Plastic solutions for Wednesday, 14 October 2026

Today’s headlines about what is working against plastic pollution: new laws, recycling and reuse technology, cleanups and funding. Links go to the original publishers.

1. COtooCLEAN breakthrough wins UK recycling awardPKN Packaging News, 13 Oct
2. Reuse Fast Track: reusable packaging initiative attracts 16 new companiesFashionNetwork USA, 13 Oct
3. Nextek and Coveris Take Top Recycling Honour at UK Packaging Awards for COtooCLEANSustainable Packaging News, 13 Oct
4. Top Standard Pallet Sleeve Box Manufacturer Jiangsu Recycle Advances Reusable Logistics PackagingEIN News, 13 Oct
5. Sustainable Packaging from the Ground Up: How RGE's APRIL Builds Fibre-Based Paperboard with InnovationInside RGE, 14 Oct
6. National Plastic Action Partnership Launched to Accelerate Circular EconomyUnited Nations Development Programme, 13 Oct
7. Govt launches initiative to combat plastic pollution, promote circular economyThe Financial Express, 13 Oct
8. What Are the Best Methods to Remove Plastic From Oceans? Four Approaches ComparedBusiness News This Week, 14 Oct
9. PACK EXPO International 2026 Brings the Future of Packaging and Processing to ChicagoPackaging World, 13 Oct
10. Reducing plastic packaging, moving towards sustainable development.Vietnam.vn, 13 Oct
11. In 2011, a 16-year-old went diving and saw more plastic than fish: 15 years later, his foundation has removedDiario AS, 13 Oct
12. Reducing plastic packaging, moving towards sustainable production in the beverage industry.Vietnam.vn, 13 Oct
13. The plastics industry's goal is to reduce plastic 'leaks' into the environment.Vietnam.vn, 13 Oct
14. Skyrocketing PRN costs threaten UK nurseries as unpredictable packaging charges biteHorticulture Week, 13 Oct
15. Government launches NPAP to combat plastic pollutionThe Financial Express, 13 Oct