Recycling is Real Releases Video Featuring Amcor Rigid Packaging
PLASTICS released an additional video this week as part of the Recycling is Real initiative, highlighting the work of Amcor Rigid Packaging in Wytheville, Virginia. Visitors to the website can click on the video to see highlights of the work being done every day at Amcor and hear from the people who make recycling happen.
On September 19th, PLASTICS Fall Meeting attendees had a fantastic time giving back to the city of Charleston by picking up litter as well as recyclable materials. During the clean-up event coordinated by FLiP's Community Impact Task Group, 52 volunteers filled 40 trash bags amounting to about 600 pounds for disposal. Keep Charleston Beautiful was an amazing partner in helping to coordinate and host this event and PLASTICS donated $4000 to Friends of Keep Charleston Beautiful organization as a gesture of our gratitude. Heartfelt thanks to the partners who made the event possible:
Operation Clean Sweep (OCS), the resin-loss prevention program founded by PLASTICS and operated in partnership with the American Chemistry Council, recently launched a verification program for companies designated as OCS Blue—the highest level of commitment in the OCS program.
The OCS Blue Verification program is an external inspection program that adds rigor and transparency to OCS Blue participation by verifying that 29 required management practices have been successfully implemented in each facility to prevent plastic resin loss.
Learn more about OCS Blue and the verification program at the OCS Blue webpage.
Congratulations to Husky Technologies, winner of the PLASTICS 2023 Innovation in Bioplastics Award! The announcement came as part of PLASTICS’ eighth annual, online #BioplasticsWeek awareness and education event. Husky's winning entry was for UltraMelt, engineered for the efficient and sustainable injection molding of bioresins. A formal presentation of the Bioplastics Innovation Award will be made on the Sustainability Stage at NPE2024: The Plastics Show, May 6-10, 2024, in Orlando, Florida. Learn more about UltraMelt in the PLASTICS Newsroom.
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