San Francisco) WHERE: #PlasticityForum...
May 14, 2015


Agua Costa Rica Turns Water Bottles into Roof Tiles
When Donald Thomson holds a bottle of Agua Costa Rica in his hands, he sees much more than a bottle of water. The home builder, music...
May 13, 2015


One of the Biggest Challenges of our Time
The estimated amount of waste that reaches the ocean each year is over eight million tons – the equivalent of five shopping bags of waste...
May 12, 2015


The Trashing of Our Ocean - Still Time to Fix It
When asked of the current situation and if there are improvements, Woodring said the trash input is not slowing yet, due to growing...
May 12, 2015
Plasticity Forum to host its 4th international conference in Cascais, Portugal
May 5, 2015 - Hollywood Public Relations - The Plasticity Forum will hold its 4th annual conference on June 8 and 9 in Cascais, Portugal....
May 5, 2015


Dow Chemical, SPE providing speakers to Plasticity Forum
The Plasticity Forum, scheduled for June 8-9 in Cascais, Portugal, will feature several speakers from the corporate world and the...
May 4, 2015


Net Benefit Analysis on Sustainable Plastic Solutions
Trucost has issued a release about their Net Benefit Analysis research on scaling up sustainable plastic for environmental savings of up...
May 1, 2015
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