Plastic solutions for Tuesday, 27 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. Recycle BC and SK Recycles awarded for flexible plastics recycling innovationAmerican Recycler, 26 Oct
2. Nominations Open for Flexible Packaging Innovation AwardPackaging Strategies, 26 Oct
3. HEMA Self-Adhesive Division Marks a Breakthrough for Wash-Off: Certified for the First Time for Cold Wash-Off in PP RecyclingWhatTheyThink, 27 Oct
4. Ep 235: Circular Snapshots: Plastics treaty, battery swapping, and textile-to-textilesEllen MacArthur Foundation, 26 Oct
5. CAA Colorado adds 13 recycling facilities to EPR programRecycling Today, 26 Oct
6. Wild's Refillable Children's Bath Care, L’Occitane En Provence Redesigns Hand Care Packaging, and Plain B Introduces Soap RefillPackaging World, 26 Oct
7. This New Bacon Packaging Claims to Keep Bacon Fresh and Reduce Food Waste: Here’s HowPeople.com, 26 Oct
8. Reusable packaging gets smartDC Velocity, 26 Oct
9. CAA Colorado adds 13 recycling facilities as EPR program expandsPackaging Strategies, 26 Oct
10. What’s Driving Faster Cold Chain Packaging InnovationPharmaceutical Commerce, 26 Oct
11. Dow, American Packaging tackle a ‘tear-able’ problem with recyclable PE packagingPlastics News, 26 Oct
12. UNNES Provides Drinking Water Refill Facilities to Reduce Single-Use Plastic Consumptionunnes.ac.id, 26 Oct
13. Viewpoint: Drones, dollars and baby food: Critical innovations that anti-plastic ideologues willfully ignoreGenetic Literacy Project, 27 Oct
14. EU Packaging Regulations: Why You Should Not Stop Preparing Despite the Sub-1-Ton Exemption Proposal코리아비즈니스리뷰, 26 Oct
15. Indigenous firm to expand economic opportunities in Nigeria’s plastic recycling ecosystemBusinessday NG, 26 Oct