On 5 June, the European Commission published a Commission Notice providing further clarity about the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation in practice. We take a closer look at the document to understand its requirements in detail, including the current status of PFAS restrictions, the…
In this Innovation Spotlight, Dow outlines how its extrusion coating portfolio aims to support recyclability requirements and regulatory readiness, and how its collaboration with RDM Group demonstrates how lightweight polymer coatings can extend the use of fibre-based packaging into applications…
Dow is working with dairy company Mengniu to launch a designed-for-recycling, mono-PE pouch for yoghurt products in pursuit of a circular economy in China.
Klöckner Pentaplast and Dow are launching the kp FlexiVac R, a multilayered vacuum film for fresh food applications that has been certified as fully recyclable.
Dow and Procter & Gamble China have developed a mono-PE air capsule for e-commerce packaging said to reduce material usage and offer a weight reduction of over 40% compared to traditional corrugated parcel boxes.
Dow is installing X-Energy Reactor Company’s Xe-100 high-temperature gas-cooled reactor plant at one of its U.S. Gulf Coast locations in a joint agreement aiming to generate safe, reliable, low-carbon power and steam within this decade.
Dow has set out a list of targeted actions in its pursuit of $1 billion in cost savings in 2023, which includes optimising labour and service costs – involving the reduction of around 2,000 roles.
A selection of Dow’s solvent-free and water-borne lamination adhesives have reportedly received approval for mechanical recycling from RecyClass and are now expected to contribute an adhesive component to Dow’s REVOLOOP technology platform.
WM and Dow are collaborating to facilitate curbside recycling of hard-to-recycle plastic films in a pilot scheme taking place in the US city of Hickory Hills, Illinois.
A collaboration between Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics, W&H, and B&B has resulted in a supposedly recyclable wide-format MDO-PE bag to be used for pet food packaging.
Dow Packaging and Speciality Plastics is working alongside HP Indigo, Reifenhäuser, Cadel Deinking, and Karlville to implement the R-Cycle digital product passport into its pouch-to-pouch mechanical recycling concept, intending to improve its sorting and recycling processes by enabling traceability.
Mura Technology has announced an additional strategic investment from Dow to build more plastic recycling plants throughout the US and Europe, this time contributing towards a closed-loop system through the conversion of hard-to-recycle plastics into hydrocarbon feedstocks.
Mura Technology has announced plans to construct a new advanced recycling facility at Dow’s Böhlen site in Germany, which the companies claim will be the largest facility of its kind to date in Europe with a potential capacity of 120 kilo tonnes per annum.
Valoregen and Dow will partner to build a hybrid site offering both mechanical and advanced recycling capacities in France, with Dow to be the main off-taker of post-consumer resins from the new plant.
