14 October 20258 October 2025 Closed Loop Partners’ Composting Consortium, With the Biodegradable Products Institute and US Composting Council, Awards Grants to Composting Facilities & Municipalities Across the U.S. Eight municipal and composter-led projects received funding for organics and compostable packaging recovery from the new, collaborative grant program to expand access, infrastructure and regional capacity. That Are Advancing Recovery of Compostable Packaging
12 November 20247 November 2024 Green packaging startup Earthodic lands $6 million raise to expand water-resistant innovation The startup claims products using Biobarc water-resistant coatings - derived from bio-based materials - are much easier to recycle, without losing their water-resistant performance
23 May 202421 May 2024 Mycocycle Raises $3.6 Million to Transform Waste into Sustainable Raw Materials with Fungi Seed extension comes as company triples R&D footprint and raises production capacity to 40 metric tons of material treated per month
29 June 202222 June 2022 Chemical recycling: Towards a circular economy For most polymers the only possible approach is to break down the polymer chain through pyrolysis, which releases either monomers, such as ethylene, or light hydrocarbons like naphtha, to remake the polymers
2 July 20219 September 2021 Carbon negative material company wins Circularity Accelerate contest Audi AG worked with Made of Air to create a sustainable dealership model featuring a carbon storing plastic facade
19 January 202113 April 2022 Chemical Recycling Poised to Take Off Investments in chemical-recycling facilities abound as the industry moves closer to the Circular Economy model, accompanied by plenty of new rollouts of packaging made from chemical recycling
16 October 20209 September 2021 Spotlight on chemical recycling: Building a circular economy for plastics requires multiple strategies and tools Advanced recycling needs to be part of that tool set
24 September 202022 September 2020 Nestlé Invests USD 30 Million in Closed Loop Leadership Fund This first investment from the company’s sustainable packaging venture fund will help upgrade U.S. recycling infrastructure and secure access to food-grade recycled plastics
15 September 20209 September 2021 Potential challenges and opportunities of using chemical recycling for plastic wastes Collective action is needed to build technologies that transform plastic waste to value as by chemical re-processing or advanced recycling
19 March 202016 March 2020 Update on Starbucks Journey to Find a More Sustainable Cup In March of 2019, Starbucks announced a commitment to conduct market tests with the cup technologies in select stores in five cities
21 January 202016 January 2020 BioBTX – investments to realize commercialization ambitions New 'waste plastics as feedstock'-facility will be a global first in producing sustainable aromatics on a commercial basis
15 January 20209 September 2021 6 circular economy trends that will shape 2020 Ocean plastics crisis has driven both consumers and regulators to seek action. Companies are responding with new strategies to reduce waste
15 April 201910 April 2019 Ben & Jerry’s Joins Major Global Brands Phasing Out Petroleum-Based Plastics Company replacing plastic spoons and straws in its 600+ Scoop Shops worldwide with wooden spoons and paper straws by April 2019 as a first step
26 July 201824 July 2018 Starbucks und McDonald’s tüfteln gemeinsam am Öko-Becher In einem Wettbewerb, den das NextGen Cup Consortium leitet, sollen Ideen für innovative Becher für Heiß- und Kaltgetränke entwickelt werden
McDonald’s Joins Starbucks & Closed Loop Partners to Develop a Recyclable and/or Compostable Cup Groundbreaking partnership to develop a recyclable and/or compostable cup solution through NextGen Cup Consortium and Challenge
