Plastic pollution is one of the biggest issues facing Earth's ecosystem today. Some forecasts suggest there could be more plastic than fish in our oceans by 2050. Nelson Switzer, Chief Growth Officer at Loop Industries, Inc., shares how the company is using its proprietary technology to break down a variety of plastics to be remade into food-grade products. Read more
Today, beverage innovation company, Drinkworks and leading sustainable plastics technology innovator, Loop Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: LOOP), announced a partnership to allow the users of the Drinkworks Home Bar by Keurig to return used cocktail, brew and cider pods to be recycled and upcycled by Loop.... Read more
Danone will purchase 100% sustainable and upcycled Loop™ branded PET from Loop’s joint venture facility with Indorama Ventures Limited in the United States for use in brands across its portfolio including evian®, Danone’s iconic natural spring water..... Read more
The L'OCCITANE Group, a global manufacturer and retailer of natural cosmetics and well-being products with five leading brands, and Loop Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: LOOP), a leading technology innovator in sustainable plastic, announced today the signing of a multi-year take or pay supply agreement for Loop™ branded 100% sustainable PET plastic. The agreement will see L'OCCITANE en Provence start to incorporate Loop™ PET plastic into its product packaging as of 2022 and place the Loop logo on all packaging containing Loop™ PET plastic.... Read more
Loop Industries, Inc. a leading technology innovator in sustainably produced plastic, and thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions' division, Uhde Inventa-Fischer GmbH, a leading global polyester technology provider and polyester plant engineering firm, today announced a strategic alliance expected to shape the future of PET and Polyester manufacturing..... Read more
ÉVIAN-LES-BAINS, France—Bottled water, which recently dethroned soda as America's most popular beverage, is facing a crisis. A consumer backlash against disposable plastic plus new government mandates and bans in places such as zoos and department stores have the world's biggest bottled-water makers scrambling to find alternatives.... Read more
“We are very proud to become a supplier of Loop™ branded PET resin to the members of the Coca-Cola system’s Cross Enterprise Procurement Group,” said Daniel Solomita, Founder and CEO of Loop Industries. “We are especially pleased to be able to assist Coca-Cola’s authorized bottlers as they work to meet their recycled content ambitions.”.... Read more
The New Plastics Economy Global Commitment is being officially unveiled at the Our Ocean Conference in Bali today, Monday, October 29, 2018. At the heart of the Global Commitment is a vision of a New Plastics Economy, where plastics never become waste ... Read more
One of the big, thorny challenges in circular plastics is how to affordably turn old plastic into new feedstock. As more companies commit to producing plastic packaging from recycled materials, the question remains about where all the recycled feedstock will come from.... Read more
Loop Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: LOOP), a leading technology innovator in sustainable plastic and PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP) today announced that they have entered into a multi-year supply agreement that will enable PepsiCo to purchase production capacity from Loop's joint venture facility in the United States and incorporate Loop™PET plastic, which is 100% recycled material, into its product packaging... Read more
For the Earth, there is no waste. And, as human behaviour rumbles ever closer to the Earth’s natural limits (some say we have already exceeded them) in this global game of chicken, there is only one outcome—the Earth will win and it will reorganize and redistribute all things.... Read more
The L'Oréal Group has announced its intention to be the first major cosmetic company to use packaging made from a revolutionary recycled and upcycled PET resin.
Partnering with Canada-based Loop Industries Inc., L’Oreal plans to incorporate ‘Loop PET’, a virgin-quality polyester resin made from waste plastics, into its packaging for the United States and Europe, with a supply agreement expected by the end of autumn ... Read more
One of the biggest challenges facing the health of our shared rivers, oceans and ecosystem today is the failure to manage plastic: that versatile and nearly indestructible material so often used for only moments but can persist for centuries. The planet is choking on it in many forms including bags, bottles and straws. 93% of plastics are produced using fossil fuels, and global oil consumption for plastics is expected to increase from 6% ... Read more
Loop Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq:LOOP) today announced a free new program that allows consumers of Gatorade, a subsidiary of PepsiCo (Nasdaq:PEP; NYSE:PEP) to return and upcycle used Gatorade Gx pods into products of greater value using Loop’s upcycling technology. ... Read more
Currently, just 14 percent of the world’s plastic packaging is collected for recycling, the rest is lost after a single use. Made using fossil fuels, the way plastic is currently produced, used, and dumped is damaging to our environment. While imagining a world without plastics is nearly impossible, rethinking plastic usage ... Read more
BORN FROM THE powerful petrochemical fusion of monomers into polymers, plastic is one of the most ubiquitous and useful materials man has ever made. It’s also very hard to undo. Most plastics do not decompose easily or quickly, instead they require either intense pressure or intense heat to break them down—and that is not a viable option for recycling the vast quantity of waste plastic that is accumulating in our landfills and oceans. Every year another 350 million tons of new plastic ... Read more
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