Atlanta—Tracy Momany showed audience members of The Packaging Conference (Feb. 4-6; Atlanta, GA) a video of a 4-ft drop demonstration between a glass bottle and a new plastic packaging called BrightPak. “Being a plastics person, I couldn’t resist showing this video where the glass bottle breaks, while the plastic bottle bounces,” said Momany, VP of Plastics Technologies, Inc . (PTI). Tagging Options Domain: All Sites Keywords: plastics packaging The Packaging Conference PET bottle BrightPak PEN read more
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PET and PEN ship-in-a-bottle design lets plastics replace glass
In his final State of the City address, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg called for a citywide ban on polystyrene foam food packaging from stores and restaurants. “One product that is virtually impossible to recycle and never biodegrades is plastic foam,” Bloomberg said. “It’s something that we know is environmentally destructive and that may be hazardous to our health, that is costing taxpayers money and that we can easily do without.” Tagging Options Domain: All Sites Keywords: plastics packaging polystyrene Styrofoam bans new york california read more