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Nextloopp is Solving America's Polypropylene Recycling Puzzle: Packaging World

Author: Packaging World, ProFood World, Healthcare Packaging, Mundo EXPO Pack November 18, 2025 Duration: 18:53

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Through the Line: Packaging and Processing

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How can polypropylene, one of the most widely used plastics in consumer packaging, be diverted from landfills or incinerators? Packaging World Senior Editor, Anne Marie Mohan, sits down with Professor Edward Kosior, CEO and founder of Nextek. They discuss how the Nextloopp initiative is uniting stakeholders across the packaging supply chain to enable the closed-loop recycling of food-grade PP. Read the full featured article on Packaging World.

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